Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Norwegian cruise hits iceberg near Alaska, no injuries reported
Planet One Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- A Norwegian cruise ship has canceled its nine-night Alaskan trip after the ship crashed into an iceberg off of the Alaskan ...
Jun 28, 2022
Eviction on the Nile: Historic Cairo houseboats facing demolition
John Wreford/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(CAIRO, Egypt) -- Ekhlas Helmy, 88, has spent decades waking up every morning to the scenery of the Nile flowing seamlessly beneath her houseboat, ...
Jun 28, 2022
China cuts inbound COVID-19 quarantine by half in first move to ease borders restrictions
Gong Mingyang/VCG via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- China said it will cut its mandatory inbound quarantine by half on Tuesday in the nation’s first move to ease COVID-19 borders restrictions since ...
Jun 28, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Ukraine joining NATO could lead to WWIII, Russia warns
Ukrainian State Emergency Service / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with...
Jun 28, 2022
US forces kill senior terrorist leader in Syria
Glowimages/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. forces killed a senior terrorist leader in an airstrike in Syria on Monday, according to military officials. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said the target ...
Jun 27, 2022
Rare Netherlands tornado kills 1, wounds 9
JEFFREY GROENEWEG/ANP/AFP via Getty Images(ZEELAND, Netherlands) -- A tornado tore through the Netherlands' western province of Zeeland, killing one and wounding nine on Monday, according to regional ...
Jun 27, 2022
At least 4 dead, dozens injured after stand collapses during bull fight in Colombia
Andres Virviescas/EyeEm/Getty Images(EL ESPINAL, Colombia) -- At least four people have died and dozens were injured after an accident occurred at the venue of a bullfight in Colombia. The spectators ...
Jun 26, 2022
22 found dead in South African tavern, officials say
Yevhen Borysov/Getty Images(EAST LONDON, South Africa) -- At least 22 people were found dead in a South African tavern early on Sunday morning, officials said. The South African Police Service said th...
Jun 26, 2022
G-7 rolls out global infrastructure plan: U.S. aims to contribute $200B, Biden says
Stefan Rousseau - Pool/Getty Images(KRUN, Germany) -- The Group of Seven nations on Sunday began rolling out a global infrastructure initiative in a bid, as they described it, to promote "stability" a...
Jun 26, 2022
Oslo police believe mass shooting that killed two and injured 10 was terror attack
Rodrigo Freitas/Getty Images(OSLO, Norway) -- Two people were fatally shot and 10 were injured early Saturday in a nightclub in Oslo, Norway, in what Oslo police now suspect was a terror attack. ...
Jun 25, 2022
