News archives (2013-2014)
Week 40: June 2 - June 8:
"D-Day 70th anniversary: Veterans mark historic invasion", BBC
"D-Day shapes America's role in the world", The Washington Post
"WWII enthusiasts reenact camps in Normandy", English Blog
"Cameron furious over
extremism row between Rove and May", The Guardian
Week 39: May 27 - June 1:
"Poet Maya Angelou dies at 86", USA Today
"'Plot to buy 2022 World Cup': Corruption claims emerge over 2022 World Cup Qatar Bid", The Independent
Week 38: May 19 - May 26:
"UKIP's European
elections win worrying, Tony Blair says", The Guardian
"Philip Hammond: People are just lending their votes to UKIp", The Telegraph
"California killings:
UK-born Elliot Rodger blamed for deaths", The Guardian
"What 60 years of gerrymandering look
like", The Washington Post
Week 37: May 12 - May 18:
"Elections in India: Modi, the Snake Charmer", The English Blog
"A History of Politicians who have
been egged", The Telegraph
"Manchester City
foreign legion good for our game", says James Miler
"Found after 500 years: the wreck of Christopher Columbus' flagship the Santa Maria", The Independent
Week 36: May 5 - May 11:
"The Kidnaped Nigerian Girls", ABC News
"Michelle Obama Outraged over Nigeria Kidnaped
girls", Reuters
"Support for Labour drops six pointas Tories take
lead", The Guardian
"David
Cameron pledges referendum on EU", The Independent
Week 35: April 28 - May 4:
"Hay fever sufferers
in pollen alert over bank holiday weekend", The Independent
"Apple, Facebook and others defy authorities, notify users of secret data demands", The Washington Post
"Can 'OPM's innovation lab' live up to its Silicon Valley billing?", The Washington Post
"The Ghostwriter of online dating: A Q&A", The Washington Post
Week 34: April 21 - April 27:
"Celebrate
Shakespeare's 450th Birthday", TED
"Alex Salmond's Fisheries
Threat to EU Alarms Industry", The Guardian
"Andy Murray
breaks down crying as he is awarded the Freedom of Stirling", The Independent
"Chelsea Clinton's pregnancy gives birth to new conspiracies", The Guardian
Week 33: April 14 - April 20:
"City Braces for one-year Anniversary of Boston Marathon Bombing", Washington Post
"Chelsea Clinton announces she's
pregnant",
Washington Post
"Lock Ness monster found on Apple Maps", The Independent
"David Bailey's Portait of Queen released to mark her 88th
birthday", The Guardian
Week 32: April 7 - April 13:
"Sebelius took the fall for Obama's White House" (USA Today)
"Maria Miller Resigns as Culture Secretary over Expenses Row" (The
Guardian)
"Chelsea 2 PSG 0: How Jose Mourinho reached the Champions League Semi Finals" (The Independent)
Week 31: March 31 - April 6:
"Fort Hood Shooting", abc News
"Supreme Court Lifts ban on Campaign Contributions", USA Today
"Air Pollution in London", BBC
News
"Nigel Farage: Voter will go on raging at Elites while their
Interests are Ignored", The
Guardian
"April Fools' Day 2014", CBS News
Week 30: March24 - March 30:
"Putin Calls Obama to discuss Ukraine", BBC
News
"Search List
Expands in Washington State Mudslide", New York Times
"How Washington Mudslide
Victims are getting Help", ABC News
"Nick Clegg Clashes with Nigel Farage in EU
debate", BBC News
Week 29: March 17 - March 23:
"The Irish languages is for life, not
just for St Patrick's day", The Guardian
"Why Guiness is less Irish than you
think", The Economist
"Obama's pathetic response to Putin's invasion of Crimea", Washington Post
"Missing Malaysian
jet: the latest thinking",CNN
"Los Angeles
no long Bank Robbery Capital of the World", Los Angeles Times
Week 28: March 10 - March 16:
"Search for missing plane expands to Indian ocean", CNN
"Oscar Pistorius, spare me the sick bucket!", The Guardian
"Elderly care on the brink of disaster as funding cuts take toll", The Independent
"Death toll rises in NY City blast", Time
Week 27: March 3 - March 9:
"Oscar Pistorius Trial, day 6", The Guardian
"March 1st: St David's Day
(Wales), Wikipedia
"Muslim Families won't get a 'Fun
Day' at Legoland because of right-wing threats", Time
"Jack Whitehall: standing up for Cameron's Britain", The
Guardian
Week 26: February 24 - March 2:
"12 Years A Slave wins Best Picture at Oscars 2014 dominated by British space epic Gravity" (The Independent)
"Obama, Putin, Speak by phone amid Ukraine
crisis"(Yahoo News)
"Oscar Pistorius pleads not guilty to Reeva Steenkamp murder"(CBC News)
Week 25: February 17 - 23:
"Anya
Hindmarch's London Fashion Week show proves a supermarket sweep"
"Scottish
independence: Cameron and Salmond to hold rival North sea oil" (The Week)
"Detroit Outlines Map to
Solvency, Stressing Repairs" (The New york Times)
"Sochi Closing Ceremony: Russia Pokes fun at itself by Recreating
Olympic Rings Dysfunction" (Time)
Week 24: February 10 - 16:
"UK Storms and flooding: live
updates", The Guardian
"UK weather: Valentine's Day
Diners Rescued in Milford on Sea", BBC News
"Obama and Hollande: US and France enjoy a renewed relationship", The Washington Post
"Team USA's
biggest names struggles under Olympic pressure", USA Today
"Chan's
time to face Canadian Olympic figure skating curse",Sun+
Week 23: February 3 - 9:
"Sochi's Opening Ceremony Malfunction",
USA Today
"UK weather: Thousands without power as South-west takes a 'pasting' from high-winds and Britain braces for 'beast' of a storm", The
Independent
"Eric Pickles apologizes over floods and blames Environment Agency advice", The Guardian
"Facebook is 10: Zuckerberg, the face of Facebook", The New Yorker
Week 22: January 27 - February 2:
"Obama's 2014 'State-of-the-Union' Address: 'Let's make this a year of action'", USA Today
"For 2016, Hilary Clinton has commanding lead over Democrats, GOP race wide open",
The Washington Post
"Cameron and Hollande differ over reforms to
EU", BBC News
"Cameron: 'If I win general election there will be a EU referendum in 2017", The Guardian
Week 21: January 20 - January 26:
"Obama: Marijuana not 'more dangerous' than alcohol' ", CBS News
"Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Fires Number 2 (COO)", Time
"NHS Hospitals Flatlining: Staff morale falls to new low after Coalition 'bashing'", (The Independent)
" 'Crazy' French First Lady 'Flying to India after dismissing Elysée advice' ", The Independent
Week 20: January 13 - January 19:
"Suppoenas looming in New Jersey Governor Chris
Christie over the ridge Scandal", The Los Angeles Times
"Breaking down Obama's NSA Speech", The Washington Post
"Discretion at La Maison Blanche: if only the French ran America...", The Economist
"Tories plan 'Shock treatment' to win over the
low-paid", The Independent
Week 19: January 6 - January 12:
"Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dies at 85", The Washington Post
"Scotland Secession could lead to the Balkanisation of Europe", The Washington Post
"US Polar Vortex: At least 50 scalded in the US after trying boiling-to-frozen water trick", The Telegraph
"François Hollande faces personal and political crisis as claims of affair with actress revealed", The Telegraph
Week 18: December 31 - January 5:
"'Polar Vortex' Plunges Midwest, Northeast into Record Deep Freeze", Time
"An Astonishing Dangerous Cold Snap is going to Descend on the US", The Washington Post
"UK Storms and Floods - your
Pictures", The Guardian
"Stop Unrestricted immigration from Poor EU countries, David Cameron suggests",The Guardian
Week 17: December 23 - December 30:
"How the Political Battle over Obamacare is like Groundhog Day", The Washington Post
"Obama's annus horribilis", The
Guardian
"Freed Member of Pussy Riot Calls for Boycott of Sochi Olympics", (Time
"Uk Weather: Thousands face Christmas Power Cuts as Floods dampen Christmas Spirit", The Independent
Week 16: December 16 - December 22:
"New Mexico Supreme Court
legalizes gay marriage", Washington Post
"Apollo Theatre Collapse: Scores injured after ceilings collapsed in London's West End", USA Today
"David Cameron to skip Sochi Olympics - but insists it's not a boycott", The Independent
"Food Banks debate", Daily Mirror
Week 15: December 9 - December 15:
"Pope Francis elected Person of the Year by Time Magazine", BBC News
"Colorado Shooting Hits State Trying to Recover", Time
"Tory Plans to Cut Benefits to EU Immigrants expose widening ideological Divide in our Politics", The Independent
"NHS: National Security SHAMBLES", Daily Mail
Week 14: December 2 - December 8:
"Nelson Mandela's death dominates world newspaper headlines", The Independent
"Nelson Mandela: 1918 - 2013: Remembering an Icon of Freedom", Time
"Autumn Statement 2013: Work until you're 70 - George Osborne accused of 'living in fantasy land' over pensions reforms", The Independent
"UK Weather: thousands unable to return home after houses ruined by floods", The Telegraph
Week13: November 25 - December 1:
"A Special Thanksgiving", The Economist
"A History of Black Friday", Time
"NYC Train derailment kills 4, hurts more than 60", The Washington Post
"Scotland Independence: SNP hails 'momentous day' in Dundee", The Guardian
Week12: November 18 - 24:
"'Solemn' event to honor JFK at Dallas", USA Today
"47 Million Americans hit by food stamp cuts starting today", USA Today
"Obama: Bill Clinton represents 'very best of America", USA Today
"Sri Lanka and the Commonwealth: After the Circus", The Economist
"Energy bills rise by 37% in three years", The Guardian"
Week 11: November 11 - 17:
"Typhoon Haiyan: Filipinos without Food, Water, see aid arrive", USA Today
"Obamacare: Call the medic!", The
Economist
"PM to borrow from Tory Campaign that defeated Kinnock for
election", The Guardian
"Senate Passses Workplace
Protection for Gay, Transgender Americans", Los Angeles Times
Week 10: November 4 - November 10:
"1,200 Feared Dead from 'Devastating' Haiyan Tiphoon in the
Philippines" (USA Today)
"Bill de Blasio Outlines Liberal Agenda After New York Mayoral Victory" (Los Angeles Times)
"Senate OKs Gay Rights Bill Banning
Discrimination"(Time)
"Leeds Shooting: One Man Killed, One Seriously Injured
(The Guardian)
WEEK9: October 29- November 3:
"News of the World Phone-Hacking: Trial of Andy Coulson and
Rebekah Brooks to being" (The Guardian)
"St Jude Storm Death Toll Rises to Four as two Die in Car Explosion" (Daily Mail)
"LA Airport Shooting: Two
Lives Collide in a Fatal Instant" (NY Times)
"Kathleen Sebelius, Obama's administration Punching Ball for Obamacare's Failure" (Washington Post)
"Obama Titls Federal Judiciary back towards Democrats" (USA Today)
WEEK8: October 21- October 28:
"Obama Confronts Obamacare Criticism" (USA Today)
"Anglican Leader Pressures British Energy Giants Over Price Rises" (Reuters)
"Health Tourism: Government Propaganda that disguises the Facts" (The Guardian)
"NHS Whistleblower: TheyDestroyed Flowers on My Mother's Grave" (The Guardian)
Australian Wildfires: New South Wales in Flames With Fears of Worse to Come (Time)
WEEK7: October 14- October 20:
"Governement Gets Back to Business, but Effects of Shutdown Linger", (New York Times)
"Nine amazing facts about Janet Yellen, our Next Fed Chair", (Washington Post)
"Jeremy Hunt: UK should adopt Asian culture of caring for the
elderly", (The Guardian)
"British Gas Ful Price Hike: David Cameron Faces Backlash after Advising Customers to Change Supplier", (The Independent)
WEEK6: October 7- October 13:
"House votes to approve back pay for furloughed workers", (Washington Post)
"Chemical Weapons Watchdog Wins Peace Nobel
Prize", (New Tork Times)
"Guardian was 'entirely correct' to publish NSA stories, says Vince
Cable", (The Guardian)
"Osborne plan to cut energy efficiency funds for fuel poor is
'unforgivable'", (The Guardian)
WEEK 5: September 30 - October 6:
Shutdown's reach felt by families across America (USA Today)
Explaining the government shutdown to your kids
(Time)
Obamacare site goes live, with some glitches (Washington Post)
GP surgeries to open seven days a week, says David Cameron
(The Guardian)
WEEK 4: September 23-29, 2013:
"Many dead in Nairobi shopping mall shooting", (BBC News)
"Chicago shootings: 4 suspects arrested", (CNN)
"Budget dram unfolds again, with Obamacare center stage" (USA Today)
"10 things to know about the UN-sponsored panel on climate-change, the IPCC", (Washington Post)
WEEK 3: September 16-22, 2013:
"Shooting rampage at Navy Yard in D.C leaves 13 dead" (USA Today)
"Today in 1620 the Mayflower left England" (Time)
"More than 1,000 unaccounted for in deadly Colorado floods" (USA Today)
"Julia Gilliard writes on power, purpose and Labor's future" (The Guardian)
"Syria will sign chemical ban, open storage site" (USA Today)
"Commemorating 9/11" (The Huffington Post)
"US Forest Service set to decide on fracking in George Washington National Forest" (Washington Post)
"Royal Mail Sell-off 'within weeks'" (The Guardian)
"David Cameron's Love Actually moment as he defends Britain against Putin's 'small island' jibe' (The Telegraph)
WEEK 1 : September 1-7, 2013:
"Senate committee approves resolution authorizing US strike on Syria" (Washington Post)
"G20 summit leaders discuss Syria in St Petersburg" (BBC News)
"US economy gained 169,000 jobs in August" (USA
Today)
"Buckingham Palace break-in sparks police security review" (The
Guardian)
"London 'Walkie-Talkie' skyscraper melts Jaguar car parts" (BBC News) / "Fryscraper" (Time)
WEEK 0 : August 24-31, 2013:
"Tina Brown: No, Conspiracy Theorists,
Princess Diana was not murdered" (The Daily Beast)
"March
on Washington commemorated by thousands of celebrants at Lincoln Memorial" (Washington Post)
"Obama: no decision yet on launching Syria military
strike" (USA Today)
"Leader David Cameron loses preliminary vote on action against Syria" (Washington Post)
Here is another cartoon on the same theme (English Blog).