Trucking students practice reverse parking in training trucks at the Driving Academy. (AP Photo) The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has moved to make English-language proficiency requirements for commercial truck drivers a permanent part of federal regulations, saying drivers who cannot sufficiently read or speak English or understand highway signs and signals must be placed … Read more
Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw and American songwriter Bob Dylan are the only two people to achieve harmony in literature and film: winning both a Nobel Prize and an Oscar. Bernard Shaw won the Nobel Prize for his play “Pygmalion,” which was made into a movie and is credited with lifting Hollywood from illiteracy to … Read more
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte finally explains the real reason for his call Donald Trump “Dad” – and said that’s not what a lot of people think. In an interview with Politico, Rutte insisted that the remark was “by no means intentional,” attributing it (in otherwise fluent English) to what he called his “inadequate command … Read more