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iStock/nigelcarseBy: HAKYUNG KATE LEE, ABC News (SEOUL, South Korea) — A civic group representing the former secretary of Seoul mayor Park Won-soon publicly appealed for an investigation into the sexual harassment allegations against Park, who […]

EnchantedFairy/iStockBy GENEVIEVE SHAW BROWN, ABC News (HONG KONG) — Just weeks after reopening, Hong Kong Disneyland will close once again. The park was reopened to the public on June 18, but on Monday the park […]

iStock/malerapasoBy: PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (MOSCOW) — Standing at border control in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport in early April, Gaylen Grandstaff wasn’t sure what was about to happen. A 53-year-old American from Texas, Grandstaff had been […]

iStock/narvikkBy: ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — When Gov. Gavin Newsom put out a call this spring asking California health care workers to volunteer at overwhelmed hospitals in New York City, the early U.S. […]

iStock/Josie DesmaraisBy: MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (LONDON) — LONDON — Bongani Sibeko was just a toddler when he and his family were forced to flee their home in apartheid South Africa, as Black men, women […]

Terraxplorer/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC NEWS (ZUURBEKOM, South Africa) — At least five people are dead and more than 40 people arrested in South Africa Saturday following an attack at a church in Zuurbekom, a town […]

JURE MAKOVEC/AFP via Getty ImagesBy DRAGANA JOVANOVIC, ABC News (NEW YORK) — As President Donald Trump has vowed to punish those who destroy monuments in the U.S., a wooden sculpture of American first lady Melania […]

iStock/Oleksii Liskonih(WASHINGTON) — BY: CONOR FINNEGAN In a historic step, the Trump administration has sanctioned four Chinese officials and a regional security agency for the Chinese government’s repressive campaign against ethnic minorities. The economic penalties […]

ABC News(BERGAMO, Italy) — BY: PHOEBE NATANSONPapa Giovanni XXIII, the main hospital in Bergamo, Italy, has declared its intensive care unit COVID-free some 137 days after the first novel coronavirus patient was admitted. When the […]

GoranQ/iStockBy JOOHEE CHO and ELLA TORRES, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The mayor of South Korea’s capital, Seoul, was found dead early morning Friday local time, a rescue squad member told ABC News. Mayor Park […]

Selman Keles/iStockBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (MOSCOW) — The arrest of a highly regarded former journalist has set off major outcry among independent media outlets in Russia, which are calling the government’s latest actions part […]

OliverChilds/iStockBy GUY DAVIES, ABC News (LONDON) — One person died and a least four were injured when a 65-foot crane collapsed onto an under-development apartment block in London on Wednesday. The person who died, who […]

CT757fan/iStockBy LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News (BAGHDAD) — The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East is expressing confidence that talks with Iraq will keep U.S. military troops in that country. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the […]

Myriam Borzee/iStockBy JACK ARNHOLZ, ABC News(NEW YORK) — Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s 65-year-old president who has consistently minimized the severity of the COVID-19 outbreak, announced Tuesday that he tested positive for coronavirus. Appearing on live television, […]

iStock/Yasmine Issa(NEW YORK) — BY: HATEM MAHER A hunger-striking medical student from New Jersey was released from a Cairo jail after serving more than a year in pre-trial detention for holding aloft a sign that […]

samxmeg/iStockBy BRITT CLENNETT, ABC News (NEW YORK) — While Hong Kong’s new national security law may have caused some well-known activists to flee the city or censor what they say, Joshua Wong appears to be […]

Neil Giardino/ABC NewsBy NEIL GIARDINO, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Santiago Manuin, one of the most celebrated defenders of Peru’s Amazon rainforest and the leader of the Awajún tribe, whose vast and besieged territory spans […]

To the Stars Academy of Arts and ScienceBy LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — This year’s World UFO Day comes at a time of heightened interest in the decades-long search to solve the mystery of […]

MaxOzerov/iStockBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC NEWS (MOSCOW) — The Kremlin appears to have obtained an overwhelming vote in favor of Russia constitutional changes that will allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to remain in power until 2036, […]

Official White House Photo by Andrea HanksBy Victor Ordonez and Conor Finnegan, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Several branches of the U.S. government on Wednesday warned private companies against using supply chains tied to forced labor […]