BECAUSE READING IS THE BEST WAY TO EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY
Week 5 2017
Someone’s been busy. He pops up everywhere – even in my “culture” section
V = video report
My Pick of the Week
Yanis Varoufakis: ‘Western Democracies need a New Deal’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-38816480
WORLD NEWS
Quebec mosque attack: Student Alexandre Bissonnette charged
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38805163
Trump executive order: US judge temporarily halts deportations (and the chaos continues)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38786660
Will the US entry ban affect the fight against IS? (Yes, negatively, according to the article)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38802673
Trump and Putin make counter-terror top priority in first call
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38786199
How Trump abortion funding cuts* could affect Africa (*the so-called “Mexico City Policy”)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38768901
Can Barrow stem flow of young Gambians heading for Europe?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38756060
West Africa – from dictators’ club to upholder of democracy
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38757055
FRANCE & Europe
Marine Le Pen: Deadline passes for National Front leader to repay EU funds
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38821074
Fillon pay row: Offices raided in French parliament
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38813936
‘Spiderman burglar’ goes on trial over Paris art theft
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38801497
Francois Fillon: I will drop out of France president race if investigated
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-38769136
UK, USA & Canada
Trump’s first week (Obama left Trump a “beautiful” letter – not 3 envelopes!)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38768272
UK and US ‘committed’ to NATO
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38777263
Madeleine Albright and Big Bang actress ‘ready to join Muslim registry’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38755947
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Trump: Executive order on small business regulations
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38800090
Alibaba’s Ant Financial buys MoneyGram for $880m
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38766590
UK economy grows by 0.6% in fourth quarter
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38755242
HEALTH
Bangladeshi girl may be first female with ‘tree man syndrome’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38810723
V Robots could help solve social care crisis, say academics
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-38770516
Shark-inspired drug may help treat fibrosis, researchers say
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38792405
Cuts planned to Worcestershire hip and knee operations
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-38770046
Sex is painful for nearly one in 10 women, study finds
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-38729240
TRUE STORY
Growing up a prisoner in a cult (an all-too-familiar tale of control & abuse – North Korea inside a London flat)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-b0af7ef5-1031-4e1f-a3ac-b3c21ef0f932
Sport
Football returns to Aleppo after five years of war
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38786182
Akil Mitchell describes eyeball popping out during basketball game
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38767179
EDUCATION & FAMILY
Schools cherry-picking pupils who apply mid-year, says report
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-38771266
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
The secret trade in baby chimps
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-5e8c4bac-c236-4cd9-bacc-db96d733f6cf
Shanghai’s magnetic levitation train
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170125-a-high-speed-getaway-like-no-other
Trump’s ‘control-alt-delete’ on climate change policy
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38746608
The Danes’ initiative to cut food waste
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170124-the-country-where-unwanted-food-is-selling-out
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
Beautifying Baghdad: Colouring in a city of walls
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38768092
The untranslatable emotions you never knew you had (Embrace foreign terms for special emotions!)
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170126-the-untranslatable-emotions-you-never-knew-you-had
Welcome to the school that teaches you how to be a grown up
The hidden danger of euphemisms (especially at work!)
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170126-the-hidden-danger-of-euphemisms
The Trump era’s top-selling dystopian novels
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38764041
Why Thais can’t say ‘No’
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170123-where-people-dont-like-to-say-no
TRAVEL
Future: improved airport security
http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20170118-how-to-improve-airport-security
MISCELLANEOUS
Explorer uses brain scanner to track emotions on UK cities
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38789281
Aleppo’s tweeting girl Bana Alabed meets Lindsay Lohan
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38775242
Fake News
Did millions vote illegally in the US?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38744612