Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Biden to meet with Queen Elizabeth on first trip overseas as president
Vladislav Zolotov/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Queen Elizabeth II will open the gates to Windsor Castle to welcome President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on June 13 as Biden makes his first trip overs...
Jun 03, 2021
Biden announces first 25 million vaccine doses going to India, others facing 'surges'
MarsBars/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden announced on Thursday the first details of the U.S. sending 80 million COVID-19 vaccines overseas with the aim of "ending the pandemic globally." The...
Jun 03, 2021
10,000 Olympic volunteers reportedly quit prior to 2020 Tokyo Games
mbbirdy/iStock(TOKYO) — Around 10,000 of the 80,000 volunteers who signed up to help at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have quit, according to public broadcaster NHK on Wednesd...
Jun 02, 2021
WHO says source of infection unknown in first human case of H10N3 bird flu strain
janiecbros/iStock(LONDON) -- The World Health Organization said it's still unclear how a man in eastern China contracted the first known human case of a rare strain of bird flu called H10N3. "The sour...
Jun 02, 2021
Who killed 11-year-old Dima Asaliah?: Reporter's notebook
(Photo by Fatima Shbair/Getty Images) Palestinians inspect damage to buildings in Al-Saftawi street northern Gaza City on May 20, 2021 in Gaza City, Gaza. (NEW YORK) -- Something was off about this on...
Jun 01, 2021
Partner of British billionaire’s son arrested in fatal shooting of Belize policeman
Jasmine Hartin's lawyer, Godfrey Smith, emerged from the court and told members of the press that she has been charged with "manslaughter by negligence," in the death of a police superintendent in Bel...
Jun 01, 2021
'Time has come' for pandemic treaty, WHO chief says
olrat/iStock(LONDON) -- The head of the World Health Organization has called for launching negotiations on an international treaty on pandemic preparedness and response to better ready the world for t...
Jun 01, 2021
French feminists use baguettes to raise awareness about domestic violence
egadolfo/iStock(PARIS) -- A French feminist organization is using the favored French bread as a means to fight against domestic violence. The "NousToutes" ("MeToo" in French) collective is leading an ...
May 31, 2021
Thousands pack into concert arena in Paris as litmus test for reopening after COVID
STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images(PARIS) -- The focus at a concert is usually on the band. But Saturday night, the focus at France's Paris Accor Arena was on the crowd. Some 5,000 volunteers go...
May 31, 2021
Who is Roman Protasevich, the blogger seized by Belarus?
Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The shock and a sense of sickening horror were immediate among Roman Protasevich's family and colleagues in Belarus' pro-democracy movement, the...
May 30, 2021