Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
To free American journalist jailed in Russia, US faces uphill battle, experts say
Charles O'Rear via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The United States will face an uphill battle in any efforts it takes to free detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich -- who has been impriso...
Apr 07, 2023
Police hunt man who took platypus from the wild, showed it off to commuters on train
Queensland Police(LONDON) -- Police in Australia have urgently appealed to the public to help find a man who allegedly took a platypus from its natural environment and onto a train where he showed it ...
Apr 06, 2023
Relative calm so far following Taiwan leader’s US meeting with McCarthy
Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(TAIPEI, Taiwan) -- China's foreign ministry condemned a meeting in Los Angeles between Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen and the House Speaker Kevin McCarth...
Apr 06, 2023
Former Gov. Bill Richardson calls for 'Brittany Griner-type campaign' to free WSJ reporter and other American detainees
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Nearly a week after Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia, former Gov. Bill Richardson, an expert on political prisoner ...
Apr 05, 2023
First lady Jill Biden going to King Charles III's coronation, but presidents never attend
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden pose for an official photo with Queen Elizabeth II in the Grand Corridor of Windsor Castle on Sunday, June 13, 2021, in Windsor, England. (Official White ...
Apr 05, 2023
Israel storms mosque, detaining hundreds and prompting clashes amid religious holiday
Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Israeli police officers stormed a mosque in Jerusalem overnight, raising tensions during a high holiday and prompting clashes that continued into Wednesd...
Apr 05, 2023
'He was quite cheerful': Russian monitor visits detained 'Wall Street Journal' reporter in Moscow jail for first time
Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- A Russian prison monitor says he has visited Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in the Moscow jail where he is being held after being seized ...
Apr 04, 2023
US strike kills 'ISIS senior leader' in Syria
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(TAMPA, Fla.) -- U.S. forces killed an "ISIS senior leader" in a strike in northwest Syria on Monday, according to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). The military identified th...
Apr 04, 2023
London City Airport scraps 100 milliliter liquid rule
Alexandr Kolesnikov/Getty Images(LONDON) -- London City Airport has, on Tuesday, become the first major U.K. airport to drop its 100 milliliter liquid rule, meaning passengers departing from the airpo...
Apr 04, 2023
One dead, dozens hurt as train derails from crash with construction equipment in Netherlands
fhm/Getty Images(LONDON) -- One person is dead and at least 30 people have been “seriously injured” after a passenger train carrying at least 50 people derailed following a collision with ...
Apr 04, 2023
