Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
US airlifts more than 30 citizens out of Haiti's capital amid gang rebellion: Officials
Diplomatic Security Services/X(WASHINGTON) -- As a gang-led rebellion continues to surge through Haiti, the U.S. on Wednesday orchestrated two helicopter airlifts from Port-au-Prince -- evacuating mor...
Mar 21, 2024
'Most valuable treasure': $17 billion Spanish shipwreck from 1708 to be recovered
Bruce Yuanyue Bi/Getty Images(CARTAGENA, Colombia) -- Centuries after the Spanish galleon ship San José sunk in Colombian waters and nearly a decade after it was initially discovered, the estim...
Mar 20, 2024
Private US firm wants to coordinate aid boats to Gaza
MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A private U.S. advisory firm of former senior American military, CIA and humanitarian officials is proposing to operate the anticipated daily deployment...
Mar 20, 2024
US no longer in top 20 of world's happiest countries and is now behind Kuwait, Lithuania, UAE
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The United States has fallen eight spots and is no longer in the top 20 happiest countries in the world, falling behind countries like Canada, Israel, Kuwait, ...
Mar 20, 2024
215-million-year-old crocodile ancestor that pre-dates dinosaurs identified
Ayzenstayn/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The recent identification of fossils from a heavily armored ancient crocodile ancestor species, known as aetosaurs, provides a glimpse into our world 215 million y...
Mar 19, 2024
Photo agency issues new editing notice on royal family photo taken by Kate Middleton
Prince and Princess of Wales/X(LONDON) -- For the second time in less than two weeks, a global photo agency has issued an editing notice on a royal family photo shared by Kate, the Princess of Wales.G...
Mar 19, 2024
Lawmakers in Hong Kong pass strict new security law
d3sign via Getty Images(HONG KONG) -- Hong Kong's legislature has unanimously passed a strict security law, 11 days after it was tabled in an unusually fast turnaround.Authorities in Hong Kong have ar...
Mar 19, 2024
Princess Kate seen at farm shop a week after photo editing controversy
Catherine, Princess of Wales attends the Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church on Dec. 25, 2023 in Sandringham, Norfolk. (Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images)(LONDON) -- Kate, the prin...
Mar 19, 2024
Famine is 'imminent' in northern Gaza, with many facing 'catastrophic' levels of hunger: Report
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Famine is "imminent" in northern Gaza, as the entire population of the strip experiences high levels of food insecurity amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, accordin...
Mar 18, 2024
Putin extends rule in state-managed election victory
Contributor/Getty Images(LONDON) -- President Vladimir Putin was handed a fifth term in Russia’s heavily stage-managed presidential election on Sunday in a vote where no real competition was per...
Mar 18, 2024