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World

Even the U.K. Prime Minister Can’t Resist ‘6-7’

November 25, 2025JONATHAN WOLFEComments Off on Even the U.K. Prime Minister Can’t Resist ‘6-7’

Prime Minister Keir Starmer egged on first graders doing the viral gesture, then apologized when told the school prohibited it. “I didn’t start it, Miss,” he said.

World

Even the U.K. Prime Minister Can’t Resist ‘6-7’

November 25, 2025JONATHAN WOLFEComments Off on Even the U.K. Prime Minister Can’t Resist ‘6-7’

Prime Minister Keir Starmer egged on first graders doing the viral gesture, then apologized when told the school prohibited it. “I didn’t start it, Miss,” he said.

World

Even the U.K. Prime Minister Can’t Resist ‘6-7’

November 25, 2025November 26, 2025JONATHAN WOLFEComments Off on Even the U.K. Prime Minister Can’t Resist ‘6-7’

Prime Minister Keir Starmer egged on first graders doing the viral gesture, then apologized when told the school prohibited it. “I didn’t start it, Miss,” he said.

World

How Africans Are Changing French — One Joke, Rap and Book at a Time

December 12, 2023December 12, 2023ELIAN PELTIERComments Off on How Africans Are Changing French — One Joke, Rap and Book at a Time

More than 60 percent of French speakers now live in Africa. Despite growing resentment at France, Africans are contributing to the evolution and spread of the French language.

World

The Evolution of American Sign Language

July 27, 2022David LeonhardtComments Off on The Evolution of American Sign Language

Digital media is changing language — sometimes rapidly. We explore the example of American Sign Language.

World

The ‘Hard Yakka’ of Defining Australian English’s Many Quirks

June 19, 2022DAMIEN CAVEComments Off on The ‘Hard Yakka’ of Defining Australian English’s Many Quirks

It took a while for Australians to appreciate their linguistic distinctiveness. The editors at the Australian National Dictionary Center work to document it.

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Disappearing Slang and Cultural Variants: How Australian English Is Changing

April 16, 2021Yan ZhuangComments Off on Disappearing Slang and Cultural Variants: How Australian English Is Changing

Readers reflect on the country’s many different accents.

Headlines

In Brazil’s Answer to Hollywood, Dreams and Drought Share the Stage

December 7, 2025Ana Ionova and Dado Galdieri

Japan Says China Aimed Military Radar at Its Fighter Jets

December 7, 2025JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ

Hong Kong Man Arrested After Posting Online About Deadly Fire

December 7, 2025David Pierson

Australia’s Social Media Ban for Under-16s Is Coming. The Teenagers Are Skeptical.

December 7, 2025Victoria Kim and Matthew Abbott

Hong Kong Holds Vote as Officials Move Against ‘Anti-China’ Elements

December 7, 2025David Pierson

How Australia’s Social Media Ban for Children Will Work

December 7, 2025Victoria Kim

Fire at a Nightclub in Goa, India, Kills at Least 25

December 6, 2025December 7, 2025Jin Yu Young

In Honduras, Some Voters Were Swayed by Trump, Others Angered

December 6, 2025December 6, 2025James Wagner and Jeff Ernst

At Least 17 Migrants Die in Greece’s Worst Shipwreck in Two Years

December 6, 2025December 6, 2025NIKI KITSANTONIS

Venezuela’s Nobel Winner Will Go to Norway for Peace Prize, Official Says

December 6, 2025Simon Romero and Henrik Pryser Libell
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