Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Top Navalny aide Leonid Volkov recovering after hammer attack in Lithuania
Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images(LITHUANIA) -- Leonid Volkov, a former top aide to the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, is recovering after he was attacked with a hammer by an assailant on Tue...
Mar 13, 2024
England's NHS halts puberty blockers for transgender youth amid research efforts
Graeme Robertson/Getty Images(LONDON) -- England's National Health Service has banned the use of puberty blockers for the treatment of gender dysphoria or gender incongruence in transgender minors.The...
Mar 13, 2024
Putin claims waves of drones striking within Russia are Ukrainian attempt at election interference
In this pool photograph distributed by Russia's state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin gives an interview to TV host and Director General of Rossiya Segodnya (RIA Novosti) news agency ...
Mar 13, 2024
Team of US Marines sent to provide more security at US embassy in Haiti
A protester burns tires during a demonstration following the resignation of its Prime Minister Ariel Henry, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 12, 2024. (Clarens Siffroy/AFP via Getty Images)(NEW YORK...
Mar 13, 2024
Scientists are using underwater speakers to help restore degraded coral reefs: Study
Lea McQuillan / 500px/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Researchers have discovered a new method that could encourage the restoration of degraded coral reef populations, which have been declining around the w...
Mar 13, 2024
Gazans mark holy month amid struggles: 'This Ramadan is not happy'
ABC News(GAZA and LONDON) -- The holy month of Ramadan is being marked across the Muslim world, but for people in Gaza, it's a far more somber and muted time than in previous years, as the Israel-Hama...
Mar 12, 2024
The world's oldest known lipstick from the Bronze Age was discovered in Iran, study shows
Getty Images - STOCK(PADUA, Italy.) -- While makeup trends have evolved over the last 4,000 years, a recent study apparently proves that the age-old saying is true: the beauty of a red lip is timeless...
Mar 12, 2024
As Sudan civil war rages, US special envoy begins regional tour to push for cease-fire
A general view of an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp on Nov. 30, 2023 in Bentiu, South Sudan. (Luke Dray/Getty Images)(LONDON) -- The United States' new special envoy for Sudan is to travel to...
Mar 12, 2024
Pro-Ukrainian militant groups launch incursion into Russia
belterz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Dozens of pro-Ukrainian fighters claimed on Tuesday to have launched an incursion with tanks and armored vehicles across the border into Russia, in what may be the la...
Mar 12, 2024
Cargo plane carrying 15 crashes in Russia, ministry says
DuKai photographer/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A Russian cargo plane carrying 15 people crashed near Ivanovo, northeast of Moscow, the Russian Defence Ministry said.Eight crew members and seven passenge...
Mar 12, 2024