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Daily news for language learners

A few stories a day, picked for people learning a language, or reading the news in a second one: English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese and Arabic. Each story has a difficulty level, words to know, and a Listen button. Open any full article in BabaVoices to hear it read aloud, or read it side by side in Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Arabic and more.

• Houston

  Updated several times a day from Houston Public Media, KHOU 11, KPRC 2, ABC13 and FOX 26.

• World news in French

  International stories from France 24, RFI, Le Monde, franceinfo and Le Figaro. Hear each headline in French and open the full article side by side in English.

• US news in Spanish

  US stories from La Opinión, El Diario and Infobae, read aloud in Spanish, with every article one tap from English.

• Top news in Chinese

  中文新闻 from China News Service, NYT Chinese, RFI, DW and UN News, in simplified characters, read aloud in Mandarin.

• Top news in Vietnamese

  Tin tức from VnExpress, Dân Trí, Thanh Niên, BBC Vietnamese and Người Việt, read aloud in Vietnamese.

• Top news in Arabic

  أخبار from BBC Arabic, France 24, Sky News Arabia, Al Jazeera, Asharq Al-Awsat and CNN Arabic, read aloud in Arabic.

Headlines and short excerpts link to the original publishers; BabaVoices doesn't copy or host their articles. Violent-crime stories are left out.