Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Haitian gang releases remaining hostages from US-based missionary group
Michael Hickey/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The remaining 12 hostages from a U.S.-based missionary group have been released by the Haitian gang that had held them for two months, Haitian authorities an...
Dec 16, 2021
US accuses Chinese tech firms, research institutes of weaponizing biotechnology, creating 'brain-control weaponry'
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration has blacklisted and sanctioned dozens of Chinese government research institutes and private-sector tech firms, accusing them of weaponiz...
Dec 16, 2021
Queen Elizabeth cancels annual family pre-Christmas lunch amid COVID-19 surge
Chris Jackson/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Queen Elizabeth has canceled her annual pre-Christmas celebration for family for the second year in a row due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 95-year-old monarch...
Dec 16, 2021
Four children dead after wind lifts bouncy castle 32 feet into the air in Australia
MCCAIG/Getty Images(HONG KONG) -- Four children died in Australia on Thursday when wind lifted the bouncy castle they were in about 32 feet into the air, local police said. Nine children were in the c...
Dec 16, 2021
State Dept. suggests Afghan Fulbright hopefuls seek other options as program stalls
Courtesy of Maryam Jami(WASHINGTON) -- A group of 100 or so potential scholars in the State Department's prestigious Fulbright Foreign Student Program will have to continue waiting for a final answer ...
Dec 15, 2021
Fire briefly trapped scores of people in Hong Kong skyscraper, injuring 13, authorities say
Chen Xuming/VCG via Getty Images(HONG KONG) -- Scores of people were trapped in a Hong Kong skyscraper on Wednesday after a major fire broke out, authorities said. Flames ignited at the World Trade Ce...
Dec 15, 2021
Belarus jails husband of opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya for 18 years
Aliaksandr Bukatsich/iStock(LONDON) -- A court in Belarus has sentenced the husband of the leader of the country's pro-democracy movement, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, to 18 years in prison, convicting him...
Dec 14, 2021
The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world, according to NOAA report
Mlenny/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Scientists have long predicted that sea level rise will be one of the most disastrous consequences of global warming -- and now, they're discovering that the northernmost re...
Dec 14, 2021
Hopeful Fulbright scholars in Afghanistan await update from State Department
Courtesy Maryam Jami(WASHINGTON) -- Maryam Jami, 23, an attorney in Herat, Afghanistan, who calls herself a "mini-human rights activist," still dreams of obtaining her Masters of Law in the United Sta...
Dec 14, 2021
US Embassy in Tokyo warns foreigners of suspected racial profiling cases involving Japanese police
Rich Legg/iStock(TOKYO) -- Earlier this month, the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo warned foreigners of an increase in suspected racial profiling cases involving Japanese police. Non-Japanese people were being ...
Dec 13, 2021
