Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Desmond Tutu, South Africa's archbishop and Nobel laureate, dies at 90
(CAPE TOWN, South Africa) -- South Africa's Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, an anti-apartheid activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, died on Sunday. He was 90. "The passing of Archbishop Emeritus ...
Dec 27, 2021
Melting Arctic ice will have catastrophic effects on the world, experts say. Here's how.
MB Photography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- If there is any doubt about climate change, look no further than the coldest regions of the planet for proof that the planet is warming at unprecedented r...
Dec 24, 2021
One Afghan woman's struggle to resettle in America, help her fellow refugees
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Muzhgan Azizy escaped Kabul just weeks before the swift Taliban takeover and chaotic U.S. evacuation, but adjusting to her new freedom in America has been difficult. "The re...
Dec 24, 2021
South Korea pardons former President Park Geun-hye
Handout/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- South Korea's government will grant a special pardon to former President Park Guen-hye, who was in prison on corruption charges. "From the perspective of na...
Dec 24, 2021
Amid Ukraine invasion fears, Putin says West must give NATO guarantees
Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images(MOSCOW) -- Amid fears Russia might invade Ukraine, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has again repeated demands for guarantees from Western countries that NATO will ...
Dec 23, 2021
India's staggering COVID-19 death toll could be 6 million: Study
Naveen Sharma/EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- New research suggests that India’s COVID-19 death toll during its first and second waves might have been significantly undercounted, with the a...
Dec 23, 2021
Aid groups get greater leeway to help in Afghanistan amid famine warnings
KeithBinns/iStock FILE(WASHINGTON) -- As Afghanistan spirals further toward a catastrophic humanitarian crisis, the international community is allowing greater exemptions to aid groups to try to allev...
Dec 22, 2021
Election of Gabriel Boric as Chile's youngest president 'symbol of hope' for new generation
Getty Images/Ketkarn sakultap(RIO DE JANEIRO) -- Gabriel Boric, a 35-year-old self-described "moderate socialist," will be sworn in as Chile's president in March, making him both the youngest leader i...
Dec 21, 2021
Queen Elizabeth cancels family Christmas tradition for second year due to COVID-19
BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The British royal family's annual Christmas tradition has been canceled for the second year in a row due to the coronavirus pandemic. Queen Elizabeth will ...
Dec 21, 2021
Sixth child dies after bouncy castle accident
Courtesy Tasmania Police(SYDNEY) -- A sixth child has died from his injuries following Thursday's bouncy castle tragedy at an Australian school. Chace Harrison, 11, died at Royal Hobart Hospital ...
Dec 19, 2021