Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
US court absolves top tech companies in Congo's child labor case
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A U.S. court has absolved five of America's biggest tech companies in a case over their alleged support of child labor in cobalt mining in the Democratic Re...
Mar 06, 2024
Princeton student’s kidnapping sheds light on terror group’s ties to Iraqi government
CT757fan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli Middle East expert and Princeton political science student, loved posting on X, formerly Twitter.Her social media posts praised protest...
Mar 06, 2024
Israel-Hamas truce talks stall as war in Gaza grinds on
Mahmoud Issa/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- A second straight day of talks aimed at negotiating a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel concluded in Egypt on Tuesday with no breakthrough, a Hamas o...
Mar 05, 2024
Cross-border humanitarian aid to Sudan halted
Omer Erdem/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Cross-border humanitarian aid deliveries from Chad into Western Sudan have been halted, according to multiple aid organizations.The halting of cross-bord...
Mar 05, 2024
Princess Kate seen for first time since abdominal surgery and hospitalization
Catherine, princess of Wales arrives at the Shaping Us National Symposium at the Design Museum on Nov. 15, 2023 in London. (Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)(LONDON) -- Kate, the princess of Wales, has b...
Mar 05, 2024
Gangs attempt to seize control of Haiti's main airport in latest attack
This screen grab taken from AFPTV shows tires on fire near the main prison of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 3, 2024, after a breakout by several thousand inmates. (LUCKENSON JEAN/AFPTV/AFP via Getty...
Mar 05, 2024
UN report finds 'clear' evidence Israeli hostages experienced sexual violence in Gaza
Israel tanks roll along the border with the Gaza Strip, Feb. 23, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images)Editor's note: This...
Mar 05, 2024
Number of children dying of dehydration, malnutrition in Gaza 'will skyrocket' without cease-fire: UNICEF
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The number of children in Gaza dying from dehydration and malnutrition "will skyrocket" if there is not a cease-fire, according to UNICEF spokesman James Elder.Eld...
Mar 05, 2024
Apple fined nearly $2B by EU for abusing dominance of App Store
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / Getty Images(BRUSSELS) -- Apple was fined nearly $2 billion on Monday by the European Union for abusing its market dominance to harm music streaming apps and its customers....
Mar 04, 2024
Haiti declares state of emergency, imposes nighttime curfew amid surging violence
KeithBinns/Getty Images(PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti) -- Haiti is under a state of emergency and nighttime curfew amid a surge of violence, after armed gangs attacked the Caribbean country's two largest pris...
Mar 04, 2024