A1 English News | Volkswagen Faces Up to 100,000 Job Cuts

A1 English News | Brazil's Amazon Burns Far Less in 2025

Learn with slow English news for A1 listening practice. In this episode: Brazil's Amazon burned much less in 2025, with the smallest area since 1985. Also: Nigerian police officers were arrested after a reported roadside extortion attempt. Today’s English focus: police say = police report. Vocabulary: burned (damaged by fire), area (a place or part of land), record (the best or biggest result seen before). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a1-2026-07-22

A1 English News | Trump Hits Canada with 50% Tariffs

Learn with slow English news for A1 listening practice. In this episode: The US puts a 50% tariff on many Canadian goods, and Canada says it is ready to intensify trade talks. Also: In Australia, a mother gives birth to very rare identical quadruplets, and the babies are healthy after a high-risk pregnancy. Today’s English focus: be ready to = to be prepared to do something. Vocabulary: tariff (a tax on goods from another country), export (goods sent from one country to another country), ready (prepared to do something). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a1-2026-07-21

A1 English News | Runners Race at the North Pole

Learn with slow English news for A1 listening practice. In this episode: Twenty-three runners from seven countries race on sea ice at the geographic North Pole, wearing warm gear and life vests while guards watch for polar bears. Also: Cuban dissident Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara goes into exile in the US after a five-year prison sentence, with supporters greeting him in Miami. Today’s English focus: went into exile = to leave your country to live elsewhere, often because home is hard or unsafe. Vocabulary: race (competition to be first), gear (clothes or things for work or sport), loop (a shape that goes round and comes back). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a1-2026-07-20

A1 English News | India's First Private Rocket Reaches Orbit

Learn with slow English news for A1 listening practice. In this episode: A private Indian company launches Vikram-1 and reaches orbit for the first time. Also: Europe's new border system is making passport control slower for some travellers. Today’s English focus: is taking = to be taking. Vocabulary: the queue (a line of people waiting), the wait (the time before something happens), the check (a quick look or test). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a1-2026-07-19

A1 English News | Trump Media Sells Fast Posts to Wall Street

Learn with slow English news for A1 listening practice. In this episode: Trump Media is launching a paid feed that sends its top social posts to Wall Street traders very fast. Also: Japan changes royal family rules, but women still cannot take the throne. Today’s English focus: can not be played = something is not possible. Vocabulary: the bill (a proposed law), the throne (the king or emperor's seat), eligible (allowed to do something). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a1-2026-07-18