Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
American dies while fighting in Ukraine
Courtesy of Jenny Partridge Corry(LONDON) -- An American citizen has been killed fighting in Ukraine, a U.S. State Department spokesperson confirmed to ABC News on Wednesday. The State Department spok...
Oct 12, 2022
2nd kidnapping reported at Ukraine nuclear power plant amid 'unacceptable' conditions
Antonio Hugo Photo/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Ukraine's nuclear energy company has accused Russia of "kidnapping" a top official at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant for the second time this month, am...
Oct 12, 2022
Students in Iran say they will continue to protest the regime despite warnings, threats
KeithBinns/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As nationwide protests in Iran are being violently suppressed by the government, many students across the country are joining the movement -- an act of defiance th...
Oct 12, 2022
Hundreds of whales beached on New Zealand islands
PetziProductions/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Hundreds of pilot whales that beached on the Chatham Islands in the last week died of natural causes or were euthanized, according to New Zealand's Departmen...
Oct 12, 2022
Russian women run Ukraine anti-war protests despite danger
Instagram / @Elmatava_(LONDON) -- After President Vladimir Putin’s decree to mobilize Russia on Sept. 21, a secretive Russian protest group called Feminist Anti-War Resistance (FAR) instructed w...
Oct 12, 2022
Deadly Russian strikes on Ukraine sign of weakness, not strength: Analysts
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russia’s missile strikes across Ukraine on Monday were a direct retaliation for the attack damaging the key bridge connecting Crimea with Russia, Russian...
Oct 12, 2022
NASA planetary defense mission successfully disrupted asteroid's orbit
NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben(NEW YORK) -- NASA successfully disrupted the orbit of an asteroid in a mission last month that tested a strategy to defend against a potential asteroid headed towa...
Oct 12, 2022
Education activist Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan to support flood victims: Source
Chelsea Guglielmino/FilmMagic(NEW YORK) -- Education activist Malala Yousafzai has returned to her native Pakistan to support people devastated by the recent floods, according to a family source. The ...
Oct 11, 2022
Russia in 'desperate' position, UK spy chief says
belterz/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Russia is in a “desperate” position in its war in Ukraine and is running out of weapons and allies, according to the U.K.’s Director of GCHQ Jeremy Fl...
Oct 11, 2022
Ukrainian officials, tech companies to send more drones to the front line
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(LVIV, Ukraine) -- Ukrainian and foreign tech companies are providing an array of tech and cyber support to Ukraine in its fight against Russia, Ukrainian officials and tech...
Oct 11, 2022