Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio

'Squid Game' star Oh Yeong-soo goes on trial for sexual misconduct
Momodu Mansaray/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- Actor Oh Yeong-soo, who rose to global recognition after appearing in the Netflix hit "Squid game," goes on trial for sexual misconduct on Friday. T...
Hakyung Kate Lee, ABC News Feb 02, 2023

US to gain access to more bases in the Philippines with eye on China
Joeal Calupitan - Pool/Getty Images(MANILA, Philippines) -- Seeking to deter China's ambitions in the western Pacific, the U.S. and the Philippines have reached an agreement that will give the U....
Luis Martinez, ABC News Feb 02, 2023

What to know about the Wagner group, a 'brutal' Russian military group fighting in Ukraine
Maksim Konstantinov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(MOSCOW) -- Nearly one year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. is increasingly focused on denouncing what it calls a "brutal" para...
Nathan Luna and Leah Vredenbregt, ABC News Feb 02, 2023

Namibia reports record rise in rhino poaching
Gregory Sweeney/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The Namibian government has announced that the number of Rhino’s poached in the Southern African nation reached a record-high in 2022 -- rising by 93% sin...
Emma Ogao, ABC News Feb 02, 2023

Canadian province decriminalizes drugs to fight overdose deaths
Liang Sen/Xinhua via Getty Images(VANCOUVER, Canada) -- The Canadian province of British Columbia said it's decriminalizing small amounts of some drugs to help combat the number of drug overdose death...
Aleem Agha, ABC News Feb 01, 2023

What we've learned from the latest charges in plot to kill Haitian president
KeithBinns/Getty Images(MIAMI) -- But the four indictments laid out in federal court in Miami on Wednesday tell the very real story of a presidential assassination that has thrown Haiti into chaos for...
Conor Finnegan, ABC News Feb 01, 2023

Iranian exile wounded in demonstrations against regime speaks out
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Iranians protesting their country's regime have been putting their lives on the line to call out injustices and, even in the face of violence, say they will continue to raise the...
Sarah Baniak, Somayeh Malekian, Davi Merchan, Bobby Gehlen, Seiji Yamashita and Ivan Pereira, ABC News Feb 01, 2023

Fighting ramps-up in eastern Ukraine in 'devastating WW1-like environment'
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(DONETSK REGION, Eastern Ukraine) -- Russia has escalated its attacks on Ukrainian positions in eastern Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin presses for gains on the ...
Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News Feb 01, 2023

US accuses Russia of violating key nuclear treaty
Bai Xueqi/Xinhua via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The State Department has informed Congress that Russia is no longer meeting obligations set by the only nuclear arms control pact shared by two powers,...
Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News Jan 31, 2023

Radioactive capsule found in Australia could have been deadly with prolonged exposure, expert says
Fairfax Media via Getty Images(PERTH, Australia) -- The health effects of coming into contact with a radioactive capsule no bigger than a coin that was lost in Western Australia -- and has since been ...
Julia Jacobo and Mary Kekatos, ABC News Jan 31, 2023
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