Trevor Barker, ABC News Broadcast Journalist, Dies at 59
Trevor Barker, a veteran audio engineer who for decades helped ABC News cover some of the biggest stories across Africa and the world, has died. He was 59 years old. From his base in Durban, South Africa, Barker was deployed by ABC to some… Read More »
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Could You Live on a Dollar a Day?
At the age of 14, Hugh Evans spent a night with cockroaches crawling all over him. That experience turned out to be life-changing for Evans, now 30. Far removed from his comfortable home in Australia, he traveled to the Philippines with an aid organization that… Read More »
Drawbridge Rising Sends Vehicle Crashing
A forgotten lesson that whatever goes up must come down led to an eye-popping vehicle crash on a drawbridge in the Netherlands this week. A cameraman filming a program called “Netherlands from Above” left his quad bike unattended on the Van Brienenoord Bridge in Rotterdam… Read More »
Former Pakistani Leader Poised to Rise From the Ashes
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - As Pakistanis take to the polls for an historic election, the man poised to become Pakistan’s new leader isn’t really a new leader at all. He’s an old one. Mian Nawaz Sharif, whose Punjabi family has long been power players in Pakistan’s… Read More »
Chinese Director Facing Millions in Fines Over 1-Child Policy
By Gloria Riviera and Kaijing Xiao BEIJING–Chinese Family Planning authorities are investigating one of the country’s top film directors and the architect of the opening ceremonies at the Beijing Olympics, Zhang Yimou, for brazenly violating China’s one-child policy. Officials in Wuxi, the hometown of his… Read More »
Adopted Cheetahs Form Unusual Bond With Toddlers
ABC News’ Gio Benitez reports: For parents Hein and Kim Schoeman, allowing two cheetahs to play with their toddlers is an everyday occurrence because the young children have formed an unusual bond with the wild cats. One-year-old Kayla and her 3-year-old brother, Malan, treat the… Read More »
Prince Harry Coming to America
Prince Harry is about to embark on a six city whirlwind tour of the United States. The prince will arrive in Washington DC Thursday. He is arriving on a commercial flight and will be accompanied by just five members of his entourage. This is the… Read More »
Inside a Wild and Raucous Pakistani Political Campaign
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Let the clichés ring. A fall from grace. An historic collapse. A campaign Ker plunk The moment that Imran Khan, Pakistan’s most famous cricket star turned politician, took a fateful – and clearly, dangerous – televised tumble off a lift en route… Read More »
Kerry in Russia to Push for Syrian Solution
MOSCOW – Secretary of State John Kerry arrived here today seeking a diplomatic solution to the protracted conflict in Syria. He’ll meet with President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Russia is considered a lynchpin in the conflict. The Kremlin is a longtime ally… Read More »
Russian Military Parade Makes Kerry Wait at Airport
MOSCOW – The U.S. Secretary of State’s motorcade often halts traffic when he travels abroad, but today it proved no match for columns of Russian tanks, ICBMs and armored personnel carriers. Secretary John Kerry arrived in Moscow for meetings with President Vladimir Putin and Foreign… Read More »
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