Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
'Massive' barrage of Russian missiles target Ukraine, killing 37 and striking children's hospital
A Ukrainian firefighter works to extinguish a fire in a residential building following a missile attack in Kyiv on July 8, 2024. -- Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- At least 37 people...
Jul 08, 2024
Fears for leading anti-Kremlin activist after family says he was moved to a prison hospital
Julia Reinhart/Getty Images(MOSCOW) -- The family of prominent jailed Russian pro-democracy activist Vladimir Kara-Murza is sounding the alarm after he was moved to a prison hospital and his lawyers s...
Jul 07, 2024
At Wimbledon, a master groundskeeper perfects tennis in 'an English garden'
Francois Nel/Getty Images(LONDON) -- When most people think of Wimbledon, the immediate images that come to mind are of intense tennis matches, the iconic grass courts and the well-dressed spectators ...
Jul 06, 2024
Hezbollah rocket attacks on northern Israel spark fires, destroy thousands of acres
Amir Levy/Getty Images(LIMAN, Israel) -- Before Oct. 7, Sigal Malachi would wake up at 5 a.m. each day to water her plants, remove weeds, and produce cuttings. The co-owner of a greenhouse in northern...
Jul 06, 2024
Children who fled Russian invasion find community in Ukrainian scouting organization in Canada
ABC News(SQUAMISH, British Columbia) -- Ukrainian Plast, the country's largest scouting organization, is becoming another center of gravity for Ukrainian families who fled the Russian war against thei...
Jul 06, 2024
Keir Starmer becomes UK PM as conservatives suffer record defeat in huge Labour landslide
Britain's Labour Party leader Keir Starmer delivers a speech during a victory rally at the Tate Modern in London early on July 5, 2024. -- Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- A change electi...
Jul 05, 2024
Polls open in Iran run-off presidential election
KeithBinns/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Polls opened Friday in Iran for the run-off presidential election as none of the four candidates won more than 50% of the votes in the first round on June 28.Lawmake...
Jul 05, 2024
What it's like living next to Wimbledon, host of the world's most famous tennis tournament
Tennis ball decorations are seen on plant pots outside of a shop in Wimbledon village during day six of The Championships Wimbledon 2023 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 8, 2023 in ...
Jul 05, 2024
Beryl weakens to tropical storm after landfall in Mexico as storm heads toward Texas
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Beryl has weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall earlier Friday in Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane.The storm has maximum sustained winds of 70 mph, as tropical storm...
Jul 04, 2024
Britain's Conservative party ousted after 14 years in power as exit polls suggest big victory for Labour: AP
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson addresses Conservative Party supporters at the National Army Museum in London on July 2, 2024. (Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images)(LONDON) -- After 14 year...
Jul 04, 2024