Improve your Spanish with slow news for A2 listening practice.

In this episode: A 56-year-old food delivery rider in China wins a major literary prize for poems written between deliveries. Also: Norway unveils a new memorial in Oslo for the 77 victims of the 2011 attack.

Today’s Spanish focus: se ha inaugurado = has been inaugurated / has been officially opened. Vocabulary: el memorial (memorial), la víctima (victim), el superviviente (survivor).

Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/spanish-a2-2026-07-20

Improve your Spanish with slow news for A2 listening practice.

In this episode: In Russia, more people are using cash as mobile internet shutdowns make card payments harder and businesses face more pressure. Also: In Canada, Trump threatens new tariffs after wildfire smoke spreads into US cities, while Canadian leaders call for shared climate responsibility.

Today’s Spanish focus: poder + infinitivo = to be able to + infinitive. Vocabulary: el efectivo (cash), la presión (pressure), la previsión (forecast).

Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/spanish-a2-2026-07-19

Improve your Spanish with slow news for A2 listening practice.

In this episode: The European Union proposes slower emissions cuts for businesses, giving some industries more time and possible permits until 2038. Also: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake off southern Mexico triggers a tsunami warning, but no serious damage or fatalities are reported.

Today’s Spanish focus: ha presentado = has presented. Vocabulary: propuesta (proposal), permiso (permission), energía (energy).

Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/spanish-a2-2026-07-18

Improve your Spanish with slow news for A2 listening practice.

In this episode: A White House teleprompter operator is under investigation after allegedly using inside information to bet nearly $100,000 on Trump speech words on Kalshi. Also: Uganda says its last Ebola patient has been discharged, starting a 42-day wait to see if the outbreak is really over.

Today’s Spanish focus: está siendo investigado = is being investigated. Vocabulary: el brote (the outbreak), el paciente (the patient), la infección (the infection).

Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/spanish-a2-2026-07-17

Improve your Spanish with slow news for A2 listening practice.

In this episode: A major Pew survey finds China viewed more positively than the US in many of 36 countries, with lower trust in both Xi Jinping and Donald Trump. Also: Scientists confirm a new monkey species in a forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with orange lips and just the fifth African monkey species found in 75 years.

Today’s Spanish focus: más positiva que = more positive than. Vocabulary: la encuesta (survey), la confianza (trust), la imagen (image).

Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/spanish-a2-2026-07-16

Improve your Spanish with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: US lawmakers vote to stop changing the clocks twice a year, sending the bill on to the Senate. Also: A wife says she held her husband's legs as he nearly got pulled out of a Ryanair window for nearly two minutes.Today’s Spanish focus: de nuevo = again. Vocabulary: reloj (clock), hora (time), Senado (Senate).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/spanish-a2-2026-07-15

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Improve your Spanish with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: Ted Lasso actor Cristo Fernández makes his professional football debut for El Paso Locomotive, coming on late, touching the ball three times, and picking up a yellow card. Also: Hungary's parliament votes to remove President Tamás Sulyok, and he now has five days to sign the change or send it to the Constitutional Court.Today’s Spanish focus: sacar de su cargo — to remove someone from office = to remove someone from office. Vocabulary: el parlamento (parliament), la mayoría (majority), el mandato (term in office).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/spanish-a2-2026-07-14

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Improve your Spanish with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: A powerful typhoon hits China, and nearly two million people are evacuated as schools, work, transport, and outdoor activities are suspended. Also: BBC Vatican correspondent David Willey dies aged 93, remembered for decades of reporting on five popes and a long journalism career.Today’s Spanish focus: tocar tierra = to make landfall. Vocabulary: evacuadas (evacuated), costa (coast), deslizamientos de tierra (landslides).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/spanish-a2-2026-07-13

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Improve your Spanish with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: Paleontologists in Thailand say they found a new plant-eating dinosaur, Uragasaurus kalasinensis, from fossils in Kalasin Province. It may have lived about 150 million years ago. Also: A major US housing law became law without Donald Trump's signature. It aims to lower house prices and rents, increase housing supply, and came after rare bipartisan support in.Today’s Spanish focus: entrar en vigor = to come into force. Vocabulary: casa (house or home), alquiler (rent), oferta (supply).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/spanish-a2-2026-07-12

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Improve your Spanish with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: Apple accuses OpenAI and two employees of stealing trade secrets, and says former workers sent internal information to their own emails. Also: A Buddhist temple in South Korea hosts a 30-hour dating retreat for 12 men and 12 women, hoping to help people meet and break the ice.Today’s Spanish focus: romper el hielo = to break the ice. Vocabulary: el retiro (retreat), el templo (temple), la crisis (crisis).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/spanish-a2-2026-07-11

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