Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
'We're reborn!' Gazans express joy at returning home to north
Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images(GAZA and LONDON) -- Emotional scenes continued to play out in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as families and friends reunited for the first time in over 15 months,...
Jan 28, 2025
2025 'Doomsday Clock': This is how close we are to self-annihilation, scientists say
Pallava Bagla/Corbis via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Scientists and global leaders revealed on Tuesday that the "Doomsday Clock" has been reset to the closest humanity has ever come to self-annihilati...
Jan 28, 2025
Elephant tramples tourist to death at famous national park
Zhang Yudong/Xinhua via Getty Images(LONDON) -- An elephant trampled a tourist on safari to death in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, officials said.In what park officials are calling a &ldq...
Jan 28, 2025
Sinkhole swallows truck in Japan, trapping driver inside
JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images(TOKYO) -- The oval-shaped pit suddenly formed on a busy road in Yashio, Japan, taking down a truck and trapping the driver inside. Emergency crews battled unstable grou...
Jan 28, 2025
After Trump's tariff threats, Colombia agrees to accept repatriates from US
Mandel Ngan via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Following a tense standoff between the nations' respective presidents, an agreement was reached on Sunday night regarding the return of repatriating citizen...
Jan 27, 2025
Middle East live updates: Israel gives UNRWA 48 hours to cease operations
Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Many residents of northern Gaza and southern Lebanon are expected to return to their homes in the coming days and weeks, with most of the fighting in both ...
Jan 27, 2025
Final 4 minutes of recordings on Jeju Air flight missing, preliminary report says
Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images(SEOUL) -- The final four minutes of flight recordings before a Jeju Air flight crashed into an embankment at the end of a runway in South Korea are missing, a preliminary r...
Jan 27, 2025
Orphan describes pain of returning to Gaza with no family
Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images(GAZA CITY) -- Alma Ja'arour is not like most children her age. Instead of talking about school and friends, her days are filled with memories of the family she lost an...
Jan 27, 2025
South Korean president indicted on insurrection charges after martial law declaration
Mauro Pimentel via Getty Images(SEOUL) -- South Korean prosecutors formally indicted President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sunday, charging him with insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in Decem...
Jan 26, 2025
Astronomers discover repeating radio bursts from distant 'dead' galaxy
(Jiojio/Getty Images)(LONDON) -- Astronomers have detected fast-repeating radio bursts from a distant "dead" galaxy that should not contain the energy to produce these types of signals, according to n...
Jan 24, 2025