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Ethiopia’s hidden war in Tigray threatens return to ethnic violence and instability
beyhanyazar/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, GUY DAVIES and BRUNO ROEBER, ABC News(LONDON) -- Meaza Gidey hasn't spoken to or heard from her family in weeks.
The 26-year-old goes to graduate school in the United States, but she was born and ... Read More
Royal family forgoes Christmas traditions this year amid COVID-19
Circle Creative Studio/iStockBy KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News(LONDON) -- Like millions of families around the world, Britain's royal family plans to celebrate Christmas differently this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. The family will break a decades-long tradition of spending Christmas ... Read More
South Korea’s intensive national college entrance exam measures amid COVID-19
nigelcarse/iStockBy HAKYUNG KATE LEE, ABC News(SEOUL, South Korea) -- It's a chilly, silent Thursday morning. Thousands of students, warmly dressed in padded jackets, hasten their steps to schools which have been closed and disinfected for a week in ... Read More
Twenty people won South African lottery after playing 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 — investigation showed no fraud: Report
JodiJacobson/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Twenty people won South Africa's national lottery this week by picking the numbers 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
The unusual sequence sparked thousands of comments on Twitter and Facebook ... Read More
Taliban, Afghan government take step in talks as US draws down troops
KeithBinns/iStockBy CONOR FINNEGAN, MATT SEYLER and ALEEM AGHA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- After three months of deadlocked talks, the Taliban and the Afghan government have made a breakthrough in peace negotiations, the two sides announced Wednesday, although that ... Read More
Jupiter and Saturn to appear closest in night sky in hundreds of years
Smart-Photography/iStockBy LESLEY HAULER, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Keep a close look at the night sky in December and you may see a rare occurrence between the two biggest planets in our solar system.
From now until Dec. 21, ... Read More
South Korea changes law to let BTS postpone military service
ABC NewsBy HAKYUNG KATE LEE, ABC News(SEOUL, South Korea) -- Globally accomplished K-pop stars like BTS will now be granted a chance to put off military conscription until the age of 30 following a new amendment to South ... Read More
CDC warns Americans not to travel to Mexico as airlines see increased demand
KeithBinns/iStockBy MINA KAJI and AMANDA MAILE, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning Americans against all travel to Mexico as coronavirus cases continue to rise in the country.
In the past two ... Read More
‘World’s loneliest elephant’ gets some help from Cher during resettlement to Cambodia
TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP via Getty ImagesBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The "world's loneliest elephant" has been resettled at a sanctuary in Cambodia after receiving some assistance from iconic singer Cher.
Kaavan, a 36-year-old, 9,000-pound elephant, was ... Read More
Where philosophy intersects with war training: stoic soldiers
Bo Zaunders/Getty ImagesBy: MICK MULROY, ABC News(NEW YORK) – Much is being written today about the changing characteristics of modern warfare as a consequence of revolutionary technological innovations such as artificial intelligence, unmanned systems, and the access and ... Read More
Victims of US Embassy terror attacks find justice, but no closure in sight
visual7/iStockBY: CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC NEWS(WASHINGTON) — Edith Bartley had just arrived in Tennessee to visit family members in August 1998 when she got the call from her grandmother: Had she seen the news?The 25-year-old law student was ... Read More
Violence erupts as thousands of mourners pay respects to soccer legend Diego Maradona
Martin Zabala/Xinhua via Getty ImagesBy JOE GOLDMAN and MATT ZARRELL, ABC News(BUENOS AIRES) -- Police shot tear gas and rubber bullets into a massive crowd that lined the streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Thursday to pay their ... Read More
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