Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Young boy survives 5 days in 'lion-infested' game park in Zimbabwe: Officials
Hakan Nural/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- A child who had been missing for five days was found alive this week in a vast game park inhabited by big cats and other wild animals in northern Z...
Jan 03, 2025
South Korean investigators abandon effort to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol
Members from the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) participate in a protest against impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on January 03, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Gett...
Jan 03, 2025
Climate and environment updates: Fires would have been extreme without climate change
SimpleImages/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drough...
Jan 02, 2025
Ukraine halts pipeline carrying Russian natural gas to Europe, as deal expires
Christian Bruna/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Ukraine stopped the flow of Russian natural gas through its territory to Europe at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, as a long-held deal expired, Kyiv officials said."We sto...
Jan 01, 2025
Russia launches 111 drones at Ukraine in deadly New Year’s attack, Kyiv says
Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images(LONDON) -- One person was killed and least six others, including a pregnant woman, were injured in Kyiv as Russia launched more than 100 drones in...
Jan 01, 2025
4 relatives, including 3 Americans, shot in Mexico; 3 adults dead, child in critical condition
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(DURANGO, Mexico) -- Four family members, including three Americans, were shot in an attack in Durango, Mexico, that left three of the four relatives dead, officials said.The...
Dec 31, 2024
Azerbaijan Airlines crash probe looks into Russian air control conduct, source says
Meiramgul Kussainova/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Azerbaijani authorities investigating last week's Azerbaijan Airlines crash in Kazakhstan are probing the "disturbing" possibility that Ru...
Dec 31, 2024
Follow New Year's Eve 2025 celebrations around the world
Saeed Khan via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Happy 2025!In some parts of the world, anyway.The Pacific island nation of Kiribati was the first country to ring in 2025, with its 133,500 citizens celebrating ...
Dec 31, 2024
Search for answers in deadly South Korean plane crash mystery
SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images(SEOUL) -- A team of U.S. investigators arrived in South Korea to assist local aviation officials as they comb the wreckage of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircr...
Dec 31, 2024
Survivor of South Korea plane crash is awake and speaking: Hospital official
Seongjoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images(SEOUL) -- A 33-year-old flight attendant, one of just two survivors of the Jeju Air plane crash in South Korea that killed 179 people, is awake and t...
Dec 30, 2024