Newsademic nr 230 – British and American English edition (with activities) 21 August 2014

Newsademic Features:

- 26 issues in 12 months
- Features stories currently making the international news
- Articles, written in an easy-to-read style, include latest news plus background information and explanation
- Each issue is accompanied by two sets of activities/worksheets and the respective answer keys
- Articles featured reflect no political or religious bias
- Stories are reported factually and every attempt is made to feature both sides of any situation in which opinions differ
- Focus on international news events that shape and affect the world that we all live in today
- Carries no advertising

In this issue:

Magpies’ reputation questioned
Pictures of Pluto
Pope’s South Korean visit
Ebola drug go-ahead
‘Legendary dragon’ found
Left-Handers Day
Protest in Pakistan
Recording the Arctic seabed
Mathematician medals
New Solomon’s temple
Modi’s Independence Day address
World’s oldest plant?
50,000 stumbling blocks
River Amazon’s biggest fish
Suez Canal upgrade
Snowden to stay in Russia
Clams record El Niño
World’s most resilient creatures
Turkey’s new president
Glossary Crossword and Wordsearch Puzzle