Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Several casualties reported amidst gun battles in Beirut following blast protest
KeithBinns/iStock(BEIRUT) -- Casualties have been reported after hours of gun battles in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, following calls led by Hezbollah and their allies to remove the judge leading t...
Oct 14, 2021
Prince William criticizes space tourism race, says focus should be on saving Earth
Pool/Samir Hussein/WireImage(LONDON) -- As Prince William prepares to deliver his Earthshot Prize to people saving the planet, he aimed some criticism at billionaires sending people to space. "We need...
Oct 14, 2021
Biden embraces Trump accords, but struggles with his withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal amid growing threat
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- There have been major differences between the administrations of Donald Trump and Joe Biden on foreign policy -- not least over the Iran nucle...
Oct 14, 2021
US pushes diplomacy, prepares sanctions as Ethiopia launches new offensive in brutal war, risking famine
beyhanyazar/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Nearly a month after President Joe Biden created a new U.S. sanctions authority and threatened to impose economic penalties on Ethiopian leaders unless they halted a ...
Oct 14, 2021
Five dead, two injured in random bow and arrow attack in Norway
Fotonen/iStock(KONGSBERG, Norway) -- Five people were killed and two others injured in an apparently random attack in Kongsberg, Norway, late Wednesday as a man roamed the city shooting people with a ...
Oct 13, 2021
US investigating reported cases of 'Havana syndrome' in Colombia ahead of Blinken visit
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(BOGOTA, Colombia) -- A "few" U.S. personnel at the embassy in Bogotá, Colombia, have reported symptoms consistent with "Havana syndrome," a source familiar with the case...
Oct 12, 2021
Nobel Prize Foundation under fire for rejecting ethnic, gender quotas
iStock(LONDON) -- The Nobel Prize Foundation is facing pushback after saying it would not implement gender or ethnicity quotas in selecting nominees. Only 59 women, or 6.2% of total winners, have ever...
Oct 12, 2021
Shipwreck off Colombian coast kills three migrants, six are still missing
Max2611/iStock(CABO TIBURON, Colombia) -- Three people are dead and six are still missing after a ship sank in Cabo Tiburon, Colombia. Units of the Colombian Navy in coordination with Panamanian autho...
Oct 12, 2021
Afghan interpreter who helped rescue Biden in 2008 evacuated from Afghanistan
(WASHINGTON) - An Afghan interpreter who helped rescue then Sen. Joe Biden during a congressional delegation visit to Afghanistan in 2008 has been evacuated from the country, the State Department and ...
Oct 11, 2021
Human-inducted climate change may affect 85% of the global population, researchers say
E4C/iStock (NEW YORK) — Scientists are beginning to paint a clearer picture on just how many people will be affected by climate change if current warming trends continue. About 85% of the world'...
Oct 11, 2021