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JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty ImagesBy IVAN PEREIRA and RASHID HADDOU, ABC News (LONDON) — Capt. Sir Thomas Moore, the 100-year-old British World War II veteran who rose to fame in the spring for his charity […]

yorkfoto/iStockBy KARSON YIU, ABC News (HONG KONG) — Myanmar’s army seized power in an apparent coup during the early morning hours Monday, detaining de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi along with members of her […]

ratpack223/iStockBy GUY DAVIES, ABC News (LONDON) — News about an army of amateur Reddit traders sent shockwaves through Wall Street and beyond this week. But with the world gripped by the rise and fall in […]

macky_ch/iStockBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (MOSCOW) — Tens of thousands of people again protested across Russia Sunday to call for the release of jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny and were confronted with a massive deployment […]

Mikhail Svetlov/Getty ImagesBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (MOSCOW) — Russian authorities are moving to intensify the pressure on supporters of the jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny ahead of a call for new protests this weekend, […]

kylieellway/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and JAMES BWALA, ABC News (LONDON) — Nearly seven years after Boko Haram militants snatched them from their dormitory beds in the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok, more of the missing schoolgirls […]

JeanUrsula/iStockBy CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC News (NEW YORK) — During the 2020 campaign, Joe Biden had harsh words for Saudi Arabia, one of the United States’ key partners in the Middle East who his predecessor Donald […]

Courtesy Daniel JeneiBy DRAGANA JOVANOVIC, ABC News (MOSCOW) — A skier in Romania had a lucky escape when he was chased by a brown bear down the slopes this week with onlookers saying the skier’s […]

MarsBars/iStockBy GUY DAVIES, ABC News(LONDON) — A key plant in the U.K.’s vaccine supply chain was forced to evacuate on Wednesday after receiving a “suspicious package,” which authorities have recovered and now are analyzing. The […]

Daniel Heighton/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — We may not be any closer to the apocalypse this year, but things aren’t looking up either, according to scientists. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists […]

Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesBy GMA TEAM, ABC News(NEW YORK) — A viral photo showing the inside of a rock that undeniably resembles Cookie Monster from Sesame Street. The discovery was apparently […]

macky_ch/iStockBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (MOSCOW) — Tens of thousands of people have joined protests across dozens of cities in Russia, demanding the release of Alexey Navalny, the Kremlin critic who was jailed last week […]

Eissa Alragehi/ABC NewsBY: GUY DAVIES, ANGUS HINES AND IAN PANNELL, ABC NEWS (LONDON) — At 4 months old, all Hussain Al-Kholani has ever known is war and want — he weighs just 4 1/2 pounds, […]

Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty ImagesBy KATIE KINDELANVIA (LOS ANGELES) — Prince Harry is doubling down on his calls to reform social media two weeks after an angry mob staged a deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol. Many […]

Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesBy GUY DAVIES, ABC News (LONDON) — World leaders have reacted to a “new dawn” in U.S. politics after Joe Biden was sworn is as the 46th president of […]

nicepix4u/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Saga Cruises, a U.K.-based cruise operator, announced it was requiring all passengers to have received the COVID-19 vaccine before embarking on a trip. The cruise industry as […]

Official White House Photo by Andrea HanksBy CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — With less than 24 hours left in office, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday issued a determination that the Chinese government […]

nevodka/iStockBy ZOE MAGEE, ABC News (LONDON) — India has begun exporting Covid-19 vaccines to neighboring countries with the first batches being shipped Wednesday to Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles, the foreign ministry said. […]

MarsBars/iStockBy ZOE MAGEE, ABC News (LONDON) — “The world is on the brink of a catastrophic moral failure,” World Health Organization Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday at the opening of the WHO’s annual executive […]

dk_photos/iStockBy BRITT CLENNETT, ABC News (HONG KONG) — It’s a question that has generated year-long discord between China and the West: how did this virus that plunged the world into crisis begin in the first […]