Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Queen celebrates 1st Trooping of the Colour since Prince Philip's death
UK Press Pool/UK Press via Getty Images(LONDON) -- For the second year in a row, Queen Elizabeth's official birthday celebrations were drastically scaled back and relocated from the capital, London, t...
Jun 12, 2021
Jill Biden, Kate Middleton visit school to focus on early childhood education
DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- First lady Jill Biden and Kate Middleton on Friday visited a school in Cornwall, the site of the G-7 summit, to put a focus on the importance of...
Jun 11, 2021
Duchess Kate makes first public comment on Prince Harry, Meghan's newborn daughter Lilibet
Aaron Chown/WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Duchess Kate on Friday made her first public comment about her newborn niece, Lilibet "Lili" Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, the daughter of Prince Harry and Du...
Jun 11, 2021
Jill Biden wears 'LOVE' jacket to global summit: 'We're bringing love from America'
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images(CORNWALL, England) -- It's not just a big week abroad for the president -- first lady Jill Biden also is making her debut on the international stage. And on Thu...
Jun 11, 2021
Biden announces US to donate 500M vaccine doses in show of American leadership
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images(CORNWALL) -- President Joe Biden on Thursday announced his plan to buy an additional 500 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to distribute to lower-income count...
Jun 10, 2021
International rights group accuses China of 'crimes against humanity'
Igor Ilnitckii/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Amnesty International on Thursday officially branded China’s actions against its Turkic Muslim population as “crimes against humanity.” “Musl...
Jun 10, 2021
Prince Harry, Duchess Meghan deny report Queen Elizabeth not consulted over baby Lilibet's name
Karwai Tang/WireImage(NEW YORK) -- Prince Harry and Meghan, the duke and duchess of Sussex, are taking a stand against a report that they did not ask Harry's grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, for her perm...
Jun 10, 2021
Pope Francis rejects top German cardinal’s resignation
MichalLudwiczak/iStock(ROME) -- Pope Francis on Thursday rejected the resignation of German Cardinal Reinhard Marx, who asked to step down over the mishandling of sex abuse cases in Germany. Marx, who...
Jun 10, 2021
Russia outlaws Putin critic Alexey Navalny's organizations as 'extremist'
Macky_CH/iStock(MOSCOW) -- A Russian court has outlawed the organizations of the opposition leader Alexey Navalny by labelling them "extremist" as the Kremlin moves to crush Navalny's movement followi...
Jun 09, 2021
French President Macron slapped in face during official trip
Chesnot/Getty Images(PARIS) — Two men were arrested in France after one of them struck the French president in the face, the public prosecutor at the city of Valence told ABC News. The incident ...
Jun 08, 2021