Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
COP26 updates: US, China pledge to work together on climate crisis
oonal/iStock(GLASGOW, Scotland) -- Leaders from nearly every country in the world have converged upon Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference that experts are toutin...
Nov 01, 2021
S. Madagascar on the verge of climate change-induced famine: How to help
ABC News(AMBOVOMBE, Madagascar) -- "Kere" is a word that echoes around southern Madagascar. It means hunger, and the people here know it all too well. For the past four years, the lack of food has bec...
Nov 01, 2021
COP26 live updates: World leaders converge upon Glasgow for historic climate summit
iStock/studio023(NEW YORK) -- Leaders from nearly every country in the world have converged upon Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference that experts are touting as ...
Nov 01, 2021
"We're blinking code red," President Biden looks to put the US back at center of climate change fight
Oliver Weiken/picture alliance via Getty Images(GLASGOW, Scotland.) -- COP26 is underway with President Biden looking to put the United States back at the center of the global effort on climate change...
Nov 01, 2021
Ginger Zee helps explain climate change
iStock/chonticha wat (NEW YORK) -- As the first piece of ABC News Radio’s series on the global climate crisis, Ginger Zee helps us understand the global impact of climate change. The signs and s...
Nov 01, 2021
Explosion in Mexico destroys at least 30 buildings, leaves 1 dead, 15 injured
KeithBinns/iStock(MEXICO CITY) — A large explosion attributed to a gas leak in east-central Mexico's Puebla state has left at least one dead, 15 injured and damaged between 30 to 50 buildings, l...
Oct 31, 2021
Joe Biden, second Catholic president, meets with Pope Francis amid US bishops' criticism
Photo by Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images(VATICAN CITY) -- As President Joe Biden embarked on only his second overseas trip, he started with a personally poignant audience with Pope Francis...
Oct 29, 2021
Facing court deadline, Prince Andrew set to respond to sexual assault complaint
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Britain's Prince Andrew faces a deadline Friday to file a response to a sexual assault lawsuit filed against him in New York by an alleged victim of deceased sex ...
Oct 29, 2021
Allies unsure of Biden's policies, clout as he takes world stage
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- As President Joe Biden jets off to Europe to meet with allies, some of the United States' closest partners are still wondering if America is t...
Oct 28, 2021
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has no health issues despite weight loss, South Korea says
MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has seemed to have lost 44 pounds in the past two years, according to South Korean lawmakers who were brief...
Oct 28, 2021
