Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
North Korea's Kim Jong Un arrives for meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin
belterz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- North Korea's Kim Jong Un has arrived at the Vostochny Cosmodrome for his planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin greeted him in front of the bui...
Sep 12, 2023
Stolen van Gogh painting worth millions recovered by Dutch art detective
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A Dutch art detective has helped recover a missing Vincent van Gogh painting that was stolen from the Singer Laren Museum, east of Amsterdam, in March 2020. The "...
Sep 12, 2023
Over 5,200 people feared dead, another 10,000 missing after flooding in Libya, officials say
bgwalker/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More than 5,200 people are believed to have died in devastating floods across eastern Libya, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior said Tuesday. Another 10,0...
Sep 12, 2023
American caver hoisted to safety after 12 days in Turkish cave
Mustafa Unal Uysal/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Mark Dickey, 40, had been trapped inside the Morca Cave in southern Turkey's Taurus Mountains since Aug. 31, when he fell ill more than ...
Sep 11, 2023
Train carrying Kim Jong Un enters Russia en route to meeting with Vladimir Putin
pop_jop/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The bullet-proof train carrying Kim Jong Un crossed the border into Russia as the North Korean leader made his way to a summit with President Vladimir Putin, local medi...
Sep 11, 2023
Evacuation now underway for American trapped 3,400 feet underground in cave
Mustafa Unal Uysal/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(ANAMUR, Turkey) -- The evacuation of an experienced American caver and researcher who fell ill more than 3,000 feet below the entrance of a cave...
Sep 09, 2023
Morocco earthquake updates: Over 2,900 killed in rare, powerful quake
Said Echarif/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(MARAKECH, Morocco) -- The death toll has continued to climb in the wake of the rare and powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Morocco Friday night....
Sep 09, 2023
Dayslong rescue mission now underway to save American who fell ill exploring deep cave in Turkey
Elmurod Usubaliev/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- An experienced American caver and researcher who fell ill more than 3,000 feet below the entrance of a cave in Turkey has recovered suffi...
Sep 08, 2023
Japan launches moon probe in hopes to be 5th country to land on lunar surface
Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Japan launched a rocket to the moon Wednesday in an attempt to become the fifth country to land on the lunar surface, according to the Japan Aerospa...
Sep 07, 2023
Archaeologists discover 1,000-year-old mummy in Peru
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Archaeologists have discovered a 1,000-year-old mummy -- believed to be of an adult individual -- in Peru’s capital, Lima. The mummy, which was discovered ...
Sep 07, 2023