Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
War reporter who nearly died in Ukraine writes memoir to heal
Will Bremridge(NEW YORK) -- Moments after a bomb explosion by a Russian drone in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, Benjamin Hall found himself on the ground covered in his own blood, his right leg barely han...
Mar 15, 2023
Only 13 countries and regions achieved normal air quality standards last year: Report
Pongmanat Tasiri/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In 2022, only 13 countries, territories and regions globally have met the World Health Organization's guidelines for healthy...
Mar 14, 2023
Russian fighters collide with US drone, force it down close to Ukraine
U.S. Air Force, FILE(NEW YORK) -- A Russian fighter jet collided with the rear propeller of an unmanned U.S. military drone over the international waters of the Black Sea on Tuesday morning, forc...
Mar 14, 2023
Two dead, several injured after driver hits pedestrians in Quebec, Canada
Sheila Paras/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Two people are dead and several others are injured after a driver hit pedestrians in Amqui, a town in the Québec region of Canada, authorities confirmed t...
Mar 14, 2023
North Korea launches two cruise missiles from submarine ahead of US-South Korea military drills
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- North Korea claimed to have launched two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine into the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, on Sunday, but...
Mar 13, 2023
In an Oscar-nominated documentary, Ukrainian children scarred by war navigate life
Azad Safarov(KYIV, Ukraine) -- An Oscar-nominated documentary, "The House Made of Splinters," tells a deep and emotive story of Ukrainian children affected by the Russian invasion. "Life has always be...
Mar 12, 2023
Kenya's announcement to expand use of landmark malaria vaccine gives hope to millions
Henrik Sorensen/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Kenya’s Ministry of Health has announced this week a "significant step" in the fight against Malaria as the East African nation expands its use of the wor...
Mar 10, 2023
UN leader Amina Mohamed: Taliban's restrictions on Afghan women 'have to be reversed'
H.Bilbao/Europa Press via Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- The Afghan Taliban began reversing women’s rights soon after returning to power in 2021, imposing bans on education, work and the abilit...
Mar 09, 2023
Seven dead, including unborn child, in shooting at Jehovah's Witness hall in Germany: Police
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(HAMBURG, Germany) -- Seven people were killed, including an unborn child, in a mass shooting at a building used by Jehovah's Witnesses in Hamburg, Germany, on Thursday eveni...
Mar 09, 2023
What to know about traveling to Mexico after four Americans were kidnapped
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The two Americans who survived a violent kidnapping ordeal in Mexico are back in the U.S., as questions remain surrounding what happened to the two members of ...
Mar 09, 2023
