(I was away last weekend)
BECAUSE READING IS THE BEST WAY TO EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY
V = video report
My Pick of the Week
V Trump decision ‘will encourage activists’
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-40114812/trump-decision-will-encourage-activists
WORLD NEWS
Paris climate deal: EU and China rebuff Trump
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40106281
Why has Trump been so harsh on Iran?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40006734
FRANCE & Europe
Macron holding ‘tough’ talks with Putin near Paris
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40082346
Macron cabinet: Women are half of France’s new ministers
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39948523
UK, USA & Canada
‘Covfefe’: Trump spokesman plays down odd tweet
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40113994
HEALTH
Ultra-tough antibiotic to fight superbugs
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-40091179
EDUCATION & FAMILY
Could subjects soon be a thing of the past in Finland?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39889523
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
BA board members are expected to request an inquiry into the IT fiasco
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40113571
Exxon shareholders back ‘historic’ vote on climate
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40106278
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
WannaCry ransom notice analysis suggests Chinese link
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40085241
Gaza residents left in the dark amid Palestinian “power” struggle
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39939611
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
Nine films to watch in June
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170525-nine-films-to-watch-in-june
Native English speakers are the world’s worst communicators (This may come as no surprise)
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20161028-native-english-speakers-are-the-worlds-worst-communicators
V France’s favourite pastry (mouth-watering)
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170517-a-new-take-on-frances-favourite-pastry
TRAVEL
V Greece battles locust plague on Agios Efstratios island
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39972713
MISCELLANEOUS
V Who has faced the Donald Trump handshake and won? (I pity poor Shinzo Abe)
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-40081069/who-has-faced-the-donald-trump-handshake-and-won
Japan monarchy: Princess Mako to lose royal status by marrying commoner
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39957217
Florida man tries to kiss rattlesnake; gets bitten (and that’s really all there is to know)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39956904
The man who helped prevent a nuclear crisis (with background on China vs Taiwan)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39252502