Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Australia's humpback populations rebound raising hopes of marine scientists
George Karbus Photography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- July marks the peak of the humpback whale's 6,000-mile migration north to Queensland, Australia's warmer waters, where they mate and give birth. "We...
Jul 04, 2023
Why is France rioting? What to know about the fatal police shooting of Nahel M
Bernard Van Berg / EyeEm/Getty Images(PARIS) -- France has been beset by violent unrest in recent days after a police officer shot and killed a teenager in a Paris suburb. Here's what we know about th...
Jul 04, 2023
Top Ukrainian generals say counteroffensive is 'going to plan' as losses mount
pop_jop/Getty Images(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Ukrainian Armed Forces have yet to reach their "full potential" but two top generals say the counteroffensive is "going to plan" despite anxiety among some Weste...
Jul 04, 2023
Six-year-old survives zip line accident: How to stay safe
FILE photo -- ©Studio One-One/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A 6-year-old child has survived after falling 40 feet from a zip line in an accident that was caught on camera. The boy had been spending t...
Jul 03, 2023
Over 1,300 arrested in France in 4th night of protests over fatal police shooting of teen Nahel M.
kolderal/Getty Images(PARIS) -- Riots erupted for a fourth night across France over the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Nahel M., who was laid to rest on Saturday. More than 1,300 people were arr...
Jul 01, 2023
Canadian wildfire dangers should prompt more proactive mitigation from government: Experts
shaunl/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As Canada and the U.S. continue to feel the lasting effects of the ongoing wildfires raging in the Great White North, environmental experts are pushing for long-term c...
Jul 01, 2023
Canada marks worst wildfire season on record
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Canada's wildfire season is now the worst ever recorded as the country has exceeded the largest area ever burned in a year, totaling more than 19.5 million a...
Jul 01, 2023
State Dept. review finds Biden bears some blame for Afghanistan failures
Anton Petrus/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The State Department released a declassified version of its long-anticipated report Friday examining the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, unveiling the harshest...
Jul 01, 2023
What Wagner Group's armed rebellion could mean for Russia's endgame in Ukraine
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Weeks into Ukraine's counteroffensive, political turmoil in Russia has raised new questions in the war and what it means for Vladimir Putin's invasion. In a fl...
Jun 30, 2023
UC Berkeley graduate student Gabriel Trujillo killed while doing field research in Mexico, officials say
©fitopardo/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A University of California, Berkeley graduate student was killed in Mexico, ABC News has learned. Gabriel Trujillo, a botanist who was a fourth-year Ph.D. stu...
Jun 30, 2023
