Spoken News

21 Episodes
Subscribe

By: Wana Kau Lani

Fact-oriented international news on major events, official outcomes, sports championships, and more. Based on Wikipedia's "In the news" section and related articles.Read by a computer, with the occasional mispronunciation.

The United Nations–backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification confirms a famine in Gaza.
08/24/2025

The United Nations–backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification confirms a famine in Gaza.

Created from parts of Wikipedia articles and available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_Nations&oldid=1307563473

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Integrated_Food_Security_Phase_Classification&oldid=1307561073

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gaza_Strip_famine&oldid=1307571388


A multi-vehicle collision involving a bus carrying migrants deported from Iran kills at least 79 people in the Guzara District, Afghanistan.
08/23/2025

A multi-vehicle collision involving a bus carrying migrants deported from Iran kills at least 79 people in the Guzara District, Afghanistan.

Created from parts of Wikipedia articles and available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2025_Herat_road_crash&oldid=1307395183

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2025_Afghan_deportation_from_Iran&oldid=1307380221

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guzara_District&oldid=1307375620


Barbara Harvey dies.
08/22/2025

Barbara Harvey dies.

Created from parts of Wikipedia articles and available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara_Harvey&oldid=1307168407


Aino Pervik dies.
08/21/2025

Aino Pervik dies.

Created from parts of Wikipedia articles and available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aino_Pervik&oldid=1306975334


Tomo Sakurai dies.
08/20/2025

Tomo Sakurai dies.

Created from parts of Wikipedia articles and available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tomo_Sakurai&oldid=1306858342


Jackie Bezos dies.
08/19/2025

Jackie Bezos dies.

Created from parts of Wikipedia articles and available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jackie_Bezos&oldid=1306730958


Sheila Jordan dies.
08/18/2025

Sheila Jordan dies.

Created from parts of Wikipedia articles and available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sheila_Jordan&oldid=1306454904


George Reid dies.
08/17/2025

George Reid dies.

Created from parts of Wikipedia articles and available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Reid_%28Scottish_politician%29&oldid=1306255261


Azerbaijan and Armenia sign a declaration to formalize a future peace treaty, ending the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
08/16/2025

Azerbaijan and Armenia sign a declaration to formalize a future peace treaty, ending the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Created from parts of Wikipedia articles and available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Armenia%E2%80%93Azerbaijan_peace_agreement&oldid=1306131814

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict&oldid=1306101579


Colombian senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, a pre-candidate in the 2026 presidential election, dies two months after being shot.
08/15/2025

Colombian senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, a pre-candidate in the 2026 presidential election, dies two months after being shot.

Created from parts of Wikipedia articles and available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Senate_of_Colombia&oldid=1305847158

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miguel_Uribe_Turbay&oldid=1305992034

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_Colombian_presidential_election&oldid=1305977910

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Assassination_of_Miguel_Uribe_Turbay&oldid=1305966182


American astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13, dies at the age of 97.
08/14/2025

American astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13, dies at the age of 97.

Created from parts of Wikipedia articles and available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jim_Lovell&oldid=1305732401

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apollo_13&oldid=1305822447


A helicopter crash in Ashanti Region, Ghana, kills eight people on board including two ministers, Edward Omane Boamah and Ibrahim Murtala...
08/12/2025

A helicopter crash in Ashanti Region, Ghana, kills eight people on board including two ministers, Edward Omane Boamah and Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed.

Created from parts of Wikipedia articles and available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2025_Ghanaian_Air_Force_Z-9_helicopter_crash&oldid=1305493243

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ashanti_Region&oldid=1305285759

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward_Omane_Boamah&oldid=1305432597

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ibrahim_Murtala_Muhammed&oldid=1305445133


A helicopter crashes in Ashanti Region, Ghana, killing all on board, including two current ministers.
08/11/2025

A helicopter crashes in Ashanti Region, Ghana, killing all on board, including two current ministers.

Created from parts of Wikipedia articles and available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2025_Ghanaian_Air_Force_Z-9_helicopter_crash&oldid=1305317469

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ashanti_Region&oldid=1305285759

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward_Omane_Boamah&oldid=1305288193

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ibrahim_Murtala_Muhammed&oldid=1305280202


Stella Rimington dies.
08/10/2025

Stella Rimington dies.

Created from parts of Wikipedia articles and available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stella_Rimington&oldid=1305011852


American astronaut Jim Lovell dies at the age of 97.
08/09/2025

American astronaut Jim Lovell dies at the age of 97.

Created from parts of Wikipedia articles and available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jim_Lovell&oldid=1304991973


Amelia Freedman dies.
08/08/2025

Amelia Freedman dies.

Created from parts of Wikipedia articles and available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amelia_Freedman&oldid=1304433167


In association football, the Copa América Femenina concludes with Brazil defeating Colombia in the final.
08/07/2025

In association football, the Copa América Femenina concludes with Brazil defeating Colombia in the final.

Created from parts of Wikipedia articles and available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2025_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica_Femenina&oldid=1304587072

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team&oldid=1304203467

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colombia_women%27s_national_football_team&oldid=1304652540

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2025_Copa_Am%C3%A...


Ryne Sandberg dies.
08/06/2025

Ryne Sandberg dies.

Created from parts of Wikipedia articles and available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ryne_Sandberg&oldid=1304383721


In cycling, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot wins the Tour de France Femmes.
08/05/2025

In cycling, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot wins the Tour de France Femmes.

Created from parts of Wikipedia articles and available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pauline_Ferrand-Pr%C3%A9vot&oldid=1304335822

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2025_Tour_de_France_Femmes&oldid=1304316455


Horst Mahler dies.
08/04/2025

Horst Mahler dies.

Created from parts of Wikipedia articles and available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Horst_Mahler&oldid=1304115426


Michael Hill dies.
08/03/2025

Michael Hill dies.

Created from parts of Wikipedia articles and available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Hill_%28entrepreneur%29&oldid=1303772026