Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
World Ocean Day 2021: This is how climate change may alter 10 of the world's natural wonders
Schroptschop/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Natural wonders around the world may be altered forever -- or even cease to exist -- if global temperatures continue to rise. Climate change is contributing to rising ...
Jun 08, 2021
Why vaccinating the world against COVID-19 is a monumental undertaking
jonathanfilskov-photography/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Vaccinating the world against COVID-19, which has killed more than 3.7 million people to date, is a monumental and complex task -- arguably, the biggest...
Jun 08, 2021
Chinese birth-control policy could cut millions of Uyghur births: Report
Rainer Puster/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Chinese birth-control policies could cut up to 4.5 million births of Muslim minorities living in the country’s Xinjiang province over the next 20 years, accordi...
Jun 08, 2021
Carbon dioxide hit highest level ever measured in the atmosphere in May
NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory(NEW YORK) -- The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in May 2021 hit the highest level ever measured, showing the global coronavirus pandemic did not decrease ...
Jun 08, 2021
Meaning of name Lilibet Diana is tribute from Prince Harry, Duchess Meghan
Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images(Los Angeles) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, welcomed their second child, a girl, on Friday, and gave her a name full of meanin...
Jun 06, 2021
It's a girl!: Prince Harry, Duchess Meghan welcome 2nd child
Chris Jackson/Getty Images(Los Angeles) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are now parents of two. Meghan gave birth to the couple's second child, a daughter, on Friday, ...
Jun 06, 2021
Family of Belize's slain police superintendent to file wrongful death lawsuit
7 News Belize(LONDON and DANGRIGA) -- The family of Belize's slain police superintendent told ABC News that they plan to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the longtime partner of a British billion...
Jun 04, 2021
Hong Kong activists struggle to keep memory of Tiananmen alive under security law
spawns/iStock(HONG KONG) -- Hong Kong feels more jittery than usual Friday as it marks the 32nd anniversary of the deadly Tiananmen crackdown -- the first since Beijing imposed a draconian national se...
Jun 04, 2021
More than one million COVID-19 deaths in Latin America highlight poverty, health care concerns
beyhanyazar/iStock(NEW YORK) -- In the United States and other Western nations, the toll from COVID-19 is finally beginning to ease, at least in part, because of the rapid rollout of highly effective ...
Jun 04, 2021
Belize's supreme court denies bail to partner of British billionaire's son after policeman's death
DNY59/iStock(LONDON) -- The Supreme Court of Belize has denied bail for the longtime partner of a British billionaire's son who's been charged in the fatal shooting of a top police officer in the Cent...
Jun 03, 2021