Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Mom speaks out about giving birth to 9 babies
(CASABLANCA, Morocco) -- "I feel very happy to carry my child," 26 year-old Halima Ciss told ABC News, while holding newborn Muhammad, one of the nine babies to beat the world record for most babies b...
Jul 30, 2021
Data suggests Russia's COVID-19 death toll is far higher than reported
Macky_CH/iStock(ST. PETERSBURG, Russia) -- At the start of June, St. Petersburg’s local administration stopped publishing information about how many COVID-19 patients had been hospitalized in th...
Jul 30, 2021
Sarah Ferguson speaks out on Duchess Meghan and why she would marry Prince Andrew 'all over again'
Maggie Rulli and Taylor Behrendt-Rhodes, ABC News(LONDON) -- Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, has spent most of her adult life in the public spotlight, first as the wife of Prince Andrew and then ...
Jul 30, 2021
First Afghan interpreters to arrive in US as Blinken fails to reach deal in Kuwait
Flickr/U.S. Department of State (WASHINGTON) -- The first Afghans who worked for the U.S. military and diplomatic missions are being evacuated and will arrive in the U.S. late Thursday night or e...
Jul 29, 2021
Earth Overshoot Day marks date planet has used up resources for the year
richcarey/iStock(NEW YORK) — With 155 days left in 2021, humans have already surpassed what global resources can sustain in a single year, according to international sustainability organization ...
Jul 29, 2021
Blinken warns of 'deeply, deeply troubling' reports of atrocities in Afghanistan amid US withdrawal
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged Wednesday during a joint press conference in India that the situation in Afghanistan is headed in the wrong direct...
Jul 28, 2021
Tokyo reports record number of COVID-19 cases as Olympic games continue
hocus-focus/iStock(TOKYO) -- Tokyo reported a record number of 3,177 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday as the Olympic games remain underway. It's the second day in a row in which Japan's capital reported r...
Jul 28, 2021
Iceland hotel seeks photographer to capture northern lights
ansonmiao/iStock(HELLA, Iceland) -- Hotel Rangá in Iceland is looking for a photographer to chase the northern lights, also known as aurora borealis. This dream job consists of three weeks chas...
Jul 28, 2021
Experts warn of prolonged COVID-19 pandemic due to vaccine inequality
iStock/Ridofranz(LONDON, HONG KONG and JAKARTA) -- A perfect storm with the coronavirus appears to be brewing across the Asia-Pacific region: surges in the highly contagious delta variant combined wit...
Jul 28, 2021
U.K. to allow fully vaccinated travelers from U.S, E.U., without quarantine
lightkey/iStock(LONDON) -- Beginning next month, the United Kingdom will allow fully vaccinated U.S. citizens to enter the country without quarantining. In a statement, the U.K. Department for Transpo...
Jul 28, 2021