Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Marine veteran Trevor Reed released from Russian prison as part of prisoner exchange
ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Trevor Reed, a former Marine from Texas who had been held in a Russian prison, has been released as part of an international prisoner exchange, accord...
Apr 27, 2022
Sexism row erupts in UK Parliament over 'Basic Instinct' article
Nuwan/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The editor of the Mail on Sunday refused a request to meet with the U.K. House of Commons' speaker over an article widely derided as misogynistic and sexist that accused ...
Apr 27, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Biden to visit facility that manufactures Javelin anti-tank missiles
Mykhaylo Palinchak/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces ...
Apr 26, 2022
France's Macron wins reelection, but Le Pen rises, analysts say
Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg via Getty Images(PARIS) -- French President Emmanuel Macron comfortably won a second term in office on Sunday, defeating far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in a closely watc...
Apr 26, 2022
With species under threat, orphaned rhinos in South Africa have baby for first time
Care for Wild(NEW YORK) -- Conservationists in South Africa are on a mission to save rhinos. The Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary in South Africa, which is the largest orphan rhino sanctuary in the world...
Apr 26, 2022
North Korea remains unvaccinated two years into pandemic
200mm/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- North Korea is as of this month one of only two countries, along with Eritrea, that haven't administered COVID-19 vaccines, despite continuous international e...
Apr 25, 2022
Beijing COVID outbreak prompts fear of Shanghai-style lockdown
Kevin Frayer/Getty Images(HONG KONG) -- A new COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing is raising fears that China’s capital could be sent into a hard lockdown, like the one in Shanghai that’s enterin...
Apr 25, 2022
UN Security Council's inaction on Ukraine prompts questions on reform
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The United Nations Security Council's lack of action to intervene in the war in Ukraine, with more than one resolution being vetoed by Russia, has resurfa...
Apr 25, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia 'already failed' to achieve war goals, Blinken says
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...
Apr 25, 2022
French election 2022: Macron expected to beat far-right rival, estimates show
ABC News(PARIS) -- French President Emmanuel Macron is projected to win a second term in office after facing his far-right rival Marine Le Pen in a runoff election on Sunday. Early estimates reported ...
Apr 24, 2022