Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Ukrainians try to rescue exotic animals from abandoned zoo
VitalyMukhanov/Facebook(KYIV) -- A group of Ukrainian volunteers are attempting to rescue animals from a private zoo near the capital that was abandoned after the Russian army bombed and occupied the ...
Mar 30, 2022
Warsaw mayor calls on international community to increase aid to Ukrainian refugees
Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(WARSAW, Poland) -- Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Poland has taken in 300,000 Ukrainian refugees, according to Warsaw ...
Mar 30, 2022
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei returns to Earth after record-breaking spaceflight
Bill Ingalls/NASA/Getty Images(DZHEZKAZGAN, Kazakstan) -- NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei returned to Earth Wednesday, after spending a record-breaking 355 days in low-Earth orbit. Vande Hei shared a sp...
Mar 30, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Putin's advisers 'are too afraid to tell him the truth'
FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are p...
Mar 30, 2022
US still skeptical of peace talks as Russia claims to pull back from Kyiv
Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg via Getty Images(RABAT, Morocco) -- The U.S. remains skeptical that Russia is engaging genuinely in negotiations with Ukraine to end its monthlong war against its neighbor. ...
Mar 29, 2022
North Korea did not launch 'monster' missile as they claimed, South Korean lawmakers say
STR/AFP via Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- North Korea's long-range missile launch last week may have been a modified version of a type they tested in 2017, not the newly developed type of interc...
Mar 29, 2022
Russia promises to curtail some military activity as progress reported in peace talks
Delegations leave peace talks between representatives from Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul, Turkey. - Onur Coban/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The first face-to-face peace talks in more ...
Mar 29, 2022
Royals attend service of Thanksgiving for Prince Philip
DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Members of Britain's royal family gathered Tuesday to celebrate the life of Prince Philip, who died at age 99 almost one year ago. Queen Elizabeth led the r...
Mar 29, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Abramovich attends peace talks after suspected poisoning
Narciso Contreras/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr...
Mar 29, 2022
What's the cost of damage to Ukraine's infrastructure amid Russia's invasion?
Alex Chan Tsz Yuk/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The cost of direct damage to Ukraine's infrastructure amid Russia's ongoing invasion has reached almost an estimated $63 billion, ...
Mar 28, 2022