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Elon Musk is in 'regular contact' with Vladimir Putin, new report alleges
Michael Swensen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Elon Musk, the tech billionaire who owns Tesla and SpaceX, has allegedly been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since 2022, a new repor...
T. Michelle Murphy and Selina Wang, ABC News Oct 26, 2024

Georgia's jailed ex-president says Putin's Russia is not ready for a new 'hot' war
Aziz Karimov/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Georgia's Saturday parliamentary elections have been cast by all parties as an era-defining moment for the country's 3.8 million people.For one of the country's be...
David Brennan, ABC News Oct 26, 2024

Climate and environment updates: UN issues vital warning on avoiding climate disaster
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...
ABC Climate Unit, ABC NEWS Oct 25, 2024

North Korea balloon trash lands in South Korea president's compound, security says
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (LONDON and SEOUL) -- Refuse carried by a North Korean "trash balloon" landed inside the South Korean presidential compound in the capital city of Seoul on Thursday am...
David Brennan, ABC News Oct 24, 2024

Destruction of Gaza has set back development by 69 years: UN report
Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The Gaza infrastructure decimated by the Israel military operation against Hamas has set back human development in the area by almost 70 years, ac...
Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News Oct 24, 2024

Journalist targeted in alleged murder plot: 'I've been given a second life'
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A New York-based Iranian journalist who was the target of an alleged failed assassination attempt that federal prosecutors say involved an Iranian general said she has "been give...
By Meredith Deliso, ABC News Oct 23, 2024

At least 5 dead in 'terrorist attack' on aerospace facility in Turkey, officials say
Ismail Kaplan/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Several people were killed in a "terrorist attack" at Turkish Aerospace Industries facilities near the capital of Ankara on Wednesday, Turkey of...
David Brennan and Meredith Deliso, ABC News Oct 23, 2024

North Korean troops are already in Russia, Lloyd Austin confirms
Omar Havana/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The U.S. has evidence that North Korean troops are in Russia, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed Wednesday."What exactly they're doing" remains to be seen, Au...
David Brennan, ABC News Oct 23, 2024

US Embassy in Sri Lanka issues attack alert after 'credible' threat against tourists
Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The U.S. Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka, issued a warning to citizens late on Tuesday based on "credible information" warning of an attack in the so...
David Brennan, ABC News Oct 23, 2024

Iran guardsman charged in alleged plot to kill New York-based Iranian journalist
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced criminal charges against an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps official in connection with an alleged failed attempt to assassinate a New ...
Aaron Katersky, ABC News Oct 22, 2024
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