Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Ship that blocked Suez Canal set free after settlement agreement
eyewave/iStock(NEW YORK) -- A giant container ship that blocked traffic in Suez Canal for six days earlier this year was finally set free on Wednesday after its owners and insurers reached a settlemen...
Jul 08, 2021
2 US military service members hurt in rocket attack on al-Asad air base
200mm/iStock(WASHINGTON) — A Pentagon spokesperson has confirmed that two U.S. military service members were injured in a rocket attack on al-Asad Air Base in western Iraq earlier Wednesday. The...
Jul 07, 2021
Haiti’s interim prime minister declares he’s in charge after assassination
Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Concordia Summit(LONDON) -- Haitian President Jovenel Moise was killed in an attack at his home before dawn on Wednesday, the country's interim premier said. A group of un...
Jul 07, 2021
Afghan troops flee across border as Taliban make swift gains in alarming offensive
KeithBinns/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Hundreds of Afghan troops fled across the country's northern border to safety, as the Taliban continue a swift offensive to seize districts amid the U.S. military with...
Jul 07, 2021
American lawyer jailed in Hong Kong for assaulting police officer
DanHenson1/iStock(HONG KONG) -- American corporate lawyer Samuel Phillip Bickett was given a term of four months and two weeks for assaulting a police officer in Hong Kong during a period of citywide ...
Jul 06, 2021
Pope Francis 'alert and breathing on his own' after colon surgery
iStock/Motortion(NEW YORK) -- Pope Francis is recovering after undergoing a planned surgical operation for diverticular stenosis, which is an intestinal procedure on the colon. "His Holiness Pope Fran...
Jul 05, 2021
Duchess Kate self-isolating after COVID-19 contact
Karwai Tang/WireImage(LONDON) -- The Duchess of Cambridge is self-isolating at home after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. "Last week The Duchess of Cambridge came in...
Jul 05, 2021
As recently discovered unmarked Indigenous graves in Canada nears 1,000, activists demand justice
Tuangtong/iStock(NEW YORK) -- For decades, beginning in the 1800s, thousands of Indigenous peoples from Canada were taken from their homes and families by the Canadian government, shipped thousands of...
Jul 05, 2021
American lawyer convicted of assaulting Hong Kong police officer to be sentenced
DNY59/iStock(HONG KONG) -- An American corporate lawyer convicted of assaulting a police officer in Hong Kong during a period of citywide unrest about 18 months ago is to be sentenced July 6. Samuel P...
Jul 05, 2021
K-pop classes now in schools as music's boom becomes growth industry in South Korea
nigelcarse/iStock(SEOUL, South Korea) -- Dozens of children repeat after their instructor's dance moves to K-pop group NCT Dream's latest song "Hot Sauce," as sweat drips from their foreheads. These c...
Jul 05, 2021