Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Talks over Iran's nuclear program scheduled to resume Nov. 29 amid high tensions
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Negotiations over Iran's nuclear program will resume on Nov. 29, Iran's top negotiator and the European Union's senior diplomat coordinating previous rounds anno...
Nov 03, 2021
Facing dire sea level rise threat, Maldives turns to climate change solutions to survive
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The Maldives are well known as a bucket list getaway. Hearing the country's name conjures up images of luxury huts overlooking an aqua blue ocean. But climate change may cross th...
Nov 03, 2021
Climate Series: President Biden At COP26
iStock/chonticha wat(GLASGOW, Scotland) -- President Biden has wrapped up his trip to Europe with his two day participation in the international climate summit COP 26 in Glasgow, expressing optimism a...
Nov 03, 2021
After ending Ethiopia's trade status, US weighs sanctions, genocide designation over Tigray war
DavorLovincic/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration is ending Ethiopia's special trade status under U.S. law -- the latest penalty imposed on the Ethiopian government amid its ongoing war wit...
Nov 02, 2021
COP26 updates: US, China pledge to work together on climate crisis
oonal/iStock(GLASGOW, Scotland) -- Leaders from nearly every country in the world have converged upon Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference that experts are toutin...
Nov 01, 2021
S. Madagascar on the verge of climate change-induced famine: How to help
ABC News(AMBOVOMBE, Madagascar) -- "Kere" is a word that echoes around southern Madagascar. It means hunger, and the people here know it all too well. For the past four years, the lack of food has bec...
Nov 01, 2021
COP26 live updates: World leaders converge upon Glasgow for historic climate summit
iStock/studio023(NEW YORK) -- Leaders from nearly every country in the world have converged upon Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference that experts are touting as ...
Nov 01, 2021
"We're blinking code red," President Biden looks to put the US back at center of climate change fight
Oliver Weiken/picture alliance via Getty Images(GLASGOW, Scotland.) -- COP26 is underway with President Biden looking to put the United States back at the center of the global effort on climate change...
Nov 01, 2021
Ginger Zee helps explain climate change
iStock/chonticha wat (NEW YORK) -- As the first piece of ABC News Radio’s series on the global climate crisis, Ginger Zee helps us understand the global impact of climate change. The signs and s...
Nov 01, 2021
Explosion in Mexico destroys at least 30 buildings, leaves 1 dead, 15 injured
KeithBinns/iStock(MEXICO CITY) — A large explosion attributed to a gas leak in east-central Mexico's Puebla state has left at least one dead, 15 injured and damaged between 30 to 50 buildings, l...
Oct 31, 2021