Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Pope Francis presides over Easter Sunday Mass, calls for cease-fires in Israel-Hamas and Russia-Ukraine conflicts
ABC NewsROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis on Sunday presided over an Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square and later used his Easter message on Christianity's holiest day to invoke prayers for victim...
Mar 31, 2024
Gaza 'feels like a coffin for children,' some adolescents are 'wanting to die': UNICEF
Ahmad Hasaballah / Stringer/Getty Images(GAZA) -- Some children in Gaza are going to sleep thinking they may die amid the ongoing fighting in the Israel-Hamas war, according to an official with the U....
Mar 30, 2024
Kite festival in Gaza offers children rare break from ongoing war
American Friends Service Committee(GAZA) -- Hala Fayyad is proud of her handmade kite, decorated in the colors of the Palestinian flag. The four pieces of colored plastic -- red, white, green and blac...
Mar 30, 2024
Wild birth of critically endangered black rhino in Kenya dubbed a 'conservation success' by wildlife researchers
Getty Images - STOCK(KENYA) -- A baby eastern black rhino has been born in Kenya, an event wildlife researchers are dubbing as a conservation success for the critically endangered species.The calf, es...
Mar 29, 2024
US 'not willing to provide' some weapons Israel asks for because of American military readiness: General
Pentagon Press Secretary U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder. Via Joseph Clark/Department of Defense(WASHINGTON) -- The United States hasn't given Israel every weapon it has asked for as it continues m...
Mar 29, 2024
Congo displacement reaches 'devastating level' as violence escalates, aid groups warn
GUILLEM SARTORIO/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Almost a million people have been forced to flee their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo since the start of the year following an upsurge in violence i...
Mar 28, 2024
AI could eliminate nearly 8 million jobs in UK, study shows
Westend61/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Artificial intelligence could eliminate up to nearly 8 million jobs in the United Kingdom, according to a new study, which cautions that women and early-career ...
Mar 27, 2024
More than one billion meals wasted per day in 2022, according to new UN report
CRISTINA PEDRAZZINI / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Global households are discarding an exorbitant amount of food every year, despite food insecurity remaining one of the top conce...
Mar 27, 2024
Julian Assange extradition decision delayed by UK court, allowing time for appeal
ABC NewsLONDON -- A court in the United Kingdom on Tuesday ordered a delay in the possible extradition of Julian Assange, allowing the WikiLeaks founder to continue his appeal fighting a transfer to t...
Mar 26, 2024
'Unimaginable situation': Doctors report malnourished patients dying from infections at Gaza hospital
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(GAZA) -- Doctors with aid organizations have described an "unimaginable situation" at European Gaza Hospital amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.An emergency medical team wi...
Mar 25, 2024