Visitors to Anchorage’s Turnagain Elementary School are more likely to hear pupils greet them with “Kak de-LAH” than “How are you?” They’d be well advised to respond with “nee-PLOH-hah” (not bad), and ...

Syrians seem to be laying the groundwork for an enduring Russian presence in the country with an increase in Russian language education. In Damascus, children sing the Russian alphabet along with ...