Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Climate change is affecting when grey seals give birth, scientists say
iStock/chonticha wat(NEW YORK) -- Scientists are continuing to discover ways in which climate change is already affecting animal species around the world -- including how it's changing the phenology, ...
Nov 30, 2021
Iran returns to negotiations, with a nuclear crisis still looming large for Biden
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Iran returned to negotiations over its nuclear program on Monday -- meeting for the first time in over five months, with the country's new hard-line government n...
Nov 29, 2021
61 people snowed in at English pub are now back home
Facebook/Tan Hill Inn(LONDON) -- A British inn and pub officially bid “fond farewell” to 61 guests Monday after a blizzard stranded them for days inside. Located 270 miles north of London,...
Nov 29, 2021
At least 19 dead, 32 injured after bus crash in Mexico
kali9/iStock(JOQUICINGO, Mexico) -- At least 19 people are dead and dozens more injured after a bus crash in central Mexico Friday. The accident occurred on a highway in Joquicingo, a township in the ...
Nov 27, 2021
Germany and Austria seeing COVID cases rise among unvaccinated population
Okan Celik/iStock(BERLIN) -- Germany passed a grim milestone on Thursday: 100,000 deaths from COVID-19. In recent weeks, the situation has spiraled out of control as cases have spiked and intensive ca...
Nov 26, 2021
Honduras votes in elections critical to country's future and Biden's agenda
Manuel Chinchilla/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Honduras teeters on the edge of democracy. In one of the most consequential elections in the Western Hemisphere, in one of Central America's poorest countries, Ho...
Nov 26, 2021
US, others warn citizens in Ethiopia to leave as prime minister heads to front lines
beyhanyazar/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. government is warning American citizens in Ethiopia even more starkly to leave the country now, as the conflict there continues to deteriorate. Ethiopian Pri...
Nov 24, 2021
Now that countries have made their climate pledges, how will they pay for them?
metamorworks/iStock(NEW YORK) -- When the world's leaders arrived in Glasgow for COP26 earlier this month, they knew what needed to be done: keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius at all costs. T...
Nov 24, 2021
Egypt opens Luxor's ancient 'Avenue of Sphinxes' to great fanfare
DeAgostini/Getty Images(LUXOR, Egypt) -- Egypt on Thursday opened to the public a 3,000-year-old sphinx-filled avenue in the Southern city of Luxor to great fanfare, having wrapped up restoration work...
Nov 23, 2021
Rare Einstein manuscript on theory of relativity auctioned for over $15M in Paris
Bettmann/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A rare manuscript by Albert Einstein that changed the course of modern science was just sold for over 13.3 million euros (over $15 million), including fees, beating al...
Nov 23, 2021