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Week 7 2017

V = video report

My Picks of the Week

V Weakened by populists, the EU is at a crossroads (Europe’s “N°1 defender of liberal values” vs the “poster child of Europe’s new wave of populism”)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38915466

What if the Internet stopped for a day?

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170207-what-if-the-internet-stopped-for-a-day

WORLD NEWS

Kim Jong-nam: Second woman arrested over airport poisoning

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38988981

Is Saudi Arabia on the cusp of change?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38951539

Pakistan capital bans Valentine’s Day

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38958999

Is a new Middle East war on Israel’s horizon? (Middle East geopolitics)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38891358

FRANCE & Europe

France avalanche: Four killed at Tignes ski resort

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38954628

Theo ‘rape’ case fuels clashes with police in Paris area

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38957953

UK, USA & Canada

V What went wrong at damaged US dam?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38959715

Trump team

Andy Puzder withdraws nomination for labour secretary

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38987930

Russia: The scandal Trump can’t shake

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38966846

Five big questions after Flynn’s resignation

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38975036

Washington resignation ruffles Russia

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38973163

Steve Bannon: Who is Trump’s key adviser? (his éminence grise)

http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37971742

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Bank warns ‘lax financial rules’ are a route to failure

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38913306

The end of the filling station

http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20170203-the-end-of-the-filling-station

HEALTH

Why eating a lot of fat is worse for men than women

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-38963874

OTHER SITES

Trump calls fallen Muslim soldier a hero, but says father has ‘no right’ to attack him http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/07/30/trump-fallen-soldiers-father-ve-made-lot-sacrifices/87790612/ (from July 2016 – I had not noticed this item)

Why Aid Workers Are Targets (informative article from 2014 – links to one in my Miscellaneous section)

https://www.theglobalist.com/why-aid-workers-are-targets/

EDUCATION & FAMILY

Why happy music makes you do bad things (it’s counter-intuitive)

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170210-why-happy-music-makes-you-do-bad-things

SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT

What makes this New Zealand beach a whale graveyard?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38953557

Why has Cameroon blocked the internet?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38895541

CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)

Japan city tackles language barrier with quirky signs

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-38920795

TRAVEL

Two countries as close as brothers (and they don’t even share a border)

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170210-two-countries-as-close-as-brothers

Germany’s favourite fast food (clue: it’s NOT sausages)

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170203-germanys-favourite-fast-food

MISCELLANEOUS

Which countries love and hate Valentine’s Day?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-38966636

Afghan Red Cross workers ‘killed by IS’

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38908312

 

 

Roy Smith – Sélection hebdomadaire d’articles du site web de la BBC
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