Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
K-pop inspired food trucks help COVID-hit restaurants and children in need
ABC News(SEOUL, South Korea) -- The scrumptious smell of shrimp patties and brioche buns cooking over a sizzling pan filled the air. Watermelon-shaped rice cake bars were piled up in one corner, iced ...
Mar 22, 2022
US recognizes Myanmar's atrocities against Rohingya as 'genocide'
Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. government has determined the attacks by Myanmar's military against the Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic minority, constituted genocide and crimes against ...
Mar 21, 2022
Hong Kong relaxes pandemic flight curbs amid 'fading' tolerance for strict COVID policies
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(HONG KONG) -- Hong Kong has announced significant changes to its strict COVID-19 border measures, which have been among the most stringent in the world. A flight ban from nine ...
Mar 21, 2022
Russia-Ukraine updates: Ammonia leak at chemical plant
GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are...
Mar 21, 2022
China Eastern Airlines flight crashes with 132 on board
Sky_Blue/Getty Images(HONG KONG) -- A Boeing 737-800 passenger plane operated by China Eastern Airlines with 132 people on board crashed on Monday in Guangxi, China. Nine crew members and 123 passenge...
Mar 21, 2022
Car crashes into Belgian carnival crowd, killing 6, official says
Reinhard Krull/EyeEm/Getty Images(STREPY-BRACQUEGNIES, Belgium) -- A car slammed into about 100 people, killing six, on Sunday morning during a carnival in Strépy-Bracquegnies, Belgium, officia...
Mar 20, 2022
U.S. Marine Osprey aircraft missing with four on board during training in Norway
U.S. Marine Corps(NEW YORK) -- Search and rescue teams in Norway are looking for a missing American MV-22 Osprey aircraft that was taking part in a large NATO military exercise in northern Norway...
Mar 18, 2022
Egypt's newly discovered ancient tombs are nearly 5,000 years old
Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities(SAQQARA, Egypt) -- Egypt announced on Thursday the discovery of five ancient tombs in Saqqara, marking the latest in a series of discoveries in the vas...
Mar 18, 2022
Lviv, Ukraine, hit with missiles for first time since Russian invasion
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(LVIV, Ukraine) -- Russian missile strikes hit the western Ukrainian city of Lviv Friday around 6:30 a.m. local time, marking the first strike on the city since the invasion...
Mar 18, 2022
Princess Diana's former aide gets apology, 'substantial sum' from BBC over interview
Pool Photograph/Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images(LONDON) -- A former aide to the late Princess Diana has received an apology and "substantial sum" from the BBC over a 1995 interview Diana gave to then-B...
Mar 18, 2022
