Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Putin vows strikes if West supplies Ukraine with longer-range missiles
ARIS MESSINIS/AFP 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 Belarus, to...
Jun 02, 2022
Ukrainian first lady sits down for exclusive interview with ABC News: 'Don't get used to our pain'
Press Service of the Office of the President of Ukraine(NEW YORK) -- Since the start of Russia's invasion, the Ukrainian first lady has been in hiding with her two children. A difficult question her 9...
Jun 02, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II's rainbow wardrobe: 96-year-old monarch doesn't dress to blend in
Samir Hussein/WireImage(LONDON) -- Queen Elizabeth II is the the first British monarch to reach a Platinum Jubilee -- 70 years on the throne. Over the last seven decades, the 96-year-old queen has als...
Jun 02, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II to miss Trooping the Color royal salute for 1st time in 70-year reign
Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images, FILE(LONDON) -- Queen Elizabeth II will miss part of Thursday's Trooping the Color, the kick-off to her Platinum Jubilee celebration, Buckingham Palace has announced. Th...
Jun 01, 2022
Ukraine's first lady tells ABC News that giving up land is 'like conceding a freedom'
Press Service of the Office of the President of Ukraine(NEW YORK) -- In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska spoke about the state of the ongoing conflict with Rus...
Jun 01, 2022
Protecting 30% of global land by 2030 could benefit 1,000 species, help reduce emissions: Study
Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Ramping up the protection of land within the next decade could make a significant dent in biodiversity and climate change efforts tha...
Jun 01, 2022
Kremlin warns Biden sending rockets to Ukraine 'adding fuel to the fire'
FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images(MOSCOW) -- The Kremlin said Wednesday that President Joe Biden's plans to send advanced rocket systems to Ukraine was "adding fuel to the fire." "We know that the Unit...
Jun 01, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russians, Ukrainians fight street by street in key city
ARIS MESSINIS/AFP 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 Belarus, to...
Jun 01, 2022
As Shanghai COVID-19 lockdown ends, residents celebrate in the streets and fences come down
Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images(HONG KONG) -- After more than two months of harsh lockdown, China’s largest city, Shanghai, began to unlock at the stroke of midnight Wednesday. As metal fe...
Jun 01, 2022
Why Russia's blockade of Odesa is causing a global food problem
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(ODESA, Ukraine) -- Russia's invasion of Ukraine has meant vital food exports are stuck in Ukraine's ports. ABC News foreign correspondent Tom Soufi Burridge explains a loom...
Jun 01, 2022