Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Mom battles fungal meningitis after cosmetic surgery at Mexico clinic linked to deadly outbreak
ABC News(PHOENIX) -- An Arizona woman is fighting for her life after contracting fungal meningitis following a plastic surgery procedure at a private clinic in Matamoros, Mexico. Alondra Lomas is...
Jun 29, 2023
Over 800 arrested across France in third night of riots after fatal police shooting of teen
Firas Abdullah/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(PARIS) -- Widespread rioting continued in the streets of France for a third night amid anger over the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Nael M. Protes...
Jun 29, 2023
Ukrainian soldiers say they owe lives to US-supplied Bradley vehicles
Artur Widak/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(KYIV, Ukraine) -- As Ukrainian forces continue their counteroffensive against Russia, some soldiers say an American-supplied vehicle is making a key di...
Jun 29, 2023
Police say university stabbing in gender issues class was motivated by hate
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(WATERLOO, Ontario) -- A former student has been charged in a hate-motivated stabbing of two other students and a university professor during a class on gender issues at...
Jun 29, 2023
Russian military leaders were aware of mutiny plan: US officials
Wagner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The United States assesses that members of Russia's military leadership were aware of Yevgeny Prigozhin's planned mutiny before he marched on...
Jun 28, 2023
Salvaged debris from Titan submersible contains 'presumed human remains': US Coast Guard
Jordan Pettitt/PA Images via Getty Images(ST JOHN'S, Canada) -- Debris recovered from the submersible that catastrophically imploded while on a voyage to see the Titanic wreckage last week contai...
Jun 28, 2023
What's fueling the Pakistani migrant exodus that ended in tragedy near Greece
KeithBinns/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The reports of hundreds of Pakistanis losing their lives as they attempted to enter Europe last week sent shockwaves across the country, forcing officials in Islam...
Jun 28, 2023
Russia says Wagner's operations and military support in Africa 'will continue'
FotografiaBasica/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, has announced that Wagner Mercenary Group is to continue its operations in Africa and its troops are set to rem...
Jun 28, 2023
150 arrested across France in second night of riots after police fatally shoot teenager
Zakaria Abdelkafi/AFP via Getty Images(PARIS) -- Protesters set cars and buildings ablaze across France in a second night of violent unrest since police shot and killed a teenager in a Paris suburb. F...
Jun 28, 2023
'They all are washed in blood after this war': Ex-Russian minister on Wagner-Putin conflict
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- This weekend's attempted rebellion by the Wagner Group, a Putin-packed private military company, appeared to show some serious distrust among the Russian government and its ...
Jun 27, 2023
