Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Climate and environment updates: Dangerous hurricanes made worse by climate change
SimpleImages/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drough...
Nov 18, 2024
'Severe' toxic smog blankets Delhi, shuttering schools
Javed Sultan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Residents of Delhi woke up to a thick blanket of toxic smog, prompting the city to cancel in-person classes, halt construction and limit traffi...
Nov 18, 2024
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: 15 dead, dozens injured in central Beirut strikes
Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The Israel Defense Forces continued its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza -- particularly in the north of the strip -- and in Lebanon, w...
Nov 18, 2024
Moscow warns US missile authorization may mark new level of involvement in conflict for Washington
Maxim shipenkov/Pool/Afp via getty images(LONDON) -- Russia would consider the White House's authorization for Ukraine to use U.S.-made longer-range weapons within Russia to be a "qualitatively new ro...
Nov 18, 2024
Russia launches 'massive' nationwide missile attack targeting Ukraine's energy grid
Tanya Dzafarowa/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC "UA:PBC"/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Russia launched a major missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight into Sunday targeting power plants...
Nov 17, 2024
World’s largest coral reef discovered off the Solomon Islands
On Thursday, as a National Geographic expedition was exploring the waters around the Solomon Islands, its members spotted something that looked like a shipwreck underwater. Intrigued, they sent a dive...
Nov 16, 2024
Māori lawmakers in New Zealand interrupt vote on controversial bill with Haka
Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images(WELLINGTON, New Zealand) -- Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka on Thursday to protest a proposed law that critics say w...
Nov 15, 2024
Iranian activist takes his own life to protest country's dictatorship
Kianoosh Sanjari speak onstage at the Amnesty International Concert presented by the CBGB Festival at Barclays Center on February 5, 2014 in New York City (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for CBGB).(...
Nov 15, 2024
Russia increases Ukraine drone attacks by 44% since Trump election
Ukrainian emergency services extinguish a fire in a house, after Russian shelling, in the city of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine on November 13, 2024. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images...
Nov 14, 2024
In Ukraine, Trump election met with anxiety but also hope he might end the war
Valentyn Semenov /EyeEm/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Donald Trump's election has already triggered intense discussion about how his presidency might impact the war in Ukraine, with all sides now prep...
Nov 14, 2024