The words we use to refer to mother and father are an oddity. For example, the pha sound in mother and father is even rare. So there's no must sound to be found but the vowel sounds are among the first sounds that babies produce - so it's really not a great exception to the rule.
An issue ignored for three decades came to dominate the summit’s agenda: reparations to poor countries for climate-driven “loss and damage”. Alas, halting those coming losses did not feature much. Our correspondent speaks with a Ukrainian fighter pilot about defending the country’s airspace using mostly Soviet-era kit. And why some words sound the same across many languages.
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