Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Prince Andrew's attorneys appear in front of New York federal judge
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Attorneys for Prince Andrew appeared virtually in front of a federal judge in New York on Tuesday, arguing that a lawsuit against the prince made by an alleged vi...
Jan 04, 2022
COVID outbreak in Belgian research station in Antarctica
Philippe SIUBERSKI/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A research station in Antarctica is battling a COVID-19 outbreak despite being located in one of the most remote corners of the world. Since mid-De...
Jan 04, 2022
Prince Andrew moves to dismiss lawsuit filed by Jeffrey Epstein victim
iStock/CatEyePerspective(NEW YORK) -- A document Prince Andrew claims should prevent him from being sued by an alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein was unsealed Monday by a federal judge in New York. The...
Jan 03, 2022
20 people rescued, 1 still stranded after trapped overnight on New Mexico tramway
GETTY/ George Pachantouris(NEW MEXICO) -- More than 20 people became trapped overnight in a tram car on the Sandia Peak Tramway in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as rescue efforts are underway for one ...
Jan 01, 2022
Biden, Putin hold call amid heightened tensions over Ukraine
SAUL LOEB/POOL/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday -- their second conversation this month amid heightened fears of a full-s...
Dec 30, 2021
European countries tighten COVID-19 restrictions as omicron spreads
Chesnot/Getty Images(LONDON) -- France this week became the latest European country to tighten its coronavirus restrictions, with nations across the continent posting record numbers of COVID-19 infect...
Dec 29, 2021
Desmond Tutu, South Africa's archbishop and Nobel laureate, dies at 90
(CAPE TOWN, South Africa) -- South Africa's Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, an anti-apartheid activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, died on Sunday. He was 90. "The passing of Archbishop Emeritus ...
Dec 27, 2021
Melting Arctic ice will have catastrophic effects on the world, experts say. Here's how.
MB Photography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- If there is any doubt about climate change, look no further than the coldest regions of the planet for proof that the planet is warming at unprecedented r...
Dec 24, 2021
One Afghan woman's struggle to resettle in America, help her fellow refugees
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Muzhgan Azizy escaped Kabul just weeks before the swift Taliban takeover and chaotic U.S. evacuation, but adjusting to her new freedom in America has been difficult. "The re...
Dec 24, 2021
South Korea pardons former President Park Geun-hye
Handout/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- South Korea's government will grant a special pardon to former President Park Guen-hye, who was in prison on corruption charges. "From the perspective of na...
Dec 24, 2021
