Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Wounded Ukrainian soldiers get prosthetic legs in US with help from nonprofit
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- A U.S.-based nonprofit is providing life-changing prosthetic limbs to Ukrainian soldiers who were wounded while defending their country against Russian forces. In just a few mo...
Mar 30, 2023
US wants Israeli 'consensus' on judicial overhaul, White House says, after Biden, Netanyahu exchange
Sean Gallup/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. would like to see any decision on judicial overhaul in Israel in "keeping with a consensus" and based on the "broadest possible base of public sup...
Mar 29, 2023
Pope Francis has 'progressively improved' in hospital stay for respiratory infection, Vatican says
Alessandra Benedetti - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images(ROME) -- Pope Francis has "progressively improved" after spending the night in the hospital with a respiratory infection, the Vatican Press Office...
Mar 29, 2023
What's behind India's strategic neutrality on Russia's invasion of Ukraine
ALEXANDR DEMYANCHUK/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East have all avoided taking sides on Russia's invasion of Ukraine -- but India's size and power ...
Mar 29, 2023
Four teachers, two students stabbed in Brazilian school
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(SAO PAULO) -- A 13-year-old student stabbed four teachers and two other students at a school in São Paulo, Brazil, on Monday, officials said. Elisabete Tenreiro, 71,...
Mar 28, 2023
Thirty-nine dead, 27 injured after fire breaks out at migrant detention center in Juarez, Mexico
Perry Gerenday/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A fire broke out at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Monday, killing 39 people, officials said. The blaze began as the result of a prote...
Mar 28, 2023
Here's why Israelis are protesting Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan
Hazem Bader/AFP via Getty Images(JERUSALEM) -- Tens of thousands of people are marching in the streets in Israel on Monday, the latest day in a series of protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netan...
Mar 27, 2023
Prince Harry makes surprise appearance in UK court for tabloid lawsuit
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Prince Harry, the duke of Sussex, made an unexpected appearance in a United Kingdom courtroom on Monday. Harry, who now lives in California with his wife Meghan ...
Mar 27, 2023
Israel delays controversial judicial reform bill until next session amid protests
200mm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Israel's controversial judicial overhaul plan pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been delayed until the parliament's next legislative session, according to...
Mar 27, 2023
Russian jets of newer generation increase 'dominance' in combat zone, Ukrainian official says
Maxime Popov/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Newer generation fighter jets are giving Russia "increasing dominance" in the skies over the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine, according to a senior Ukra...
Mar 27, 2023
