[LIFE ★★] WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF DRIVING? (P1) Ten years ago, a woman called Barbara Noble asked an important question. (P2) “Why are some young people choosing not to drive?” (P3) Barbara was a STATISTICIAN at the Department for Transport …
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[ENVIRONMENT ★] WHALES BEACH THEMSELVES ON INDIAN COAST (P1) At least 45 small PILOT WHALES, part of a group which WASHED ASHORE in Tiruchendur in Tamil Nadu, India, have died. More than 100 whales were found on the 16km stretch from …
[EDUCATION ★] FEW CHILDREN IN SOUTH SUDAN ATTEND SCHOOL (P1) More than half of the children in South Sudan are not in school, the highest percentage in any country, the U.N. children’s agency announced. (p2) Fifty-one percent of children between ages …
[WORLD NEWS ★★] TAIWAN ELECTS FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT (P1) Tsai Ing-wen has been elected Taiwan’s first female president. (P2) Ms Tsai, 59, leads the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). (P3) In her victory speech, she promised to preserve the STATUS QUO in …
[CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT ★★★] CHILEAN ARCHITECT IS AWARDED PRITZKER PRIZE (P1) Chilean ARCHITECT Alejandro Aravena has been named as the 2016 winner of the Pritzker Prize, architecture’s EQUIVALENT of the Nobel prizes. (P2) Aravena, 48, will be the 41st winner of the Pritzker Prize, …
[TECHNOLOGY ★] WHERE ELECTRONIC GOODS GO TO DIE (P1) At a vast dumpsite in the west of Ghana’s capital Accra, small fires burn among piles of old computers, television screens, and laptops. (P2) This is one of the biggest dumps for …
[BUSINESS ★★] HOW TO START A WHISKY DISTILLERY (P1) Considered by most AFICIONADOS to be the PINNACLE of the industry, SINGLE MALTS are WHISKIES made from a single DISTILLERY. (P2) They typically command a PREMIUM PRICE over BLENDED WHISKIES. (P3) Whisky …
[CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT ★] WILL THE JAPANESE BOY BAND BREAK UP? (P1) Rumours are RIFE in Japan that one of the country’s most well-known and long-lived pop groups, SMAP, might be ON THE VERGE OF a BREAK-UP. (P2) Their TALENT AGENCY …
[TRAVEL ★★] CRUISE INTO THE COLD (P1) Norway’s COASTLINE is long, RUGGED, and packed with natural MARVELS, including the famous FJORDS. (P2) DEPARTING year-round from the southern city of Bergen, ships of Norway’s Hurtigruten (“express route”) service follow this dramatic coast …
[SPORTS ★★★] “I’M NOT AFRAID OF DYING ANYMORE” (P1) Six years ago, on 8 January 2010, Togo goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale found himself in a DEADLY situation. (P2) In a bus, in the dark of night, in the DISPUTED Angolan ENCLAVE of …