Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio

Scott Munro/ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Firefighters are still battling a large blaze on the island of Evia in Greece, where fires closed in on the beaches, forcing residents to flee via boats and ferr...

cunfek/iStock(LONDON) -- At least 330 cats in the United Kingdom have died from a rare illness that could be linked to toxins in cat foods that have been recently recalled. The condition, called felin...

Ayhan Mehmet/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(ATHENS) — Firefighters are working to extinguish dozens of fires across Greece, where over 100 wildfires have started in the past day. In the town of...

(New York) - The availability of food and how crops will fare as a result of climate change has long been of interest to environmental researchers, but scientists are now finding other threats to food...

Samir Hussein/ Getty Images(CALIFORNIA) -- For her 40th birthday, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, launched a mentorship initiative for women re-entering the workforce after losing their jobs due to the...

PinkOmelet/iStock(LONDON) -- The British government recorded a drop in COVID-19 cases for the fifth day in a row Tuesday. Daily deaths rose slightly to 138, but for almost a week had been under 100. I...

KeithBinns/iStock(NEW YORK) -- One year after the blast that destroyed the port of Beirut and a large part of the city, the families of the dead are still looking for answers. In the aftermath of the ...

MarsBars/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Even as the delta variant is causing higher COVID-19 case rates and hospitalizations across the United States, President Joe Biden will discuss his push to help get...

KeithBinns/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is expanding the group of Afghans who could be granted refugee status and flee to the United States to escape the growing threat of the T...

ozdigital/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Israel is now the first in the world to give a third booster COVID-19 vaccine shot to those over 60 and other vulnerable people as cases rise. The U.K. expected to roll o...