Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Ukraine vows to continue counteroffensive despite Russia's mobilization, annexation of territory
Wolfgang Deuter/Getty Images(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annexation of Ukrainian regions and his mass mobilization of reservists won't stop Ukrainian forces from continu...
Oct 05, 2022
Princess Anne makes surprise visit to New York City
Chris Jackson/Getty Images for St James Quarter(NEW YORK) -- Anne, the princess royal, is known as one of the most hardworking and unassuming members of Britain's royal family, two traits she showed t...
Oct 05, 2022
Three scientists win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for making molecules 'click'
Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images(STOCKHOLM) -- Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Wednesday for their work in making molecules "click." Two Americans, K. Barry Sharpless of Scri...
Oct 05, 2022
Catalan separatist movement in Spain at 'stalemate' five years after independence vote
Josep Lago/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- When an independence referendum was held in Catalonia on Oct. 1, 2017, some citizens in Spain saw an illegal travesty -- and others viewed the vote as a sign...
Oct 05, 2022
Student protesters in Iran tear-gassed, arrested by police: Report
KeithBinns/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The third week of nationwide protests in Iran turned particularly violent Sunday when security forces besieged Sharif University, a prominent university in the count...
Oct 04, 2022
North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan
Jacek Malipan / EyeEm / Getty Images(NEW YORK, TOKYO and SEOUL) -- North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan early on Tuesday morning, the Japanese Ministry of Defense said. South Korea and the...
Oct 03, 2022
Migrants in Italy face uncertainty after far-right prime minister's win
Valeria Ferraro/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Giorgia Meloni, leader of Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy), will become the first female prime minister in Italy’s hist...
Oct 03, 2022
Buckingham Palace releases new image of Royals future
Sylvain Sonnet/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Buckingham Palace released a new official photo of the king, the queen consort and the prince and princess of Wales following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Ki...
Oct 03, 2022
At least 125 dead in riots at Indonesian soccer match
Photo and Co/Getty Images(MALANG, Indonesia) -- At least 125 people died after a soccer match in Indonesia, where police fired tear gas into crowds of rioting fans, causing a stampede, officials said....
Oct 02, 2022
Notre Dame restoration on track to be completed by 5th anniversary of tragic fire
Anna Rabemanantsoa/ABC News(PARIS) -- The restoration work inside Notre Dame cathedral is ramping up. Less than two years before the grand reopening, Notre Dame’s exceptional stained glass windo...
Oct 01, 2022
