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

In this episode: A Korean bank worker loses $14,000 as Kospi swings hard and investors face steep losses. Also: Millions in Spain watch the country's first total solar eclipse in over a century.

Hoy: Kospi sigue con grandes cambios · España ve un eclipse total raro.

Today’s Spanish focus: pide más dinero, asks for more money = asks for more money. Vocabulary: margen (margin; a small safety space), caída (drop; fall), vender (to sell).

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

In this episode: WHO warns the Ebola outbreak in Congo may become the deadliest ever, with over 4,300 cases and more than 2,000 deaths. Also: Physicists report the strongest evidence yet that glueballs, a very elusive particle, may really exist.

Hoy: La OMS alerta sobre el brote de ébola · Nuevas pistas sobre los glueballs.

Today’s Spanish focus: puede + infinitivo (can + infinitive) = can + infinitive. Vocabulary: brote (outbreak), transmisión (transmission), tratamiento (treatment).

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

In this episode: Zambia votes in a big election as people question whether reforms have made everyday life better. Also: A Black midwife in Alabama travels long distances to help mothers and babies in care deserts.

Hoy: Zambia vota con la economía en presión · Una comadrona ayuda a madres negras.

Today’s Spanish focus: se vota, people vote / it is voted = people vote / it is voted. Vocabulary: inflación (inflation), deuda (debt), exportación (export).

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

In this episode: Nvidia raises $500bn with major investors to fund AI infrastructure, including data centres, chip factories, and cooling systems. Also: Chinese courts support some workers replaced by AI, but many people still fear job loss and weak job markets.

Hoy: Nvidia reúne 500.000 millones para IA · Tribunales apoyan a trabajadores ante la IA.

Today’s Spanish focus: ir a + infinitivo, to be going to + verb = to be going to + verb. Vocabulary: inversión (investment), centro de datos (data centre), refrigeración (cooling).

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

In this episode: Demi Vollering wins the Tour de France for a second time, taking the final stage and extending her overall lead. Also: Divers discover an ancient Roman shipwreck off Sicily, with hundreds of amphorae and a cargo more than 2,000 years old.

Hoy: Demi Vollering gana otra vez el Tour · Descubren un naufragio romano en Sicilia.

Today’s Spanish focus: intentar no + infinitivo (to try not to + verb) = to try not to + verb. Vocabulary: el naufragio (shipwreck), la ánfora (amphora), la carga (cargo).

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

In this episode: A solar eclipse is coming on Wednesday, with total and partial views across parts of Europe and the United States. Also: Paris is tightening e-scooter rules, making helmets and reflective vests mandatory or riders face fines.

Hoy: Eclipse solar el miércoles · París pone nuevas reglas a patinetes.

Today’s Spanish focus: se pueden usar (can be used) = can be used. Vocabulary: la totalidad (totality), el eclipse (eclipse), la cobertura (coverage).

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

In this episode: Ebola cases in the DRC top 4,000, and the WHO wants a full trial of the approved Ervebo vaccine to see if it can help against the Bundibugyo strain. Also: Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan sign a defense agreement that treats an attack on one as an attack on all.

Hoy: Ébola en el Congo supera 4.000 casos · Arabia Saudí, Turquía y Pakistán firman defensa.

Today’s Spanish focus: se ha extendido, has spread = has spread. Vocabulary: casos (cases), brote (outbreak), epicentro (epicenter).

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

In this episode: Savers Value Village launches an AI tool to help set prices for second-hand clothes, aiming for more consistent and lower pricing across pilot stores. Also: A New Mexico judge orders Meta to pay $567 million and change parts of Facebook and Instagram after finding harm to young users.

Hoy: Savers usa IA para poner precios · Meta debe pagar 567 millones.

Today’s Spanish focus: vamos a + infinitivo, to be going to do / we are going to = to be going to do. Vocabulary: el juicio (trial), el jurado (jury), la apelación (appeal).

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