Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
'Pharaoh's curse' blamed for Suez Canal blockage, other unfortunate events in Egypt
omersukrugoksu/iStock(CAIRO) -- A Suez Canal blockage disturbing global markets, two trains colliding with each other, a garment factory blaze and a residential building collapse all came hot on the h...
Apr 02, 2021
Two dead after plane crashes during gender reveal stunt in Mexico
Quintana Roo Nautical Associates(CANCUN, Mexico) -- Two people are dead after a plane involved in a gender reveal stunt in Mexico crashed into the water. The incident occurred Monday afternoon in the ...
Apr 02, 2021
Jailed Putin foe Alexey Navalny declares hunger strike
Macky_CH/iStock(MOSCOW) -- The Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has declared a hunger strike in prison to protest what he says is authorities' refusal to grant him access to proper medical tre...
Mar 31, 2021
100 homeless, disenfranchised people given COVID vaccines at Vatican
narvikk/iStock(VATICAN CITY) -- 100 people who are homeless were given their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Vatican, the papal city-state announced Wednesday. The Papal Almoner, Cardinal Ko...
Mar 31, 2021
US orders some diplomats to evacuate Myanmar amid deadly crackdown on protesters
hansslegers/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The United States has ordered some American diplomats and their loved ones to evacuate Myanmar amid escalating violence two months after the military junta seized pow...
Mar 31, 2021
Japan's cherry blossoms hit earliest peak in 1,200 years due to warming temperatures
pigphoto/iStock(OSAKA, Japan) -- Climate change may be causing cherry blossom trees around the world to blossom much earlier than they had in the past. The famous blossoms in Kyoto, Japan, peaked on M...
Mar 31, 2021
Prince Harry, Meghan were not married before public wedding, archbishop confirms
TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The Archbishop of Canterbury, the head of the Church of England, has spoken out to clarify comments Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan made in their bombshell ...
Mar 31, 2021
The quick gold fox jumps over the lazy dog
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Mar 16, 2021
The quick gold fox jumps over the lazy dog
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Mar 16, 2021
The quick purple fox jumps over the lazy dog
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Mar 16, 2021
