Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Despite security threats, Afghans who US will evacuate have to make their own way to Kabul
iStock/KeithBinns The U.S. embassy in Afghanistan has issued its first notifications to Afghans who worked for the U.S. mission and will be evacuated to an American military base in Virginia that flig...
Jul 22, 2021
At least 25 dead after flash flooding in China causes year's worth of rain in 3 days
iStock/LeeYiuTung (HONG KONG) -- Rescue efforts are underway as flash floods in China's central city of Zhengzhou killed at least 25 people and displaced hundreds of thousands of others. Local forecas...
Jul 22, 2021
Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony director fired over Holocaust joke
Carl Court/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The Tokyo Olympics organizing committee fired the director of the opening ceremony on Thursday over a joke he made about the Holocaust as a comedian in 1998. A video...
Jul 22, 2021
Prince George smiles in photo taken by Duchess Kate to mark his 8th birthday
_ultraforma_/iStock(LONDON) -- Prince George is turning 8, and stealing the show in a new photo released to mark his birthday. George, who was born on July 22, 2013, was photographed earlier this mont...
Jul 21, 2021
After Biden administration releases 1st Guantanamo prisoner, remaining detainees hope for swift action
Photo by John Moore/Getty Images(GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba) -- Following the transfer of the first Guantánamo Bay inmate of the Biden administration this week, remaining detainees at the offshore pr...
Jul 21, 2021
U.N. committee strips Liverpool of World Heritage status
ChrisHepburn/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The city of Liverpool, England was stripped of its World Heritage status on Wednesday, after a U.N. committee determined that the recent construction has been detrimen...
Jul 21, 2021
Brisbane awarded 2032 Summer Olympic Games
SaintM Photos/iStock(BRISBANE, Australia) -- The 2032 Summer Olympic Games will be held in Brisbane, Australia, the International Olympic Committee confirmed on Wednesday. The IOC steered the bidding ...
Jul 21, 2021
US intelligence community convenes new panel to probe 'Havana syndrome' causes amid new cases in Austria
sassy1902/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. intelligence community has launched a new panel of experts that brings together senior officers and outside medical and scientific experts to investigate ...
Jul 20, 2021
Guantanamo detainee Abdul Latif Nasser speaks out after release
andrewmedina/iStock(NEW YORK) — A Guantanamo Bay detainee who spent nearly two decades at the notorious facility and thought he might not make it out alive spoke out after being released -- the ...
Jul 20, 2021
Canada will open borders to vaccinated Americans soon
iStock/ssuni(NEW YORK) -- Nearly a year and a half after the pandemic forced Canada and the United States to close their borders, fully vaccinated Americans will have their chance to visit the Gr...
Jul 19, 2021