Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum, first woman to be president, election institute says
Buena Vista Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected president of Mexico, marking the first time a woman has been chosen to lead the country, Mexico's election institute ann...
Jun 03, 2024
North Korea vows to pause trash-balloon campaign after floating 3,500 into South Korea
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A North Korean official on Sunday vowed that the secretive country would stop floating trash-carrying balloons over the border into South Korea, but warned tha...
Jun 03, 2024
Sudanese army rejects calls to deescalate fighting in El Fasher
Getty Images - STOCK(LONDON) -- Sudanese army leaders are rejecting peace talks with the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group following U.S Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's call with Sudanese A...
May 31, 2024
New dinosaur species discovered in Zimbabwe named Musankwa sanyatiensis
Getty Images - STOCK(ZIMBABWE) -- A remarkable fossil finding in Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe has led to a new dinosaur species being named by researchers: Musankwa sanyatiensis.The fossilized remains of t...
May 31, 2024
'Stop this war': Message from mother, displaced 18 times, who is fleeing the fighting again
Smoke rises near a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians in the area of Tel al-Sultan in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 30, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant...
May 30, 2024
North Korea sends balloons full of manure and trash over the border to South Korea
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea and LONDON) -- Around 260 air balloons carrying bags of manure and trash have been spotted across South Korea on Wednesday after they were sent over the ...
May 30, 2024
Person killed after being sucked into plane's turbine engine on runway
DuKai photographer/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A person has died after being sucked up into the running turbine engine of a plane at Amsterdam’s international airport, officials said.KLM Royal Dutch...
May 30, 2024
Volcanic eruption in Iceland spews lava over 160 feet; famed Blue Lagoon evacuated
Another volcanic eruption is seen from a helicopter flight Landhelgisgasla Islands for the fifth time since December on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland on May 29, 2024. (Almannavarnade...
May 30, 2024
World Central Kitchen pauses operations in Rafah, aid workers warn humanitarian response on brink of 'collapse'
Khames Alrefi/ Getty Images(RAFAH, GAZA) -- World Central Kitchen (WCK) said it has paused its operations in Rafah due to "ongoing attacks" by Israeli forces as aid organizations warned the humanitari...
May 29, 2024
India records its hottest temperature ever amid severe heat wave
Niharika Kulkarni/ Getty Images(NEW DELHI, INDIA) -- One of the hottest countries on Earth has recorded its highest temperature ever.India recorded a temperature of 52.3 degrees Celsius -- or about 12...
May 29, 2024
