Spoken News
Wana Kau Lani
This podcast is based on excerpts from articles and the In The News section of Wikipedia, using the CC BY-SA 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). The script is converted to audio by Google's text-to-speech service, but Wikipedia relies on human volunteers, and the code for extracting excerpts is written by hand.
- 37 episodes
- daily
- Avg 2 min
- English
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- Saturday · 3 min
Bosnian Serb military officer and convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić dies in prison at the age of 84.
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- Wednesday · 2 min
American singer-songwriter and actress Dolly Parton dies at the age of 80.
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- August 23 · 3 min
President Hakainde Hichilema wins the Zambian general election for a second consecutive term.
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- August 18 · 2 min
A ferry capsizes on Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe, leaving at least 92 people dead.
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- August 17 · 2 min
A magnitude-7.7 earthquake strikes off the coast of Flores, Indonesia, causing at least 53 deaths.
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- August 12 · 2 min
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes Chocó Department, Colombia, leaving at least 254 people dead.
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