Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Egg shortage hits UK as shoppers across the country are met with empty shelves
d3sign/Getty Images/STOCK(LONDON) -- British shoppers looking for eggs have been met with empty shelves as the United Kingdom’s “largest ever” outbreak of bird flu and rising co...
Nov 19, 2022
North Korea launches test missile with range to hit United States
Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- North Korea has fired one of the most power intercontinental ballistic missiles it has ever launched with the latest having the potential trajectory to ...
Nov 18, 2022
Ukrainians endure power outages amid Russian strikes on infrastructure
Halfpoint Images/Getty Images(KYIV, Ukraine) -- As darkness descends on the Ukrainian capital, the consequences of the waves of Russian missile strikes against critical energy infrastructure become ap...
Nov 17, 2022
WNBA star Brittney Griner moved to penal colony in Russian region of Mordovia
EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- WNBA star Brittney Griner has been taken to penal colony IK-2 in the Russian region of Mordovia, her lawyers said in a statement Thursday. ...
Nov 17, 2022
American woman's death in Mexico investigated as femicide
chrispecoraro/Getty Images(SAN JOSE DEL CABO, Mexico) -- An American woman's death in Mexico is being investigated as a femicide, a form of gender-based violence, according to the Baja California Sur ...
Nov 17, 2022
Ukrainian investigators allowed on site of missile strike in Poland as investigation continues
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Polish officials granted Ukrainian investigators access on Thursday to the site of the missile strike that hit a Polish village and killed two people earlier i...
Nov 16, 2022
Kevin Spacey to face seven additional sexual assault charges in UK
YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Actor Kevin Spacey will face an additional seven sexual assault charges in the United Kingdom, the Crown Prosecution Service said. The charges to be filed ...
Nov 16, 2022
ABC News Exclusive: Inside NATO's Space Centre, where Allied forces keep a close eye on Russian, Chinese satellite threats
ABC News(RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany) -- At the heart of Ramstein Air Base in Germany, a mysterious new division of military personnel is quietly working to keep America and its allies safe from hostil...
Nov 15, 2022
China has stolen American data more than any country: FBI Director Wray
Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- China has stolen more of Americans business and personal data than all other countries put together, FBI Director Christopher Wray told a House committee Tue...
Nov 15, 2022
Higher surface temperatures will be detectable in Pacific Ocean decades earlier than previously predicted
William Douglas / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Higher ocean temperatures are expected to be detected in the Pacific Ocean by 2030, several decades earlier than previously predicted, new research su...
Nov 15, 2022