Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Belarus jails husband of opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya for 18 years
Aliaksandr Bukatsich/iStock(LONDON) -- A court in Belarus has sentenced the husband of the leader of the country's pro-democracy movement, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, to 18 years in prison, convicting him...
Dec 14, 2021
The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world, according to NOAA report
Mlenny/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Scientists have long predicted that sea level rise will be one of the most disastrous consequences of global warming -- and now, they're discovering that the northernmost re...
Dec 14, 2021
Hopeful Fulbright scholars in Afghanistan await update from State Department
Courtesy Maryam Jami(WASHINGTON) -- Maryam Jami, 23, an attorney in Herat, Afghanistan, who calls herself a "mini-human rights activist," still dreams of obtaining her Masters of Law in the United Sta...
Dec 14, 2021
US Embassy in Tokyo warns foreigners of suspected racial profiling cases involving Japanese police
Rich Legg/iStock(TOKYO) -- Earlier this month, the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo warned foreigners of an increase in suspected racial profiling cases involving Japanese police. Non-Japanese people were being ...
Dec 13, 2021
Far-right pundit vies for French presidential office
Jaroslav Frank/iStock(NEW YORK) -- On Sunday, Eric Zemmour, a former journalist and far-right political pundit with tough views on immigration had his first campaign rally as candidate for the Fr...
Dec 11, 2021
Hunger crisis hits Peru, where COVID-19 deaths per capita are highest in the world
Aicha ElHammar/ABC News(LIMA, Peru) -- The COVID-19 pandemic spread across South America at an alarming rate in 2021, with the death toll surpassing one million in Latin America and the Caribbean in M...
Dec 10, 2021
Prince William, Kate share Christmas card photo taken on family vacation
Comic Relief/BBC Children in Need/Comic Relief via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Prince William and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, have shared with the public their 2021 Christmas card photo. The photo sho...
Dec 10, 2021
Vaccine hesitancy in South Africa causes spread as omicron cases grow: Experts
Dr. Mpho Shabangu is a Tshwane district vaccine coordinator. - ABC(NEW YORK) -- The omicron variant has exponentially spread in South Africa in a short time, and now experts are warning that widesprea...
Dec 10, 2021
Fifty-four migrants dead, 105 injured after vehicle overturns in Chiapas, Mexico: Authorities
MattGush/iStock(CHIAPAS, Mexico) -- A vehicle full of migrants overturned in Chiapas, Mexico, Thursday night, leaving 54 dead and 105 injured, authorities said. "After the accident that occurred in Ch...
Dec 10, 2021
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai among three prominent democracy activists convicted on Thursday
Anthony Kwan/Getty Images(HONG KONG) -- Hong Kong’s already-jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai was among three prominent democracy activists convicted on Thursday for taking part in a banned gatherin...
Dec 09, 2021