Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Meaning of name Lilibet Diana is tribute from Prince Harry, Duchess Meghan
Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images(Los Angeles) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, welcomed their second child, a girl, on Friday, and gave her a name full of meanin...
Jun 06, 2021
It's a girl!: Prince Harry, Duchess Meghan welcome 2nd child
Chris Jackson/Getty Images(Los Angeles) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are now parents of two. Meghan gave birth to the couple's second child, a daughter, on Friday, ...
Jun 06, 2021
Family of Belize's slain police superintendent to file wrongful death lawsuit
7 News Belize(LONDON and DANGRIGA) -- The family of Belize's slain police superintendent told ABC News that they plan to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the longtime partner of a British billion...
Jun 04, 2021
Hong Kong activists struggle to keep memory of Tiananmen alive under security law
spawns/iStock(HONG KONG) -- Hong Kong feels more jittery than usual Friday as it marks the 32nd anniversary of the deadly Tiananmen crackdown -- the first since Beijing imposed a draconian national se...
Jun 04, 2021
More than one million COVID-19 deaths in Latin America highlight poverty, health care concerns
beyhanyazar/iStock(NEW YORK) -- In the United States and other Western nations, the toll from COVID-19 is finally beginning to ease, at least in part, because of the rapid rollout of highly effective ...
Jun 04, 2021
Belize's supreme court denies bail to partner of British billionaire's son after policeman's death
DNY59/iStock(LONDON) -- The Supreme Court of Belize has denied bail for the longtime partner of a British billionaire's son who's been charged in the fatal shooting of a top police officer in the Cent...
Jun 03, 2021
Biden to meet with Queen Elizabeth on first trip overseas as president
Vladislav Zolotov/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Queen Elizabeth II will open the gates to Windsor Castle to welcome President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on June 13 as Biden makes his first trip overs...
Jun 03, 2021
Biden announces first 25 million vaccine doses going to India, others facing 'surges'
MarsBars/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden announced on Thursday the first details of the U.S. sending 80 million COVID-19 vaccines overseas with the aim of "ending the pandemic globally." The...
Jun 03, 2021
10,000 Olympic volunteers reportedly quit prior to 2020 Tokyo Games
mbbirdy/iStock(TOKYO) — Around 10,000 of the 80,000 volunteers who signed up to help at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have quit, according to public broadcaster NHK on Wednesd...
Jun 02, 2021
WHO says source of infection unknown in first human case of H10N3 bird flu strain
janiecbros/iStock(LONDON) -- The World Health Organization said it's still unclear how a man in eastern China contracted the first known human case of a rare strain of bird flu called H10N3. "The sour...
Jun 02, 2021
