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South Korea sees more deaths than births for first time

Tuesday, January 5 by ABC News

By JOOHEE CHO, ABC News(SEOUL, South Korea) -- The number of deaths in South Korea exceeded the amount of babies born there last year for the first time in the country's history, prompting calls for stronger policies and incentives to... Read More.

Trump directed that Navy carrier return to Middle East

Tuesday, January 5 by ABC News

By LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump directed acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller to return the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and its carrier strike group to the Middle East, reversing Miller's decision last week to bring the carrier home, according... Read More.

Judge blocks Julian Assange’s extradition to US

Monday, January 4 by ABC News

By JULIA MACFARLANE, ABC News(LONDON) -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the United States, a judge in the U.K. ruled Monday.Judge Vanessa Baraitser delivered the judgement at the central criminal court in London. The U.S.... Read More.

Iran says it plans to increase enrichment of uranium

Saturday, January 2 by ABC News

BY: KIRIT RADIA, ABC NEWS (TEHRAN, Iran.) — The United Nations' nuclear watchdog said Friday that Iran has informed them that it plans to enrich uranium up to 20% purity, the level it reached before the 2015 nuclear deal -- and an amount... Read More.

Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet show goes on despite pandemic

Friday, January 1 by ABC News

By ALINA LOBZINA, ABC News (MOSCOW) -- In a rare sight in the pandemic era, the grandiose auditorium of the Bolshoi in Moscow started filling up with people arriving to see the legendary Nutcracker ballet on a December night.The number of... Read More.

Wuhan: One year after COVID-19

Friday, January 1 by ABC News

By ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Just hours before thousands of revelers rang in 2020 in front of Wuhan's iconic Jianghan Road Customs House, the city's health authorities issued their first public announcement that they had been tracking a pneumonia outbreak... Read More.

Trump administration declassifying unconfirmed intel that indicates China offered bounties to attack Americans in Afghanistan, official says

Thursday, December 31 by ABC News

By BEN GITTLESON, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The Trump administration is declassifying intelligence, so far unconfirmed, that indicates China offered bounties to non-state actors to attack American soldiers in Afghanistan, according to a senior administration official.President Donald Trump has... Read More.

Hot spots to watch: What crises could explode in 2021

Thursday, December 31 by ABC News

By CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The world was on lockdown for most of 2020. But from the Caucasus to the Horn of Africa to the Himalayas, several conflicts, some frozen for decades, erupted in violence.With the coronavirus pandemic... Read More.

Five important global stories you may have missed in 2020

Thursday, December 31 by ABC News

By JULIA MACFARLANE, ABC News (LONDON) -- In 2020, headlines about the U.S. elections and the coronavirus pandemic dominated the news. In a historic year for health and politics, there were still many other stories of significant international consequence.Here are five... Read More.

UK first country in world to authorize ‘landmark’ Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine

Wednesday, December 30 by ABC News

By GUY DAVIES and ZOE MAGEE, ABC News(LONDON) -- The United Kingdom became the first country in the world to authorize the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for use on Wednesday, and the government will adopt a new vaccination strategy focusing... Read More.

COVID-19 brought emissions way down in 2020, but what will happen when the pandemic is over?

Wednesday, December 30 by ABC News

By JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- One of the few silver linings from the COVID-19 pandemic has been the significant reductionin greenhouse gas emissions as people stayed home to prevent the spread of the virus.Global emissions of... Read More.

Joe Biden’s top foreign policy challenges in 2021

Wednesday, December 30 by ABC News

By CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- When Joe Biden takes office as the 46th president, it's clear his agenda will focus on the challenges at home. His slogan to "Build Back Better" was centered around handling the coronavirus pandemic, rebooting... Read More.

South Korea sees more deaths than births for first time

Trump directed that Navy carrier return to Middle East

Judge blocks Julian Assange’s extradition to US

Iran says it plans to increase enrichment of uranium

Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet show goes on despite pandemic

Wuhan: One year after COVID-19

Trump administration declassifying unconfirmed intel that indicates China offered bounties to attack Americans in Afghanistan, official says

Hot spots to watch: What crises could explode in 2021

Five important global stories you may have missed in 2020

UK first country in world to authorize ‘landmark’ Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine

COVID-19 brought emissions way down in 2020, but what will happen when the pandemic is over?

Joe Biden’s top foreign policy challenges in 2021

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