shotbydave/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 38 billion tons of material were extracted from the Earth in 2017 for trade, a figure that shows how much the demand for raw resources has increased in recent decades, a new United Nations report has found. The materials includeRead More →
mustafabilgesatkin/iStockBY: ALEEM AGHA AND CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — People in Kabul, Afghanistan, woke up to the sound of rockets fired by insurgents Saturday as families rushed toward schools to check on their children and loved ones. The attack, which happened in a residential area during the morning rushRead More →
Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesBy BRITTYN CLENNETT, ABC News (HONG KONG) — Hundreds of revelers gathered at Hong Kong Disneyland on Friday to witness the opening of the resort’s reimagined Castle of Magical Dreams. The 167-foot-tall structure, nestled into the hills of Lantau Island, has been transformed over four years,Read More →
Steve Parsons/PA Images via Getty ImagesBy KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News (LONDON) — Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip are marking their 73rd wedding anniversary with a gift from the next generation of royals, their great-grandchildren, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. Buckingham Palace released a new photo Thursday showing theRead More →
Larina Marina/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A new report details the grim circumstances facing marine animals as millions of pounds of plastic continue to make their way into the oceans every year. Nearly 1,800 animals from 40 different species swallowed or became entangled in plastic between 2009Read More →
Derek Brumby/iStockBy ABC News (TEHRAN) — A year has passed from nationwide protests in Iran and the resulting crackdown that came to be called “Bloody November.” Unrelenting pressure on local journalists and a lack of transparency among the nation’s leadership have prevented an accurate tally of those killed and thoseRead More →
omersukrugoksu/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (LONDON) — Kenyan police have arrested at least three medical officers from a public hospital in Nairobi for their alleged involvement in a child trafficking ring. “During an operation by police to unearth the organized crime, police officers noted with a lot of concern thatRead More →
Tim Rooke/Pool/Samir Hussein/WireImage By ZOE MAGEE, ABC News (LONDON) — Prince William has broken his silence on an investigation into a controversial interview with his mother, the late Princess Diana, that aired on the BBC more than 20 years ago. The BBC announced this week it has appointed a retiredRead More →
MivPiv/iStockBy BRUNO ROEBER, ALEEM AGHA and GUY DAVIES, ABC News (KABUL and LONDON) — Tuesday’s announcement that U.S. troop numbers in Afghanistan would be reduced from 4,500 to 2,500 by Jan. 15 by Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller, will fulfill President Trump’s plan to bring the two-decade war to aRead More →
Shany DrorBy GUY DAVIES, DRAGANA JOVANOVIC and MAGGIE RULLI, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla and Isaac Newton — these are all geniuses from history that have become household names, recognized for their intellectual brilliance and contributions to our shared understanding. It may seem fur-fetched that Squall,Read More →
