Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
HYBE stocks crash as BTS announces hiatus to group performances
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- Entertainment company HYBE’s stocks took a nosedive on Wednesday after its K-pop sensation BTS announced that they will no longer perform...
Jun 15, 2022
As China seeks 'zero COVID,' Shanghai delays reopenings and orders mass testing
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(HONG KONG) -- Just 10 days after Shanghai lifted its two-month lockdown and less than a week after Beijing declared its outbreak under control, China’s two largest cities...
Jun 15, 2022
Robot 'deity' preaches Buddha's scripture in Japanese temple
Kodaiji Temple(KYOTO, Japan) -- Every week, 62-year-old Miyuki Tanaka joins a pious crowd of Buddhists heading to the historic Kodaiji Temple in Kyoto, Japan. Inside the temple stands Mindar, a 6-foot...
Jun 15, 2022
Departing plane's crew acted appropriately in harrowing incident with desperate Afghans: US military
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Multiple military reviews have found a cargo-plane crew acted appropriately and broke no rules in the course of a deadly incident during the chaotic U.S. withd...
Jun 14, 2022
Royals mark Garter Day as Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Andrew skip public events
Hugh Hastings - WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Members of Britain's royal family stepped out Monday for Garter Day, marking the first time the annual tradition has returned since the start of the co...
Jun 13, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: 2 US veterans who joined Ukrainian forces missing
Celestino Arce/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belar...
Jun 13, 2022
Disappearances of journalist, researcher in Brazilian Amazon spark international outcry
EVARISTO SA/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- International outcry continues over the disappearances of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous rights expert Bruno Araújo Pereira, who ha...
Jun 10, 2022
Biden's mounting nuclear threats from North Korea, Iran
South Korean Defense Ministry/Dong-A Daily via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- While the world's focus has been trained on Russian President Vladimir Putin's nuclear saber-rattling over Ukraine, two other...
Jun 10, 2022
Bucha residents try to reclaim their homes amid war
SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images(BUCHA, Ukraine) -- Bucha, Ukraine is getting back to normal, but residents are still living with trauma from the war. ABC News correspondents returned to Bucha to ...
Jun 10, 2022
Vertebra of 98 million-year-old dinosaur discovered in Egypt's Western desert
Courtesy Hesham Sallam(NEW YORK) -- A fossil from a a carnivorous dinosaur that lived about 98 million years ago was unearthed by an Egyptian-led team of researchers in the country's Western desert. T...
Jun 10, 2022
