Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Canada breaks record for annual wildfire smoke emissions
Anne-Sophie Thill/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The amount of smoke being emitted from the wildfires burning in Canada has reached the highest-ever recorded in the country as plumes make their way...
Jun 27, 2023
Ukrainian presidential adviser on why Wagner rebellion is 'beginning of the end' for Russian war effort
ABC News(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said he believes "without a doubt" that the brief armed rebellion in Russia over the weekend marks "the beginning of th...
Jun 26, 2023
Biden says US, NATO allies 'not involved' in rebellion in Russia threatening Putin
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Monday, in his first public comments addressing the short-lived rebellion that unfolded this weekend against Russian military l...
Jun 26, 2023
Russian rebellion timeline: How the Wagner Group's uprising against Putin unfolded
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A chaotic armed rebellion that threatened the longstanding leadership of Russian President Vladimir Putin began Friday and appeared to have been quelled by Satur...
Jun 26, 2023
Aborted mercenary uprising in Russia shows 'very serious cracks' in Putin's power: Blinken
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday said the aborted uprising against Russian President Vladimir Putin by a mercenary leader and close ally underscores how Pu...
Jun 25, 2023
Russia-Ukraine live updates: US official talks Russian mutiny, potential impact
Contributor/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As Russia continues its nearly 16-month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine, political turmoil has erupted in Moscow while Kyiv tries to take back territory. A f...
Jun 24, 2023
In stunning rebuke of Putin, Wagner chief says Russia's invasion of Ukraine was based on lies
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said the Kremlin's justifications for its invasion of Ukraine are based on lies, in another ext...
Jun 23, 2023
Racing yachts have close encounter with pod of orcas near Strait of Gibraltar
Ocean Race(LONDON) -- Racing yachts had a close encounter with a pod of orcas near the Strait of Gibraltar on Thursday, race officials said. Crew members aboard a rival pair of 65-foot yachts were on ...
Jun 23, 2023
Ancient Mayan city discovered deep in Mexican jungle
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A team of archaeologists in Mexico have discovered the remains of an ancient Mayan city deep in the jungle of the Yucatán Peninsula in southern Mexico. ...
Jun 22, 2023
Russian court denies appeal of 'Wall Street Journal' reporter
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A Wall Street Journal reporter detained in Russia on espionage charges had his appeal denied in court on Thursday. Evan Gershkovich, a correspondent with th...
Jun 22, 2023
