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July 12, 2022 6 mins
The Aboriginal flag, independence for São Tomé and Príncipe, and protests in Mexico.

Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past, all while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.

Useful words
aboriginal: relating to a person or group of people who were the first to live in a country
coup: a government being suddenly overthrown by a group or individual
to kidnap: to capture or take someone away against their will

These events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of April 2022.

If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3QJtfG0
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