After amassing troops on the Ukrainian border, Russia on Thursday launched an attack in the north and south parts of the country. Several cities and places within the region are being commonly used in ...

American English speakers will typically say “kuh-TAR,” with the stress on the second syllable, which sounds like the word “tar.” British English speakers add an “a” sound more equivalent to “cat,” ...

What's the correct way for U.S. journalists to call a foreign city — by its English name if it has one, like Rome, Damascus or Mexico City, or by its name in the local language? It's a question ...

“When I see American media, it’s always different, it’s always new, always a surprise,” said a teacher of Ukrainian and Russian languages. By Daniel Victor and Karen Zraick It is not the most ...

Throughout the 12 years since FIFA president Sepp Blatter dramatically opened a scandalous envelope and introduced the world to Qatar, millions of Westerners have learned plenty about the 2022 World ...

The next time you’re googling how to correctly pronounce potable, cache, macabre or gnocchi, or gauging whether the U is silent in gauge, you can be assured of two things. You’re not the only one wary ...

Sooner or later the moment will arrive for everyone, or at least everyone who doesn’t speak Arabic but hopes to discuss this year’s World Cup without sounding like a total idiot. What happens when ...

Inhabited by a succession of Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Scandinavians and Normans, Britain has spent centuries simmering into a confusing toponymic soup of counties, cities and castles. Over time, ...

When tragedy struck Uvalde, journalists flooded into the small Texas town to report on the aftermath of the shooting at Robb Elementary School. That included NPR's own team — and it didn't take long ...