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B2Thursday, 5 November 2026
France’s Blood Establishment (EFS) said hackers had targeted cold rooms for donated blood and tried to raise their temperatures. Staff intervened quickly, and EFS reported no…
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A2/B1Thursday, 5 November 2026
Bob Dylan, 85, met Pope Leo XIV at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City during his Italian tour. The pope hosted the singer at his official residence, and the meeting was brief.…
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B1Wednesday, 4 November 2026
Delhi is battling worsening air pollution as winter begins. The city's air quality index (AQI) reached 377, which India's watchdog classifies as very poor (301–400). Long exposure…
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B2Wednesday, 4 November 2026
Brazil has published what it calls the first global roadmap to phase out fossil fuels. As host of Cop30, it wants UN climate talks to move from negotiating new promises to…
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A2/B1Tuesday, 3 November 2026
Collins English Dictionary chose 'mogging' as its word of the year 2026. The word means to outperform or outshine someone, making them look inferior in looks, confidence or…
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B1Tuesday, 3 November 2026
Scientists say they found signs of fossil red blood cells inside the hind leg bone of an Aratasaurus, a small meat-eating dinosaur from what is now north-eastern Brazil about 115m…
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C1Monday, 2 November 2026
Retailers in Belgium, Estonia, Ireland, Finland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Sweden confirmed problems with shop refrigeration, with some units reaching 50C. The EU food and…
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B2Monday, 2 November 2026
Ryanair says it may freeze workers' pay and raise airfares because its fuel costs have surged after the US-Israel war with Iran. The airline expects prices for aviation fuel to…
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Monday, 2 November 2026
This crossword revises the vocabulary from this week’s B1 lessons. The words all come from: Why data centres face growing opposition; Melting Dolomites glaciers expose war…