A1 Italian News | De Beers Stops Work at South Africa's Biggest Mine

Learn with slow Italian news for A1 listening practice.

In this episode: De Beers stops work at South Africa's biggest diamond mine for two years, as fewer people buy diamonds and cheaper lab-grown stones grow in popularity. Also: A 67-million-year-old T. rex named Gus sells at Sotheby's in New York for $50.1 million, setting a new record for a dinosaur.

Today’s Italian focus: guadagnare = to earn. Vocabulary: la miniera (mine), il lavoro (work), guadagnare (to earn).

Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/italian-a1-2026-07-15