Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
China's Xi to meet with Putin in Moscow Monday in show of support
Ju Peng/Xinhua via Getty Images(MOSCOW) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow on Monday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin will be a significant moment, punching a hole in ...
Mar 19, 2023
He was freed from a Nicaraguan prison and now urges Biden admin to protect migrants like him
Str/picture alliance via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Last month, the door to Yubrank Suazo's cell in a Nicaraguan prison flung open in the middle of the night as officers told him to put on his clothes ...
Mar 16, 2023
US military releases video from Russian fighter jet crash with drone
U.S. European Command(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. European Command has released dramatic declassified video taken by the MQ-9 Reaper drone that shows the moment that a Russian Su-27 fighter jet collided with ...
Mar 16, 2023
Defense Secretary Austin speaks to Russian counterpart about US drone incident
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday that he spoke with Russia's defense minister about what he called "risky" behavior by Russian fighter jet pilot...
Mar 15, 2023
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
