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Trump’s Border Patrol Boss Asks Random Brown Man if He Speaks English
The United States, of course, is a “nation of immigrants.” That’s not a lie. No American citizen, with the exception of Native Americans,…
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Trump Is Following in the Footsteps of a Failed English King
Charles’s taxation efforts fueled discontent across the English countryside. Historian Jonathan Healey described it as “the most…
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The Autocrat of English Usage
In 1940, St. Clair McKelway typed a memo to William Shawn, The New Yorker’s managing editor for fact. McKelway was writing a six-part…
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3 migrants die trying to cross the English Channel from France
PARIS (AP) — Three migrants have died after attempting to cross the English Channel from northern France, and at least three others are…
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Man dies trying to cross the English Channel from France
PARIS (AP) — One person has died after attempting to cross the English Channel from a beach in northern France, local authorities said on…
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Britain and France try again to tackle English Channel migrant crossings
LONDON (AP) — After the bonhomie and banquets of a formal state visit, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Emmanuel Macron are…
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Ann Goldstein on Keeping English in Mind
When the translator Ann Goldstein—who has helped to bring Elena Ferrante, Primo Levi, and Pope John Paul II to English readers—works on a…
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Trump requires truck drivers to speak English with new executive order
President Trump is mandating that truck drivers speak English before they hit the road with an executive order designed to "keep American…
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'Get on it AY-sep!' Foreign words have invaded Korea. The government is fighting back
SEOUL — Kim Hyeong-bae, a South Korean linguist, had a problem: how to translate the word “deepfake” into Korean. A senior researcher at…
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Low math and English scores mark the nation's report card, California and L.A. included
Instead of hoped-for improvements from pandemic-era campus closures, math and English test scores of fourth- and eighth-graders largely…
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Who Was Unity Mitford? Adolf Hitler's English Girlfriend's Never Seen Diary with Horrifying Details Found
The long-hidden diaries of Unity Mitford, a British aristocrat deeply tied to Adolf Hitler, have been unveiled after 80 years. These…
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US woman breaks up, copies "The Holiday" plot by moving to English cottage
Inspired by her love for the 2006 film The Holiday, Mackenzie Marsh, a 24-year-old from South Florida, embarked on an adventure…
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Quarter of English Town Halls Likely to Need Bailout, Poll Finds
(Bloomberg) -- A quarter of town halls in England are likely to need emergency bailouts from the UK’s central government to avoid…
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A least 8 people have died trying to cross the English Channel, French authorities say
NICE, France (AP) — At least eight people died during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France, French maritime…
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Two migrants die trying to cross English Channel
Two migrants have died attempting to cross the English Channel in a small boat. The incident happened offshore between Calais and Dunkirk,…
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Around 80 migrants rescued in English Channel after making risky crossing from France in small boat
LONDON (AP) — Around 80 migrants were rescued at sea by British authorities on Thursday after a small boat got into difficulty while…
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Ukraine raises the status of English language
The Ukrainian parliament has passed a new law to strengthen the status of the English language in the Eastern European country. In future,…