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At least 15 dead after Lisbon funicular derails
AFP, Published on 04/09/2025
» LISBON - A famed Lisbon funicular derailed Wednesday and smashed into a building, killing at least 15 and injuring 18 in one of the Portuguese capital's most popular tourist spots.
South-bound trains resume normal services after Saturday's derailment
Online Reporters, Published on 11/08/2025
» The State Railway of Thailand has resumed its normal south-bound train services after removing three derailed carriages and repairing damaged tracks in Prachuap Khiri Khan province.
Paradise lost
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/04/2025
» In Grand Tour, Miguel Gomes' beguiling travelogue set in 1917, a British diplomat in Burma journeys across Southeast Asia, hopping from country to country, to avoid an encounter with his fiancée. Edward (Gonçalo Waddington) is a colonial officer who, struck by an inexplicable premonition or a case of cold feet, decides to flee Mandalay just before his sweetheart Molly (Crista Alfaiate) is due to arrive. He boards a ship to Singapore, then a train to Bangkok -- it derails on the way, but still makes it -- and onwards to Saigon, Manila, Osaka and Chongqing. Molly, pursuing him, would repeat a more or less similar route.
Hamas releases six Israeli hostages
Published on 22/02/2025
» JERUSALEM - Hamas militants freed six hostages from Gaza on Saturday in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees, after Israel confirmed that a body handed over hours earlier was that of hostage Shiri Bibas.
Songkhla 'terrorist' gets jail time
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/11/2024
» Azman Porloh, a 29-year-old suspect in several terrorist attacks in Songkhla province, is facing more than five years' imprisonment for the illegal possession and accumulation of weapons.
WeWork files for bankruptcy
Published on 07/11/2023
» NEW YORK - WeWork, the startup whose meteoric rise and fall reshaped the office market globally, sought US bankruptcy protection on Monday after its bets on companies using more of its office-sharing space soured.
Derailed train in Phrae being removed
Post Reporters, Published on 01/10/2023
» State Railway of Thailand (SRT) staff are working against time to remove the locomotive and three carriages of a special express train which derailed on the northern route in Long district, Phrae province, early on Saturday. The work is expected to be completed on Sunday afternoon.
US government hours from shutdown, funding chaos
AFP, Published on 30/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - The US government on Saturday was hours from shutting down after the far right of the Republican Party scuppered final attempts at a temporary budget agreement, throwing into doubt everything from access to national parks to Washington's massive support for Ukraine.
Runoff derails train in Phrae
Online Reporters, Published on 30/09/2023
» PHRAE: Forest runoff in this northern province caused the derailment of a train early on Saturday morning, resulting in minor injuries.
UK rail firm admits failings over fatal crash
AFP, Published on 07/09/2023
» ABERDEEN, Scotland - The company that owns and manages UK rail infrastructure on Thursday admitted health and safety breaches after a train derailment that killed three people in northeast Scotland.