Newsademic nr 267 - British and American English edition (with activities)

Newsademic is an easy-to-understand international newspaper, written and edited in a style that assists English Language teaching and learning. Newsademic is a fortnightly publication (20 articles) and associated website. Both British and American English versions of the newspaper are available. The easy-to-read newspaper features the top world news stories that have made headlines during the previous two weeks.

The people of Taiwan have elected their first female president. We report on the election, the history and explain how the result might affect the complicated relationship between Taiwan and China.

An extremely well preserved Bronze Age settlement has been uncovered in Britain, officials in Peru are using vultures to deter people from using illegal landfill sites and, thanks to researchers in America, old light bulbs could be making a comeback. If you are squeamish about large insects, I suggest you skip the stick insect report.

Issue 267 - 21-01-2016