Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Gabon's coup leaders say ousted president is 'freed' and can travel on a medical trip
Malkolm M./Afrikimages Agency/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Gabon's ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba has been released from house arrest a week after a group of mutinous soldier...
Sep 07, 2023
Ukraine’s first lady is 'afraid' the world is turning away from war
ABC News(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska is "afraid" the world's attention is turning away from the war, more than 18 months since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of her co...
Sep 06, 2023
Earth records the hottest three months ever on record, World Meteorological Organization says
SimpleImages/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The hottest three months on record have just been recorded on Earth, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). The European-Union funded agency sai...
Sep 06, 2023
Three rescued from Coral Sea after multiple shark attacks damaged inflatable catamaran
Australian Maritime Safety Authority(NEW YORK) -- Three people were rescued from the Coral Sea after "multiple shark attacks" damaged their catamaran. Following an alert from a Russian-registered emer...
Sep 06, 2023
South African conservation NGO to release 2,000 rhinos into the wild
Gregory Sweeney/Getty Images(LONDON) -- South African Conservation Group African Parks has announced it is set to release 2,000 southern white rhinos into the wild in what is set to be one of Africa&r...
Sep 06, 2023
Five asteroids passing by Earth this week, three the size of planes, NASA says
NASA(NEW YORK) -- Five asteroids will fly past Earth beginning Wednesday, but aren't expected to threaten the planet, NASA said. Between Sept. 6 and Sept. 12, one asteroid the size of a house, three t...
Sep 06, 2023
Millions of dollars pledged as Africa's landmark climate summit enters day two
Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Dozens of world leaders and heads of state are gathered in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, as the Africa Climate Summit 2023 -- the continent’s first-ev...
Sep 05, 2023
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expected to meet with Putin
Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The United States has "information" that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expects to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia over arm...
Sep 05, 2023
Dinner plate-sized surgical tool discovered in woman’s abdomen 18 months after procedure
Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A surgical tool “the size of a dinner plate” has been discovered inside a woman’s abdomen 18 months after undergoing a caesarean se...
Sep 05, 2023
Princess Diana's brother Charles Spencer remembers her 26 years after her death
Bettmann Archive/Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- Charles Spencer is remembering his sister, the late Princess Diana, 26 years after her death. In a post on X, Spencer shared a photo of him and Diana w...
Sep 01, 2023