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- Migrants from Honduras moving through Guatemala, hoping to reach USby ABC Audio on January 18, 2021
Luis Vargas/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesBy CHRISTINE THEODOROU and JOSHUA HOYOS, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Thousands of migrants from Honduras fleeing violence, devastation caused in the aftermath of two devastating hurricanes and economic hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic are in Guatemala and […]
- Prince William is 'proud' his grandparents received COVID-19 vaccineby ABC Audio on January 18, 2021
WATTIE CHEUNG/POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesBy ANGELINE JANE BERNABE, ABC News (LONDON) -- Prince William is taking part in the effort to get people vaccinated in the United Kingdom by joining its vaccination campaign.In a video posted on the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s social media accounts […]
- Poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny detained upon arrival in Moscowby ABC Audio on January 17, 2021
Maja Hitij/Getty ImagesBY: PATRICK REEVELL, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was detained by police at a Moscow airport minutes after returning to Russia for the first time since he was poisoned with a nerve agent this summer. Navalny had pledged to return to Russia […]
- Lebanon enacts all-day curfew after new surge in coronavirus casesby ABC Audio on January 15, 2021
CasPhotography/iStockBy IBTISSEM GUENFOUD, ABC News(PARIS) -- Starting Thursday, people in Lebanon are asked to stay home, day or night, without exemptions for grocery shopping or exercising, to curb a new surge in coronavirus cases.Lebanon has entered a national state of emergency, which includes […]
- Sending carrier back to Middle East will keep tensions low after Soleimani death anniversary, admiral saysby ABC Audio on January 15, 2021
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday answers questions during a press conference on June 19, 2020. - Department of Defense/Marvin LynchardBy ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- With tensions running high between Iran and the United States in recent weeks, the Navy's top admiral believes the U.S. has the […]
- COVID-19 mutations spark global concernsby ABC Audio on January 14, 2021
Tempura/iStockBy LIEZL THOM, ABC News(PRETORIA, South Africa) -- The World Health Organization's emergency committee will meet two weeks early on Thursday to discuss the new coronavirus variants from South Africa and Britain that have rapidly spread to at least 50 countries and sparked widespread […]
- Huge religious festival of Kumbh Mela goes ahead despite coronavirus pandemicby ABC Audio on January 14, 2021
MONEY SHARMA/AFP via Getty ImagesBy GUY DAVIES, ABC News (LONDON) -- Hindu pilgrims in India have begun gathering along the Ganges River on the first day of Kumbh Mela, despite coronavirus restrictions in what is often described as the largest religious festival in the world.Images from the […]
- Tower of London’s 'Queen Raven’ is missing and presumed deadby ABC Audio on January 14, 2021
Vladislav Zolotov/iStockBy GUY DAVIES, ABC News (LONDON) -- The Tower of London’s ‘Queen raven,’ Merlina, is missing and presumed dead after not being seen for several weeks, Historic Royal Palaces said.Legend has it that if there are less than six ravens at the Tower of London the “kingdom […]
- Turkish authorities rebuff UN inquiry into murder of Syrian-American journalistby ABC Audio on January 14, 2021
bedo/iStockBy PETE MADDEN, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Turkish authorities have rebuffed a request from the United Nations for more information on the murders of Syrian-American journalist Halla Barakat and her mother, Orouba Barakat.In a letter dated Oct. 7, published by the Office of the United […]
- Air quality improvement during COVID-19 lockdowns less drastic than previously thought: Studyby ABC Audio on January 14, 2021
nycshooter/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A potential silver lining of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, a drop in greenhouse gas emissions because of the massive reduction in ground and air travel during lockdowns, may not be as drastic as previously thought, new research […]
- Irish state makes landmark apology for church-run homes, where thousands of infants diedby ABC Audio on January 14, 2021
MaRabelo/iStockBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News(DUBLIN) -- Ireland’s prime minister on Wednesday made a solemn state apology to the women and children that suffered in church-run homes for unmarried mothers and their babies, as the country confronts a landmark report documenting decades of abuse at […]
- US bans all cotton and tomato products from Xinjiang over slave laborby ABC Audio on January 13, 2021
Oleksii Liskonih/iStockBy VICTOR ORDONEZ, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday it will detain all cotton and tomato products produced in China’s Xinjiang province.The Withhold Release Order (WRO) issued by CBP is based on information that “reasonably […]
- Poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny says he will return to Russia despite jail threatsby ABC Audio on January 13, 2021
Adam Smigielski/iStockBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (MOSCOW) -- The Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has said he will return to Russia this week for what could be a dramatic homecoming following his poisoning with a nerve agent this summer.Navalny has been in Germany since August where he […]
- Artists collective 'AnonyMouse' installing miniature stores into streets of Swedenby ABC Audio on January 13, 2021
AnonyMouseBy GUY DAVIES, ABC News (LONDON) -- Over the past few years a highly secretive network working out of Sweden has been opening our eyes to a world we had not given much thought too before. But no, this isn’t Wikileaks or the hackers’ group Anonymous. This is "AnonyMouse," an anonymous […]
- Pompeo cancels last overseas trip as secretary of state amid torrent of criticism of Trumpby ABC Audio on January 13, 2021
ANDREW HARNIK/POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesBy CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Hours before he was expected to depart, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo canceled his final overseas trip amid a torrent of global criticism against President Donald Trump, including by the U.S. allies that Pompeo was […]