Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Nigeria's men's team aims for Africa's 1st Olympic basketball medal
Ethan Miller/Getty Images(TOKYO) -- It was one of the most lopsided losses in Olympic basketball history: Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony and Team USA thrashed the Nigerian men’s basketball team by...
Jul 23, 2021
US sanctions Cuba over crackdown on protests in 1st steps toward new policy
-Panya-/iStock(WASHINGTON) — In his first steps toward his own Cuba policy, President Joe Biden is sanctioning the Cuban defense minister and its special forces for the aggressive crackdowns on ...
Jul 22, 2021
Russia battered by deadly COVID 3rd wave
iStock/Eugene Nekrasov (RUSSIA) -- Russia is enduring a devastating third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, registering record numbers of daily virus deaths many days for the past month as the virus r...
Jul 22, 2021
Despite security threats, Afghans who US will evacuate have to make their own way to Kabul
iStock/KeithBinns (WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. embassy in Afghanistan has issued its first notifications to Afghans who worked for the U.S. mission and will be evacuated to an American military base in Vi...
Jul 22, 2021
At least 25 dead after flash flooding in China causes year's worth of rain in three days
iStock/LeeYiuTung (HONG KONG) -- Rescue efforts are underway as flash floods in China's central city of Zhengzhou killed at least 25 people and displaced hundreds of thousands of others. Local forecas...
Jul 22, 2021
Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony director fired over Holocaust joke
Carl Court/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The Tokyo Olympics organizing committee fired the director of the opening ceremony on Thursday over a joke he made about the Holocaust as a comedian in 1998. A video...
Jul 22, 2021
Prince George smiles in photo taken by Duchess Kate to mark his 8th birthday
_ultraforma_/iStock(LONDON) -- Prince George is turning 8, and stealing the show in a new photo released to mark his birthday. George, who was born on July 22, 2013, was photographed earlier this mont...
Jul 21, 2021
After Biden administration releases 1st Guantanamo prisoner, remaining detainees hope for swift action
Photo by John Moore/Getty Images(GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba) -- Following the transfer of the first Guantánamo Bay inmate of the Biden administration this week, remaining detainees at the offshore pr...
Jul 21, 2021
U.N. committee strips Liverpool of World Heritage status
ChrisHepburn/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The city of Liverpool, England was stripped of its World Heritage status on Wednesday, after a U.N. committee determined that the recent construction has been detrimen...
Jul 21, 2021
Brisbane awarded 2032 Summer Olympic Games
SaintM Photos/iStock(BRISBANE, Australia) -- The 2032 Summer Olympic Games will be held in Brisbane, Australia, the International Olympic Committee confirmed on Wednesday. The IOC steered the bidding ...
Jul 21, 2021
