Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Former Navy SEAL killed fighting in Ukraine
Tatsiana Kalasouskaya / EyeEm / Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- American Daniel Swift, a former Navy SEAL who deserted in 2019, was killed while fighting in Ukraine on Jan. 18, according to U.S. officials...
Jan 20, 2023
New law aims to increase women in positions of power across Sierra Leone
President Julius Maada Bio/Twitter(LONDON) -- A new law designed to increase the number of women in positions of power in both private and public sectors came into force in Sierra Leone on Thursday. M...
Jan 19, 2023
New law aims to increase women in positions of power across Sierra Leone
KeithBinns/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A new law designed to increase the number of women in positions of power in both private and public sectors came into force in Sierra Leone on Thursday. More than a ...
Jan 19, 2023
China braces for another COVID wave, as first Lunar New Year without restrictions approaches
Rainer Puster / EyeEm/Getty Images(HONG KONG and BEIJING) -- With just days to go until the Lunar New Year, throngs of bundled-up travelers shuffle their way through the freezing temperatures towards ...
Jan 19, 2023
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she will step down: 'It's time'
Kerry Marshall/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced in an emotional press briefing that she will step down, saying "it's time." Ardern said Thursday she will n...
Jan 19, 2023
Two American citizens killed in Nepal plane crash
AlpamayoPhoto/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Two U.S. citizens and two permanent U.S. residents were among those killed in the plane crash in Nepal earlier this week, State Department spokesman Ned Price s...
Jan 19, 2023
Cake should not be brought into the office, UK food agency chief says
Photo by Cathy Scola(LONDON) -- Offices should rethink bringing cake into the workplace as it may pose the same harm to colleagues' health as passive smoking, according to Professor Susan Jebb, chairw...
Jan 18, 2023
Family believes California public defender who died in Mexico was 'victim of a brutal crime'
Blair family(MEXICO CITY and LONDON) -- The family of an American tourist found dead in Mexico said Tuesday that they believe he "was the victim of a brutal crime." California resident and Orange Coun...
Jan 18, 2023
Trial resumes for David Barnes, American detained in Russia
Courtesy Carol Barnes(NEW YORK) -- Over the last two months, following lengthy periods of detention in Russia, Americans Brittney Griner, Sarah Krivanek and Taylor Dudley were all allowed to return ho...
Jan 18, 2023
National Hurricane Center issues rare January tropical weather outlook
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The National Hurricane Center on Monday issued a rare tropical weather outlook for January: a strong, non-tropical low pressure system in the Atlantic Ocean. The powerful storm, ...
Jan 17, 2023
