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Siberia’s permafrost melt is causing swamps, lakes, making land difficult to live on

Tuesday, October 26 by ABC News

(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, the road and fields around this town in the remote Siberian... Read More.

Family of five in hiding from Taliban pleads for help getting out of Afghanistan

Tuesday, October 26 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 even knows."When I think about all the things that I'm missing out on... Read More.

Queen Elizabeth makes first public appearance since overnight hospital stay

Tuesday, October 26 by ABC News

(LONDON) -- Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is back at work less than a week after an overnight hospital stay.The 95-year-old monarch was seen smiling on Tuesday as she held a virtual audience at Windsor Castle to receive South Korea's ambassador to the United Kingdom,... Read More.

US ‘deeply alarmed’ at reports of military takeover in Sudan, calls for PM’s release

Monday, October 25 by ABC News

(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 the prime minister's office.The move happened after the military forces... Read More.

Sixteen rescued from burning container ship off coast of Canada

Monday, October 25 by ABC News

(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 on the MV Zim Kingston near Victoria, British Columbia, on Saturday, according to the... Read More.

What to know about the Japanese royal family as Princess Mako prepares to bow out

Monday, October 25 by ABC News

(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 is officially registered.Female members of Japan's imperial family must renounce... Read More.

Facing rising COVID cases, UK government resists calls for new restrictions ahead

Saturday, October 23 by ABC News

(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. "And they could go yet as high as 100,000 a day.... Read More.

US cleans up Biden’s ‘commitment’ to defend Taiwan from Chinese invasion

Friday, October 22 by ABC News

(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 policy that leaves that an open question.His comment prompted a... Read More.

Suspected poacher likely killed by elephant in South Africa

Friday, October 22 by ABC News

(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 on Thursday after following tracks in the Stolznek section of the giant... Read More.

Queen Elizabeth was hospitalized for ‘preliminary investigations’

Friday, October 22 by ABC News

(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 light duties.No other details about the queen's condition are currently available."Following... Read More.

What the appointment of 98 female judges to Egypt’s State Council means for women’s rights

Friday, October 22 by ABC News

(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.Iman Sherif, one of the appointed judges, described the move as... Read More.

‘Rapid evolution’ of tuskless elephants caused by ivory trade, scientists say

Thursday, October 21 by ABC News

(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 new research.Much of the distress on the species occurred during... Read More.

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Siberia’s permafrost melt is causing swamps, lakes, making land difficult to live on

Family of five in hiding from Taliban pleads for help getting out of Afghanistan

Queen Elizabeth makes first public appearance since overnight hospital stay

US ‘deeply alarmed’ at reports of military takeover in Sudan, calls for PM’s release

Sixteen rescued from burning container ship off coast of Canada

What to know about the Japanese royal family as Princess Mako prepares to bow out

Facing rising COVID cases, UK government resists calls for new restrictions ahead

US cleans up Biden’s ‘commitment’ to defend Taiwan from Chinese invasion

Suspected poacher likely killed by elephant in South Africa

Queen Elizabeth was hospitalized for ‘preliminary investigations’

What the appointment of 98 female judges to Egypt’s State Council means for women’s rights

‘Rapid evolution’ of tuskless elephants caused by ivory trade, scientists say

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