Thursday 8th June 2023. World News. Today: Today: US Pence speech. Canada air pollution. Rwanda soldiers fired. Nigeria 3 work week. FIFA ca

World News in 7 minutes. Thursday 8th June 2023.<br /><br />With Namitha Ragunath.<br /><br />Today: US Pence speech. Canada air pollution. Rwanda soldiers fired. Nigeria 3 work week. FIFA carbon neutral claims. Italy Pope surgery. Sri Lanka student protests. Japan tattoo ban. Costa Rica crocodile pregnant.<br /><br />If you enjoy the podcast please help to support us at <a href="http://send7.org/support" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">send7.org/support</a> Supporters can read the <b>transcripts</b> at <a href="http://send7.org/transcripts" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">send7.org/transcripts</a> Supporters can try our weekly <b>news quiz</b> at <a href="https://send7.org/quiz" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">send7.org/quiz</a> <br /><br />Please leave a rating on Apple podcasts or Spotify.<br /><br />Contact us at <a href="https://send7.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">podcast@send7.org</a> or send an audio message at <a href="http://speakpipe.com/send7" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">speakpipe.com/send7</a> <br />SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) tells the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, join Stephen Devincenzi, Namitha Ragunath and Juliet Martin every morning. Transcripts can be found at <a href="http://send7.org/transcripts" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">send7.org/transcripts</a>. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated stories in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they listen to SEND7 because they ca