There’s an art and a science to picking a good starting word for Wordle. Here are my suggestions for the best starters—and ...

David Spade slammed a mall's tree-lighting ceremony for omitting the word "Christmas." In the Sunday episode of Spade and Dana Carvey's "Fly on the Wall" podcast, the 61-year-old "Grown Ups" actor ...

Welcome back Slovak Roots fans! It is time for another edition of our Slovak Roots newsletter, dedicated to the community of people with ties to Slovakia. In this newest instalment, you’ll learn more ...

Successful root canal treatment could reduce inflammation linked to heart disease and improve levels of blood sugar and cholesterol. In the first of its kind research, a clinical study by King's ...

He is England's highest run-scorer at Test level – but that hasn't stopped an Aussie newspaper from targeting captain Joe Root with a very sexualised two-word insult. On Tuesday, the West Australian ...

Think you’ve got a sharp language IQ? It’s time to prove it. This 27-question quiz will put your knowledge of word roots and etymology to the ultimate test. You’ll explore how languages like Latin, ...

We take for granted that many English words have counterparts that sound related, but aren’t. Even though know and no sound the same, their meanings are so different we assume they have different ...

American slang has its roots in the Irish American urban experience. Just before he died, Daniel Cassidy released a pioneering book, "How the Irish invented Slang," that begins to prove how American ...

India’s Test captain Shubman Gill began his red-ball career as an opener, but with Cheteshwar Pujara out of contention, he was moved to number three. Following Virat Kohli’s retirement from Tests, the ...

In the press conference that followed, Prasidh explained that unsettling Root was a deliberate tactic. Day 2 also witnessed other minor flashpoints. Akash Deep briefly placed his arm around Ben ...