Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Risk of flooding from melted glaciers to increase as climate warms, study says
slowmotiongli/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Scientists are racing to determine what will happen as a result of melting glaciers before the repercussions of climate change on communities become a reality. Resear...
May 06, 2021
Prince Harry, Meghan's son Archie Sussex celebrates second birthday
Toby Melville - Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Archie Sussex, the oldest child of Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan, is turning 2. The young royal and great-grandchild of Queen Elizabeth and the late Pr...
May 06, 2021
Prince William and Kate launch YouTube channel with fun video
Owen Humphreys - WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Prince William and Duchess Kate are adding YouTubers to their list of royal responsibilities. On Wednesday, the duke and duchess of Cambridge, announc...
May 06, 2021
New species of prehistoric turtle discovered in Madagascar
KeithBinns/iStock(NEW YORK) -- A new species of turtle that roamed Earth alongside dinosaurs and flying reptiles has been discovered in Madagascar. The near-complete fossil of the quick-mouthed frog t...
May 06, 2021
Duchess Meghan wins final copyright claim in tabloid lawsuit over letter to her estranged father
NataliaCatalina/iStock(LONDON) -- Meghan, the duchess of Sussex, won her final copyright claim in her lawsuit against a U.K. tabloid publisher over the publication of her handwritten letter to her est...
May 06, 2021
Indian delegation missing G7 meetings after 'possible' positive coronavirus cases
visual7/iStock(LONDON) -- The Indian delegation at the G-7 meetings in the U.K. will not be in face-to-face meetings after "exposure to possible COVID positive cases," the Indian Foreign Minister said...
May 05, 2021
El Salvador's president pushes ahead with power grab despite US condemnation
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Despite an increasingly vocal chorus of condemnations from the Biden administration and U.S. lawmakers of both parties, El Salvador's president an...
May 04, 2021
Duchess Meghan announces new children's book based on Father's Day poem to Prince Harry
Toby Melville - Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Duchess Meghan is adding a new role to her resume in her post-royal life. Meghan has written her first children's book, The Bench, that will be published...
May 04, 2021
At least 23 dead, dozens more injured after Mexico City Metro overpass collapses onto road
PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images(MEXICO CITY) -- At least 23 people were killed and dozens more were injured after an overpass for the Mexico City Metro collapsed on Monday night, sending a subway car...
May 04, 2021
Bomb explodes near a school in western Afghanistan
KeithBinns/iStock(NEW YORK) -- A bomb exploded near a school in Farah, in western Afghanistan, on Monday and wounded 21 people. At least 10 of those injured were students as young as 7, a provincial o...
May 04, 2021
