Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
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
Afghan girls and women defy Taliban by continuing studies in secret schools
Getty Images/David Sacks(AFGHANISTAN) -- More than 600 Afghan women and girls refuse to bow down to the Taliban's ban on education. Run by 25-year-old Parasto, a non-registered NGO called SRAK allows ...
Mar 08, 2023
Prince Harry, Meghan to use prince and princess titles for children Archie and Lilibet
Mike Coppola/Getty Images for 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Gala(NEW YORK) -- Prince Harry and Meghan's children Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor and Lilibet "Lili" Diana Mount...
Mar 08, 2023
Everything we know about the kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico
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 08, 2023
'Not My King' signs greet King Charles as campaigners call for end to monarchy ahead of coronation
Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images(COLCHESTER, England) -- On a cold, damp March morning, hundreds of people had turned out in Colchester, England, hoping for a glimpse of King Charles III. The gathering w...
Mar 08, 2023
Seoul’s intelligence reveals new facts about North Korean leader’s daughter
Kim Jae-Hwan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's second child, a daughter named Kim Ju Ae, who has been exposed to the public lately, has ...
Mar 07, 2023
As Ukrainians fleeing Russia's invasion settle in Canada, some wonder if they'll ever return
Pavlo Tsviliuk(VANCOUVER, British Columbia) -- Pavlo Tsviliuk considered emigration to Canada long before February 2022, but had been planning to move there only after giving birth to his children in ...
Mar 07, 2023
