Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio

Uncertain future for Ukrainian refugees as war enters third year
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- When Mariya Grigoryeva found out she was pregnant with her second child days after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, she prepared to flee.She and her young daughter left for Moldova ...
Meredith Deliso and Jessie DiMartino Feb 22, 2024

Decrease in aid trucks entering Gaza as access to food dwindles, agencies say
Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images(TEL-AVIV, Israel) -- The number of humanitarian aid trucks entering the war-torn Gaza Strip has decreased over the past few weeks, with the delivery of food a...
Ellie Kaufman, Guy Davies, and Clark Bentson, ABC News Feb 21, 2024

Scientists discover how whales can sing under water and how shipping noise can disrupt communication
George Karbus Photography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A discovery on how baleen whales are able to sing under water is giving scientists a better understanding on how noise pollution from shipping activ...
Julia Jacobo, ABC News Feb 21, 2024

'My son is not a doll': The story of Gaza's baby Muhammad as his family grieves amid misinformation
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- An image of a mother holding her dead infant in her arms outside a hospital in Gaza went viral last year but it was denied in online posts viewed millions of times online.The bab...
Emmanuelle Saliba, ABC News Feb 21, 2024

Eleven lions rescued from conflict-hit Sudan arrive in South Africa
Hristo Vladev/Four Paws(LONDON) -- Eleven lions rescued from conflict-hit Sudan have found a new home in South Africa, animal welfare organization Four Paws has announced.The lions -- rescued among a ...
Emma Ogao, ABC News Feb 21, 2024

Kremlin rejects call for independent postmortem on opposition leader Alexei Navalny
Flowers are seen placed around portraits of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in a Russian Arctic prison, at a makeshift memorial in front of the former Russian consulate in Fran...
Kevin Shalvey, ABC News Feb 20, 2024

Unmanned Houthi submarines pose new threat to US warships in Red Sea
KeithBinns/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. conducted what it called self-defense strikes on five targets in the Houthi-controlled area of Yemen after the Houthis employed an unmanned submarine fo...
Chris Boccia, ABC News Feb 20, 2024

Israel-Gaza live updates: Harris to meet with Israeli war Cabinet member on Monday
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More than four months since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip.The confl...
ABC News Feb 20, 2024

Patients evacuated from Nasser Hospital, Gaza's second-largest, as WHO says it has stopped 'functioning' amid attacks
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Patients are being evacuated from Gaza's second-largest hospital, which has been under attack from Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops, amid the ongoing Israel-Hama...
Mary Kekatos, ABC News Feb 19, 2024

Strike expected to shut down the Eiffel Tower as workers protest monument's management
spreephoto.de/Getty Images(PARIS) -- The Eiffel Tower is expected to be closed to visitors on Monday as workers plan a one-day strike to demand that Paris City Hall officials immediately review the fi...
Bill Hutchinson, ABC News Feb 19, 2024
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