Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
No abnormalities found in China plane crash: Investigators
Lu Boan/Xinhua via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A preliminary report released Wednesday found no abnormalities before last month's China Eastern Airlines plane crash that killed all 132 people on board, ...
Apr 20, 2022
Russians again calling for Ukrainians to lay down arms where civilians are said to be sheltering
Murat Saka/dia images via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russia's military issued another warning to Ukrainian forces in a Mariupol steel plant on Wednesday, telling them to lay down their arms and leave, ...
Apr 20, 2022
French President Macron and Le Pen clash on Russia, immigration in televised debate
LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images(SAINT-DENIS, France) -- French President Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, his far-right rival in the presidential elections, faced off in a highly anticipated...
Apr 20, 2022
Prince Harry reveals daughter Lili has hit a new milestone
Karwai Tang/WireImage(NEW YORK) -- Prince Harry is a self-described "proud papa" speaking out about a new milestone hit by Lilibet, the 10-month-old daughter he shares with his wife, Duchess Meghan. W...
Apr 20, 2022
Experts predict lasting environmental damage from Russia's invasion of Ukraine
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, environmental experts and activists are warning of a ripple effect of problems, including long-lasting damage to the...
Apr 20, 2022
Russian offensive 'limited' so far, fall of Mariupol 'not inevitable': Pentagon update Day 55
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Pentagon has been providing daily updates on the U.S. assessment of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Ukraine's efforts to resist. Here ar...
Apr 20, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia again calls for surrender at Mariupol steel plant
Alex Chan Tsz Yuk/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 i...
Apr 20, 2022
Children among victims of blast at entrance of school in Kabul, Afghanistan
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Schoolchildren were among those killed and injured in another series of deadly blasts in Afghanistan's capital city, Kabul, Tuesday morning. At least six people ...
Apr 19, 2022
Russia begins long-feared offensive in Ukraine's east
Leon Klein/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russia launched an all-out ground offensive to take control of eastern Ukraine late Monday, marking the long-feared start of a new phase of the ...
Apr 19, 2022
Critics slam UK plan to send migrants arriving by illegal routes to Rwanda
JonGorr/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Church leaders, politicians and aid groups condemned the U.K. Home Office’s new plan to tackle illegal migration and clamp down on human-trafficking gangs by send...
Apr 19, 2022