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Learn English through today’s real news. Clear, steady English at A2, with a full transcript.

In this episode: Elfyn Evans wins the World Rally Championship after Oliver Solberg crashes two corners from the finish. Also: People in rural Queensland debate a huge AI data centre plan near Dalby.

Today’s English focus: Articles = the, a, and an. Vocabulary: site (a place where something is built or happens), construction (the work of building something), demand (the amount of something people need or want).

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Learn English through today’s real news. Clear, steady English at A2, with a full transcript.

In this episode: Golfer Tom Kim wins Asian Games gold and avoids most military service in South Korea. Also: Polymarket allows $77,507 in bets on whether HSBC, Lloyds, and other major banks will fail.

Today’s English focus: can use = is able to use. Vocabulary: worry (a feeling that something bad may happen), secret (known by only a few people), hurt (cause damage or problems).

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Learn English through today’s real news. Clear, steady English at A2, with a full transcript.

In this episode: Researchers say the popular Chinese AI program Qwen avoids sensitive topics about China and may spread China-friendly views. Also: The G7 will release up to 100 million barrels of oil and diesel to ease tight supplies and lower fuel prices.

Today’s English focus: had threatened = had threatened. Vocabulary: release (to make something available), supply (an amount of something available), reserve (something kept for future use).

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Learn English through today’s real news. Clear, steady English at A2, with a full transcript.

In this episode: Google tests four AI chips on a satellite for future data centers in space. Also: A new AI beats a top Stratego player by guessing hidden pieces.

Today’s English focus: it = it. Vocabulary: satellite (satellite), radiation (radiation), shade (shade).

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Learn English through today’s real news. Clear, steady English at A2, with a full transcript.

In this episode: Eli Lilly says a new three-hormone drug combination helped people with obesity and Type 2 diabetes lose up to 23.3% of their weight in 48 weeks, more than tirzepatide alone. Also: A Nikon microscope video won a science contest, but scientists are questioning whether AI was used in its image processing.

Today’s English focus: lowered = to lower. Vocabulary: appetite (the feeling that makes you want to eat), dose (the amount of medicine taken at one time), tolerate (to accept something difficult or unpleasant).

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Learn English through today’s real news. Clear, steady English at A2, with a full transcript.

In this episode: A New York startup tests gene-editing tools in human embryos to prevent serious diseases, while the work raises safety and ethical questions. Also: Large protests in Spain help an 87-year-old woman regain a lower rent and return to her Madrid home, but the housing crisis continues.

Today’s English focus: was evicted = was removed from a home. Vocabulary: rent (money paid regularly to live in a home), tenant (a person who pays to live in a home), landlord (a person or company that owns a home and rents it to others).

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Learn English through today’s real news. Clear, steady English at A2, with a full transcript.

In this episode: Nvidia launches OpenShell, a security platform that can stop AI agents from going rogue. Also: California bans sales of single-use battery-powered vapes to reduce plastic pollution.

Today’s English focus: released = released. Vocabulary: sandbox (a safe, separate place for testing software), authority (power or permission to do something), quarantine (to separate something that may be dangerous).

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Learn English through today’s real news. Clear, steady English at A2, with a full transcript.

In this episode: Spain wins its 17th world and European football title in five years, with success across men's, women's, and youth teams. Also: Swiss voters reject stricter neutrality rules, allowing Switzerland to continue imposing sanctions without United Nations approval.

Today’s English focus: be plus a noun = to identify or describe a person, thing, or group. Vocabulary: Title (competition win or championship), Coach (person who trains and leads a sports team), Style (particular way of doing something).

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Learn English through today’s real news. Clear, steady English at A2, with a full transcript.

In this episode: Wakefield beat Wigan 33-6 to reach the Grand Final for the first time. Also: Tesla starts making its Semi truck, but charging gaps remain a problem.

Today’s English focus: will play = will play. Vocabulary: Relegation (moving down to a lower sports division), Treble (winning three important competitions in one season), Final (the last match in a competition).

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Learn English through today’s real news. Clear, steady English at A2, with a full transcript.

In this episode: Pope Leo XIV warns that AI and new technology could weaken human values during his visit to France. Also: New research finds no clear sign that AI has caused large job losses or lower hiring among recent college graduates.

Today’s English focus: can plus the base verb = to talk about ability or possibility. Vocabulary: progress (movement toward something better or more developed), dignity (the value and respect every person deserves), judgment (the ability to decide what is right or wrong).

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