Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Mpox cases rising in China with infections spiking more than 50% in 3 weeks
ABC News/WHOWhile cases of mpox continue to decline across the United States and Europe, infections are steadily rising in China. For the week ending July 21, 117 cases were confirmed in China, accord...
Aug 02, 2023
North Korea says it's investigating Travis King in 1st response to United Nations messages
200mm/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- North Korea for the first time responded to messages regarding U.S. Army Private 2nd Class Travis King, who ran across the demilitarized zone two weeks ago, acco...
Aug 01, 2023
US orders partial departure of US embassy in Niger as political unrest escalates
Aldo Pavan/Getty Images(NIAMEY, Niger) -- The State Department has ordered the departure of some U.S. citizens from Niger Wednesday as the violence from the attempted military coup escalates. "Gi...
Aug 01, 2023
Fate of American nurse, Alix Dorsainvil and child reportedly kidnapped in Haiti still unknown
Petter Sandell/Getty Images(HAITI) -- While the whereabouts of an American nurse and her young child reportedly kidnapped in Haiti late last week are still a mystery, the alarming surge of abductions ...
Aug 01, 2023
Body of hiker missing for 37 years discovered in melting glacier
Valais cantonal police / Kantonspolizei Wallis(LONDON) -- The body of a hiker who has been missing for 37 years has been unearthed on a thawing glacier near the Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps. A 38-year...
Aug 01, 2023
Death toll rises to 54 after blast at Pakistan political gathering
KeithBinns/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The death toll after an apparent suicide bombing in Pakistan has risen to 54, officials said on Monday. No organization has yet taken responsibility for the apparent...
Jul 31, 2023
Millions in Haiti starve as food, blocked by gangs, rots on the ground
Matt Rivers/ABC News(PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti) -- Haiti is in the grips of a ravaging hunger crisis, where nearly five million Haitians -- half of the country -- do not get enough to eat on a daily basis...
Jul 31, 2023
Haiti's gang violence worsens humanitarian crisis amid political turmoil
KeithBinns/Getty Images(PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti) -- When handing out machetes on the streets of Haiti to people who've never really used them, it's important to wrap up the blades. They're really sharp,...
Jul 31, 2023
Inside the large-scale military exercise in Australia to counter China's influence in the Pacific
ABC News(TOWNSVILLE, Australia) -- For the next week 30,000 troops from the U.S., Australia, and 11 other countries will continue their joint training in different parts of Australia as part of the Ta...
Jul 31, 2023
What Haiti has to do right now to escape crisis amid government instability
RICHARD PIERRIN/AFP via Getty Images(PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti) -- U.N. Secretary General António Guterres made his first-ever visit to Haiti on July 1 to impress urgency upon whomever would listen...
Jul 31, 2023