BECAUSE READING IS THE BEST WAY TO EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY
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