Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Russia-Ukraine live updates: 'Powerful explosions' heard in Russian city of Belgorod
Scott Peterson/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 the no...
May 02, 2022
Patience wears thin for Shanghai residents still in lockdown
ABC News(HONG KONG and NEW YORK) -- As countries around the world slowly emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, China is battling its worst outbreak as the last holdout of a hardline "Zero-COVID" policy. ...
May 01, 2022
From comedian to wartime leader: How President Zelenskyy is helping Ukraine win the information war
John Moore/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Just after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was offered the chance by the U.S. government to leave the city of ...
Apr 30, 2022
How 'Swan Lake' became a symbol of protest in Russia
Wolfgang Deuter/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As Russians seek to subtly protest the invasion of Ukraine amid a crackdown on anti-war sentiment, "Swan Lake" has been a go-to symbol. The famous Russia...
Apr 29, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: American killed while fighting in Ukraine
John Moore/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 the north,...
Apr 29, 2022
Photo exhibit at Capitol shows humanitarian crisis in Ukraine
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The Speaker's Dining Room in the Capitol is usually filled with photographs of Nancy Pelosi's home state of California. But for the next six weeks, on display instead will be s...
Apr 28, 2022
Denmark announces it is temporarily pausing its COVID vaccination campaign
Walter Litterscheidt / EyeEm / Getty Images(COPENHAGEN, Denmark) -- Denmark is the first country to announce it is temporarily stopping its COVID-19 vaccination program due to high rates of immunizati...
Apr 28, 2022
Polish museum tour highlights horrors of the Holocaust
ABC News(LUBLIN, Poland) -- The Majdanek death camp located in Lublin, Poland was the site of one of the largest mass executions recorded during the Holocaust. Over 18,000 Jews were killed on one day,...
Apr 28, 2022
More than 21% of reptiles at risk of extinction in coming decades, scientists say
DEA / C.DANI / I.JESKE/De Agostini via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More than a fifth of the world's reptiles are at risk of extinction in the coming decades due to human activity, according to a new stu...
Apr 28, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Kyiv targeted in shelling as UN chief visits
YASUYOSHI CHIBA/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, ...
Apr 28, 2022