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A2 Spanish News | Why More Countries Now Prefer China Over the US

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 ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

A2 Spanish News | Wife Holds Husband Back on Ryanair Flight

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 ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

A2 Spanish News | Ted Lasso Actor Makes Pro Debut

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 ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

A2 Spanish News | Typhoon Bavi Forces Nearly Two Million to Leave

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 ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

A2 Spanish News | A 20m Dinosaur Found in Thailand

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 ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.