Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russians launching large-scale offensive in Luhansk region
Metin Aktas/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 Be...
Jun 20, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Two US veterans who joined Ukrainian forces missing
Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto 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 Bela...
Jun 17, 2022
UK government approves Julian Assange extradition to US on spying charges
Jack Taylor/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The British government has approved the extradition of Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, to the United States to face charges of espionage. Assange now has ...
Jun 17, 2022
Families waiting for word on 2 Americans missing in Ukraine
Drueke family | Joy Black(WASHINGTON) -- Two U.S. veterans from Alabama, Andy Huynh, 27, and Alexander Drueke, 39, volunteered to fight alongside the Ukrainian military against Russia, but haven&rsquo...
Jun 16, 2022
Malnutrition, animal attacks on the rise as Horn of Africa experiences severe drought
EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- An estimated 185,000 children in eastern Ethiopia are suffering from severe malnutrition as the region experiences a “once-in-a-lifetime” dr...
Jun 16, 2022
Actor Kevin Spacey appears in London court on sexual assault charges
Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Kevin Spacey appeared in a London court on Thursday morning and was granted unconditional bail just days after The Metropolitan Police for...
Jun 16, 2022
Suspect confesses to killing missing British journalist, Indigenous expert in Brazil: Police
EVARISTO SA/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A search in the deep Brazilian Amazon for missing British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous rights expert Bruno Araujo Pereira has now turned into a ...
Jun 15, 2022
HYBE stocks crash as BTS announces hiatus to group performances
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- Entertainment company HYBE’s stocks took a nosedive on Wednesday after its K-pop sensation BTS announced that they will no longer perform...
Jun 15, 2022
As China seeks 'zero COVID,' Shanghai delays reopenings and orders mass testing
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(HONG KONG) -- Just 10 days after Shanghai lifted its two-month lockdown and less than a week after Beijing declared its outbreak under control, China’s two largest cities...
Jun 15, 2022
Robot 'deity' preaches Buddha's scripture in Japanese temple
Kodaiji Temple(KYOTO, Japan) -- Every week, 62-year-old Miyuki Tanaka joins a pious crowd of Buddhists heading to the historic Kodaiji Temple in Kyoto, Japan. Inside the temple stands Mindar, a 6-foot...
Jun 15, 2022