Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Sixteen rescued from burning container ship off coast of Canada
(File photo) - SHansche/iStock(VICTORIA, British Columbia) -- Sixteen people have been evacuated from a container ship that caught fire off the coast of Canada, according to officials. A fire broke ou...
Oct 25, 2021
What to know about the Japanese royal family as Princess Mako prepares to bow out
baona/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Princess Mako, niece to Japan's enthroned emperor, Naruhito, is planning to leave the imperial family, moving out of her family's estate on Oct. 26 when her marriage to Fordh...
Oct 25, 2021
Facing rising COVID cases, UK government resists calls for new restrictions ahead
jamielawton/iStock(LONDON) -- Flanked by public health officials, the U.K. Health Secretary painted a bleak picture of the current state of the pandemic in Britain. "Cases are rising," Sajid Javid, to...
Oct 23, 2021
US cleans up Biden's 'commitment' to defend Taiwan from Chinese invasion
Vacclav/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration is again playing cleanup after President Joe Biden said the U.S. would come to Taiwan's defense in the event of an invasion by mainland China -- ...
Oct 22, 2021
Suspected poacher likely killed by elephant in South Africa
Moonstone Images/iStock(LONDON) -- A suspected poacher found dead in a South African national park is believed to have been killed by an elephant, park officials said. Rangers in Kruger National Park ...
Oct 22, 2021
Queen Elizabeth was hospitalized for 'preliminary investigations'
iweta0077/iStock(LONDON) -- Queen Elizabeth was hospitalized Wednesday night for "preliminary investigations," a Buckingham Palace spokesman confirmed to ABC News. The queen was back at her desk at Wi...
Oct 22, 2021
What the appointment of 98 female judges to Egypt's State Council means for women's rights
NiroDesign/iStock(GIZA, Egypt) -- Seventy-two years of Egyptian women's rights activism paid off this week as the State Council, an important independent judiciary body in the country, appointed 98 fe...
Oct 22, 2021
'Rapid evolution' of tuskless elephants caused by ivory trade, scientists say
BethWolff43/iStock(NEW YORK) — Ivory poaching has led to a "rapid evolution" of tuskless African elephants, as elephants without tusks were far more likely to survive during the height of the iv...
Oct 21, 2021
Man attempting to demolish ancient sphinx in Cairo caught
Abdallah M. Elbarawy(CAIRO) —A man attempting to demolish one of four ancient sphinxes adorning the Tahrir square in Cairo was caught by security personnel, an eyewitness reports. "I and my frie...
Oct 21, 2021
8 Nigerians charged with alleged internet scams promising romance, travel
damircudic/iStock(NEW YORK) — Eight Nigerians have been charged in the U.S. with running widespread internet scams for at least a decade from their base of operation in Cape Town, South Africa, ...
Oct 21, 2021