English Time with Yves

  Watch:   https://www.youtube.com/shorts/agEFjbZTzY4 Two officers have been arrested on  suspicion  of murdering a third and burning the body in his car. The charred car was in such a bad state that almost nothing could be retrieved from it. The body inside the trunk was practically reduced to ashes. But the chassis number gave investigators a lead : the vehicle owner was Pedro Rodríguez, a member of Barcelona’s local police force, the Guàrdia Urbana. And the remains of a prosthetic device that did not melt in the fire confirmed that the victim was Rodríguez himself. Peral and López were arrested for killing a fellow police officer. It happened on the afternoon of May 4, 2017, near the Foix reservoir in Barcelona province. The regional police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra, have arrested two people in connection with the case: Rosa Peral, the victim’s partner, and her former boyfriend Albert López. All three are – or were – members of the Guàrdia Urbana, and all...

  The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has introduced a new law to get people to read more. The law includes a large number of measures to support the government's wish for a higher literacy rate. Government employees will have paid time during working hours to read books. The law encourages private companies to create libraries at their offices, factories and other workplaces. It will also encourage shopping centres to offer spaces to set up public libraries so people can read when they go shopping. These libraries will be easy to use for people with reading disabilities. Even coffee shops at shopping malls will have to offer books and other reading materials to their customers. The UAE's National Reading Law was issued by President Sheikh Khalifa. In May of this year, he launched the National Strategy for Reading, which has a 10-year goal to create a nation of "avid readers". It aims to make reading a lifelong habit for 50 per cent of the nation's adults and 80 per ...