Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
BBC issues apology to royal family for infamous Princess Diana interview
Pool Photograph/Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The BBC has formally apologized to members of the royal family for the bombshell 1995 interview between the late Princess Diana and then-BBC j...
Jul 21, 2022
World's oldest giant panda in captivity dies at 35
Paul Souders/Getty Images, FILE(HONG KONG) -- An An, the world’s oldest giant male panda in captivity and under human care, has died at the age of 35 in Hong Kong. According to officials at Hong...
Jul 21, 2022
Where wildfires are raging across Europe
JURE MAKOVEC/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Wildfires continue to rage across Europe, as an unprecedented heat wave and drought conditions threaten efforts to combat flames in some regions. In Greece...
Jul 20, 2022
Tanzania investigates deadly outbreak of mystery disease
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Health officials are investigating a deadly outbreak of a mystery disease in southern Tanzania that has infected over a dozen people and killed at least three of...
Jul 20, 2022
Record-breaking heat waves in US and Europe prove climate change is already here, experts say
Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Hundreds of millions of people around the world are currently experiencing sweltering, dangerous heat -- a new reality as the effects of climate change ...
Jul 20, 2022
Geranium in Copenhagen wins No. 1 spot on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2022 list
David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for 50 Best(LONDON) -- Chefs, restaurant owners, sommeliers and diners woke up to exciting culinary news on Tuesday as The World's 50 Best Restaurants list cro...
Jul 19, 2022
Millions could die without 'urgent' funding as 'catastrophic famine' looms in East Africa, IRC says
Sally Hayden/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The International Rescue Committee for the first time on Tuesday issued a "Crisis Alert" update to its annual "Emergency Watchlist" rep...
Jul 19, 2022
UK temperature tops 40 C for first time, as Heathrow passes 104 F
Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The U.K. on Tuesday posted its highest temperature on record, breaking 40 degrees Celsius for the first time, after government officials ...
Jul 19, 2022
Heat-related deaths top 1,100 in Spain, Portugal amid heat wave and wildfires
Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As Western Europe experiences a record-breaking heat wave, Spain and Portugal have reported at least 1,169 heat-related deaths, accordi...
Jul 19, 2022
Ukrainians are being forcibly deported to Russian 'filtration camps'
Courtesy ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Eduard Mkrtchian, injured during Russian shelling of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, said he was forced to evacuate and, at a Russian-controlled checkpoint, said he was ...
Jul 19, 2022
