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redfiona99 ([personal profile] redfiona99) wrote2018-01-07 02:37 pm

Links (part 1)

Miscellaneous:

Can employers ask us to change our appearance? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38745506

Rock, paper scissors and the fierce world of Japanese pop - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38413206

Sex is painful for nearly one in 10 women, study finds - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38729240

People will rise against N Korean regime, says defector - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38741078

Dundee boy's balloon flies 370 miles to Banbury - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-38722432

Milton Keynes: The middle-aged new town - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-38594140

The dental nurse who became an alligator catcher - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38641709

China birth rate up after one-child rule change - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-38714949

Politics:

China's gamble for global supremacy in era of Trump - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-38766887

Will Donald Trump mean the end of global trade? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38731812

The Most Extreme Party Coalition Since the Civil War -
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/01/the_gop_of_2017_is_the_most_extreme_party_coalition_since_the_civil_war.html

Trump inauguration: Two Americas in 24 hours - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38707721

Science:

Extra letters added to life's genetic code - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38737693

Sport:

Doping: European Athletics to examine credibility of all records -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/38765253 Set up in January, crickets since. Possibly the most glorious way of avoiding the issue I've ever seen an organisation use.

Japan baseball team Chiba Lotte Marines have weird new mascot -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/40247184/japan-baseball-team-chiba-lotte-marines-have-weird-new-mascot

Cricket:

In Tymal Mills - the accidental pioneer - England have a glimpse of cricket's future -
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/in-tymal-mills-the-accidental-pioneer-england-have-a-glimpse-of-crickets-future-a7544346.html

Technology:

Why this Chinese New Year will be a digital money fest - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38746298

TV from the sun: 'Now I am connected to the whole world' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38680093

How the barcode changed retailing and manufacturing - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38498700

'How we built India's biggest robot company' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38664034

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