Here are some of the words and phrases the BBC encountered this year that helped to unravel the changes taking place in world ...

Pennsylvania Dutch culture believes New Year's celebrations foreshadow the year ahead, so "wishers" have an important job of delivering the New Year's "winsch." Meet Berks County's wishers, Mike and L ...

Children in the Netherlands have voted and the Children’s Word of the Year for 2024 is… bruh. The word beat out “bro” with ...

Whether you're a history buff, a foodie, or simply in search of a relaxing getaway, Maastricht promises a unique and ...

Petra Hogendoorn is Dutch but grew up in South Africa and later worked as an international seafarer. After spending most of ...

Donner and Blitzen – or Dunder and Blixem – might know who wrote ‘The Night Before Christmas”.

English continues to expand into diverse regions around the world. The question is whether humanity will be homogenized as a ...

NPR found that Wang is a grifter who swindled a Chinese exile out of his $17,000 life savings. The Associated Press, Al ...

Apple TV+’s ‘Before’ follows the story of a psychiatrist named Eli Adler, who is grieving the death of his wife. While he is ...

In language-divided Belgium, it’s cause for complaint when a train conductor greets a Flemish passenger in both Dutch and French, despite being in a non-French speaking region. That’s what happened on ...

The bilingual greeting of a train ticket inspector to a Flemish passenger has sparked a political war of words — and an ...