BECAUSE READING IS THE BEST WAY TO EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY
V = video report
My Pick of the Week
Earth is becoming ‘Planet Plastic’
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40654915
Reflection
V How OJ Simpson paved the way for Donald Trump (acquitted & elected for the wrong reasons)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40683038
FRANCE
France migrants: Protesters build wall around shelter
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40713742
France tackles fierce forest fires on Riviera and in Corsica
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40712886
V Corsica fires threaten homes in Biguglia
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-40714225/corsica-fires-threaten-homes-in-biguglia
Trump news
V Trump-Russia probe – diced and sliced
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-40721015/trump-russia-probe-diced-and-sliced
Trump tracker: How much has the president achieved so far?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38663043
Trump Boy Scout Jamboree speech angers parents (“a liar stoking his ego”)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40715185
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
How Bitcoin is infiltrating the $60bn global art market
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40703182
The subtle power of uncomfortable silences
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170718-the-subtle-power-of-uncomfortable-silences
HEALTH
Drugs cocktail ‘cut HIV deaths by 27%’
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-40706932
Japanese woman dies from tick disease after cat bite (relatively new infectious disease)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40713172
EDUCATION & FAMILY
Bosnia’s pupils fight ethnically divided education
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-40681165/bosnia-s-pupils-fight-ethnically-divided-education
OTHER SITES
Causes of Sea Level Rise: What the Science Tells Us
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
Sea level fears as Greenland darkens
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40686984
Pope Francis shuts off Vatican fountains amid Italy drought
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40713813
AlphaBay and Hansa dark web markets shut down
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40670010
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
The defiance of an ‘untouchable’ New York subway worker
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-40702242
V Syrian refugee making Christian sculptures in Beirut (“breaking taboos can bring people together”)
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170721-the-muslim-man-with-a-forbidden-job
TRAVEL
In pictures: Dubai’s playground for millionaires (+ other photos by Nick Hannes)
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170717-striking-photos-of-the-las-vegas-of-the-gulf
MISCELLANEOUS
Thailand monks: Wirapol Sukphol case highlights country’s Buddhism crisis (sex, drugs & monks)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40678511
The hidden ways your language betrays yours character (confusingly written)
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170720-the-hidden-ways-your-language-betrays-your-character