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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jul 28, 2022