Category Added in a WPeMatico Campaign
ABC World News
Facing court deadline, Prince Andrew set to respond to sexual assault complaint
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Britain’s Prince Andrew faces a deadline Friday to file a response to a sexual assault lawsuit filed against him in New York by an alleged victim of deceased sex [Read More…]
Allies unsure of Biden’s policies, clout as he takes world stage
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — As President Joe Biden jets off to Europe to meet with allies, some of the United States’ closest partners are still wondering if America is truly [Read More…]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has no health issues despite weight loss, South Korea says
MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has seemed to have lost 44 pounds in the past two years, according to South Korean lawmakers who were briefed [Read More…]
Iran will resume indirect talks with US to revive nuclear deal, top negotiator says
iStock (TEHRAN, Iran) — Iran has agreed to restart negotiations over its nuclear program next month, its chief negotiator said Wednesday. Those talks, in which Iran and the U.S. have engaged through intermediaries, come as the [Read More…]
Looted Benin Bronze statue returned to Nigeria in ‘institutional first’
Jesus College, University of Cambridge (LONDON) — A college at the University of Cambridge is set to return an artifact looted by British soldiers to Nigeria, in a move described as “the first institutional return of [Read More…]
Queen Elizabeth to skip climate summit in Scotland as she recovers after hospitalization
Vladislav Zolotov/iStock (LONDON) — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will not travel to Scotland next week as planned as she continues to follow doctors’ advice to rest. The queen had been scheduled to attend an evening [Read More…]
Siberia’s permafrost melt is causing swamps, lakes, making land difficult to live on
iStock/malerapaso (YAKUTSK, Russia) — Thirty years ago, the road out from the village of Mai was flat. So were the fields around it, enough that local people used to play football on them. But today, [Read More…]
Family of five in hiding from Taliban pleads for help getting out of Afghanistan
Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — “It’s like a living hell for us now,” Zahra, 20, told ABC News on a phone call while hiding out in western Afghanistan, in a country she hardly [Read More…]
US ‘deeply alarmed’ at reports of military takeover in Sudan, calls for PM’s release
iStock/MarkRubens (CAIRO) — After initially being put under house arrest by military forces Monday, Sudan’s acting Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and his wife Muna Abdalla were “kidnapped” at dawn from their Khartoum residence, according to [Read More…]
Sixteen rescued from burning container ship off coast of Canada
(File photo) – SHansche/iStock (VICTORIA, British Columbia) — Sixteen people have been evacuated from a container ship that caught fire off the coast of Canada, according to officials. A fire broke out in 10 containers [Read More…]
What to know about the Japanese royal family as Princess Mako prepares to bow out
baona/iStock (NEW YORK) — Princess Mako, niece to Japan’s enthroned emperor, Naruhito, is planning to leave the imperial family, moving out of her family’s estate on Oct. 26 when her marriage to Fordham-educated Kei Komuro [Read More…]
Facing rising COVID cases, UK government resists calls for new restrictions ahead
jamielawton/iStock (LONDON) — Flanked by public health officials, the U.K. Health Secretary painted a bleak picture of the current state of the pandemic in Britain. “Cases are rising,” Sajid Javid, told the nation this week. [Read More…]
US cleans up Biden’s ‘commitment’ to defend Taiwan from Chinese invasion
Vacclav/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is again playing cleanup after President Joe Biden said the U.S. would come to Taiwan’s defense in the event of an invasion by mainland China — despite decades of [Read More…]
Suspected poacher likely killed by elephant in South Africa
Moonstone Images/iStock (LONDON) — A suspected poacher found dead in a South African national park is believed to have been killed by an elephant, park officials said. Rangers in Kruger National Park discovered the body [Read More…]
Queen Elizabeth was hospitalized for ‘preliminary investigations’
iweta0077/iStock (LONDON) — Queen Elizabeth was hospitalized Wednesday night for “preliminary investigations,” a Buckingham Palace spokesman confirmed to ABC News. The queen was back at her desk at Windsor Castle by Thursday afternoon and undertaking [Read More…]
What the appointment of 98 female judges to Egypt’s State Council means for women’s rights
NiroDesign/iStock (GIZA, Egypt) — Seventy-two years of Egyptian women’s rights activism paid off this week as the State Council, an important independent judiciary body in the country, appointed 98 female judges for the first time. [Read More…]
‘Rapid evolution’ of tuskless elephants caused by ivory trade, scientists say
BethWolff43/iStock (NEW YORK) — Ivory poaching has led to a “rapid evolution” of tuskless African elephants, as elephants without tusks were far more likely to survive during the height of the ivory trade, according to [Read More…]
Man attempting to demolish ancient sphinx in Cairo caught
Abdallah M. Elbarawy (CAIRO) —A man attempting to demolish one of four ancient sphinxes adorning the Tahrir square in Cairo was caught by security personnel, an eyewitness reports. “I and my friends were in Tahrir [Read More…]
8 Nigerians charged with alleged internet scams promising romance, travel
damircudic/iStock (NEW YORK) — Eight Nigerians have been charged in the U.S. with running widespread internet scams for at least a decade from their base of operation in Cape Town, South Africa, federal prosecutors in [Read More…]
Former ‘400 Mawozo’ hostages describe ordeal as Haiti gang demands $17 million ransom for kidnapped missionaries
Pawel Gaul/iStock (NEW YORK) — Survivors of a previous kidnapping by the notorious Haitian gang 400 Mawozo have revealed details about what life was like as a hostage, with the group currently demanding a $17 million [Read More…]