Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio

New Zealand fully reopens borders for first time since COVID pandemic
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- New Zealand has fully reopened its borders for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, making it the final Western country to do so. The reopening, whi...
Mary Kekatos, ABC News Aug 01, 2022

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Thousands flee 'hell' in Ukraine's east
Leon Klein/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Bel...
Nadine El-Bawab, Bill Hutchinson, Emily Shapiro, Kevin Shalvey, Ivan Pereira, Morgan Winsor and Meredith Deliso, ABC News Aug 01, 2022

South Korean companies move to greener and affordable metaverse office spaces
ABC News(SEOUL, South Korea) -- A unicorn start-up company based in South Korea is offering office spaces for rent for companies wanting to go completely paperless and relocate to a more sustainable a...
Joohee Cho and Hakyung Kate Lee, ABC News Jul 31, 2022

Relatives receive remains of loved ones who died in migrant tragedy
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Three members of the Olivares family left their homes in Veracruz, Mexico, for a better life in America. Instead of finding the employment they hoped would lead to a better ...
Victoria Moll-Ramirez, Caterina Barbera Kipreos, and Haley Yamada, ABC News Jul 29, 2022

Chinese rocket reentry: What to know about the uncontrolled return to Earth
yorkfoto/Getty Images/Stock(NEW YORK) -- Aerospace experts are tracking a massive section of a rocket that is expected to plunge back to Earth as early as Saturday, though it's unclear exactly wh...
Meredith Deliso, ABC News Jul 29, 2022

International Tiger Day: As tiger populations increase, so do conflicts with humans
Jami Tarris/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Global conservation efforts to save tigers have far exceeded expectations, according to experts. There have, however, also been unintended consequences. Nepalese ...
Julia Jacobo, ABC News Jul 29, 2022

Administering abortion from abroad in Post-Roe America
fstop123/Getty Images(LONDON) -- When Roe v. Wade was overturned in June, Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, a Dutch physician who has made a reputation for providing abortion services overseas in countries that r...
Guy Davies, ABC News Jul 29, 2022

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Blinken recounts ‘frank’ conversation with Lavrov
Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading fro...
Nadine El-Bawab, Bill Hutchinson, Emily Shapiro, Kevin Shalvey, Ivan Pereira, Morgan Winsor and Meredith Deliso, ABC News Jul 29, 2022

Trevor Reed 'cautiously optimistic' about proposal to free Griner and Whelan from Russia
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Trevor Reed, a former Marine from Texas who served nearly three years in a Russian prison before he was freed in a prison swap this spring, said he is "cautiously optimistic" tha...
Meredith Deliso, ABC News Jul 28, 2022

Niece of slain Palestinian journalist speaks out on aunt's killing
OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- The family of veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed in May while on assignment covering an Israeli military raid in...
Adisa Hargett-Robinson, ABC News Jul 28, 2022
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