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Biden, Putin might meet to resolve standoff over Ukraine, Blinken says
DENIS BALIBOUSE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin might meet in an effort to resolve ...
Conor Finnegan, ABC News Jan 21, 2022

Massive explosion in Ghana mining region leaves dozens dead or injured
File photo - Ato Kwamena Dadzie/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- More than a dozen people were killed and many more were injured by a massive explosion that rocked southwestern Ghana on Thursday, autho...
Morgan Winsor, ABC News Jan 21, 2022

Massive explosion rocks town in Ghana
Sergio Amiti/Getty Images(APPIATSE, Ghana) -- A town in Ghana was rocked by a huge explosion Thursday that sent several people to the hospital, the authorities said. The Ghana Police Service announced...
Ivan Pereira, ABC News Jan 20, 2022

British police arrest two men in probe of hostage-taking incident at Texas synagogue
Malik Faisal Akram - Obtained by ABC News(LONDON) -- Two men were arrested in England on Thursday morning as part of an ongoing investigation into a hostage-taking incident at a synagogue in the Unite...
Morgan Winsor, ABC News Jan 20, 2022

Nineteen-year-old breaks record of youngest woman to fly solo around the world
NICOLAS MAETERLINCK/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- From flying over an active volcano to surviving in minus 31 degrees Fahrenheit, British-Belgium teen Zara Rutherford has experienced a lot...
Somayeh Malekian, ABC News Jan 20, 2022

Tonga's undersea cable may take 'weeks' to repair after volcanic eruption
Dana Stephenson//Getty Images(LONDON) -- It may take weeks to repair an undersea fiber-optic cable connecting Tonga to the rest of the world, which was severed during Saturday's massive eruption of a ...
Morgan Winsor, ABC News Jan 19, 2022

New baguette price sparks ire of some in France
MirageC/Getty Images(PARIS) -- The new price of baguettes at a leading French supermarket is sparking outrage from some. As of last week, customers in Leclerc stores were greeted with the new baguette...
Anna Rabemanantsoa, ABC News Jan 18, 2022

Huge asteroid safely passes close to Earth
NASA(NEW YORK) -- A comet more than three times the size of the Empire State Building got up close to Earth's orbit Tuesday afternoon but was far enough to avoid turning into a sci-fi disaster movie, ...
Ivan Pereira, ABC News Jan 18, 2022

Tonga government releases 1st statement since volcanic blast, described huge mushroom plume
Handout/New Zealand Defense Force via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For the first time since a massive undersea volcano erupted and caused widespread damage, the government of Tonga released its first sta...
Bill Hutchinson, ABC News Jan 18, 2022

Teens arrested in England are children of alleged hostage-taker in Texas, sources say
PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Two teenagers have been arrested in England as part of an ongoing investigation into Saturday's hostage-taking incident at a synagogue in the United States, ...
Morgan Winsor, ABC News Jan 17, 2022
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