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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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 months ago
VW retires the Beetle, revives the Bus | Learn about ‘hippies’ and the counter-culture
Episode 89
The Volkswagen Beetle is one of the most recognizable cars on the road, but the Germany carmaker plans to retire the model for good, citing declining…
7 years, 10 months ago
Spain to remove Franco from Valley of the Fallen | Learn English phrase ‘take for granted’
Episode 88
The Spanish parliament voted to remove the remains of the military dictator Francisco Franco from the Valley of the Fallen monument. Though there was…
7 years, 11 months ago
How bad is the storm? Check the Waffle House Index | Learn English phrase ‘in the wake of’
Episode 87
Hurricane Florence was the first big storm of the 2018 hurricane season, and US government officials are using a light-hearted way of determining how…
7 years, 11 months ago