Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russians, Ukrainians fight street by street in key city
ARIS MESSINIS/AFP 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 Belarus, to...
Jun 01, 2022
As Shanghai COVID-19 lockdown ends, residents celebrate in the streets and fences come down
Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images(HONG KONG) -- After more than two months of harsh lockdown, China’s largest city, Shanghai, began to unlock at the stroke of midnight Wednesday. As metal fe...
Jun 01, 2022
Why Russia's blockade of Odesa is causing a global food problem
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(ODESA, Ukraine) -- Russia's invasion of Ukraine has meant vital food exports are stuck in Ukraine's ports. ABC News foreign correspondent Tom Soufi Burridge explains a loom...
Jun 01, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Reported COVID-19 infection levels nearly 6 times higher than last Memorial Day
Rick Mave/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading ...
May 31, 2022
Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee: Seven memorable moments from her 70-year reign
Sean Gallup/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Queen Elizabeth will be celebrated this week with what is being described as a once-in-a-lifetime celebration to mark her Platinum Jubilee. The royal family and the...
May 31, 2022
How some in Afghanistan have reacted to the burqa mandate
TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The burqa mandate is back in Afghanistan, and, with it, a wave of disappointment and distress taking over the lives of millions of people in the country...
May 30, 2022
Egypt uncovers 2,500-year-old coffins, bronze statues in ancient necropolis
FILE photo -AHMED HASAN/AFP via Getty Images(SAQQARA, Egypt) -- Egypt has uncovered 2,500-year-old wooden coffins and bronze statues in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, the country announced on Mond...
May 30, 2022
'Potentially hazardous' asteroid zooms close to Earth
California Institute of Technology/NASA(NEW YORK) -- An asteroid -- the largest to get close to Earth this year -- tumbled past the planet Friday. According to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Stud...
May 27, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russian airborne forces suffer 'heavy casualties'
John Moore/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north,...
May 27, 2022
Duchess Meghan visits memorial in Texas after deadly school shooting
Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(UVALDE, Texas) -- Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, traveled to Uvalde, Texas, Thursday, to pay tribute to the 19 students and two teachers killed at R...
May 26, 2022
