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Popular destinations struggle with ‘over-tourism’ | Learn English phrase ‘wear and tear’
Episode 99
As global tourism has increased in recent years, some popular tourist destinations like Amsterdam, Venice and Peru’s Machuu Pichuu have struggled wit…
7 years, 7 months ago
Marijuana is now legal in Canada | Learn phrasal verb ‘ramp up’
Episode 98
Canadians can now buy recreational marijuana and grow four plants at home. As the first large country to legalize marijuana, Canada is beginning a na…
7 years, 7 months ago
Mystery surrounds death of Saudi journalist | Learn how to use ‘to paint a picture’
Episode 97
Journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by a team of assasins in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, according to allegations made by the Turkish govern…
7 years, 8 months ago
Should Japan have an army? | Learn the English phrasal verb "take effect"
Episode 96
Shinzō Abe, Japan’s prime minister, is considering major revisions to the country’s constitution—specifically Article 9, which prevents the world’s f…
7 years, 8 months ago
New route is world’s longest flight: 18 hours, Singapore to New York | Learn phrasal verb ‘pay off’
Episode 95
Singapore Airlines has re-introduced the world’s longest flight, a 10,300-mile journey from Singapore to Newark, New Jersey, near New York City. The …
7 years, 8 months ago
Chile wins battle over sea access for landlocked Bolivia | Learn English phrase ‘sigh of relief’
Episode 94
Bolivia’s dream of regaining sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean suffered a setback after a UN court sided with Chile, saying that Chile was not re…
7 years, 8 months ago
French gangster recaptured after escaping jail in a helicopter | Learn English phrase ‘in reality’
Episode 93
Redoine Faid, a notorious French criminal who escaped from jail twice, most recently in a dramatic helicopter escape, has been recaptured and is in j…
7 years, 8 months ago
New look for London phone booths: digital ads and touch screens | Learn English phrase ‘to put it mildly’
Episode 92
Classic-red phone booths are giving way to a new type of touch-screen kiosk on the streets of London. But the new kiosks are covered in digital ads a…
7 years, 8 months ago
Genetic change in mosquitoes may be key to eliminating malaria | Learn ‘upside’ and ‘downside’
Episode 91
Malaria infects millions of people each year, killing between 400,000 and 700,000 people—most of them children in sub-Saharan Africa. Now, scientists…
7 years, 8 months ago
Facebook, committed to connecting people, now must decide who to disconnect
Episode 90
Social media companies like Facebook, Twitter, Apple and even Spotify are now in the uncomfortable position of policing content and determining which…
7 years, 8 months ago