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Spain mourns as train crash toll rises to 40
AFP, Published on 20/01/2026
» ADAMUZ — Spain begins three days of national mourning on Tuesday for the 40 people killed in a high-speed train crash that the prime minister has vowed to investigate.
Bold man Cavendish plots Tour de France last hurrah
AFP, Published on 27/06/2023
» BILBAO (SPAIN) - Cycling's all time great sprinter Mark Cavendish has nothing to prove except perhaps to himself as he embarks on his final Tour de France on Saturday.
Miners who fled Russian occupation dig Ukraine's coal
AFP, Published on 10/06/2023
» MYKOLAIVKA, Ukraine: Ukraine's energy sector is under attack. Kyiv power stations have been targeted by cruise missiles, the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam has been breached and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is under Russian occupation.
Second Russian train hit by explosive near Ukraine border
AFP, Published on 03/05/2023
» MOSCOW - An explosive device derailed a Russian freight train in a region bordering Ukraine for a second straight day Tuesday ahead of an expected counteroffensive by Kyiv.
'Not good to remember': The Kramatorsk bombing tragedy
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» KRAMATORSK, Ukraine: A rocket strike on Kramatorsk's railway station in April last year, which killed dozens, is rarely spoken about in the city near the frontlines in eastern Ukraine.
Full steam ahead: Swiss mark 175 years since first rail service
AFP, Published on 10/08/2022
» ZURICH - Switzerland -- famous for its punctual railways -- celebrated the 175th anniversary of passenger train services in the country on Tuesday with a re-creation of the first journey featuring a steam locomotive.
Railway market back on track post-pandemic
AFP, Published on 08/06/2022
» SAMUT SONGKHRAM: A train bell rouses a Thai grandmother dozing in her fruit and flower stall, sending her rushing to fold in her awning before the locomotive slowly rumbles past, so close it almost touches her wares.
Japan's hardcore train fans accused of going off the rails
AFP, Published on 25/03/2022
» TOKYO - Crowding, confrontations and full-on attacks. Japan's many train fans are mostly mild-mannered enthusiasts passionate about the country's famed rail system, but a small group is gaining surprising notoriety.
Toll rises from deadly Pakistan train crash as rescuers comb through wreckage
AFP, Published on 08/06/2021
» DAHARKI (PAKISTAN) - Pakistani engineers Tuesday combed the mangled wreckage of two trains that collided in a remote farming region, an accident that killed dozens and highlighted huge safety problems on the nation's dilapidated rail network.
'Everything turned topsy-turvy': Survivors describe deadly Pakistan train crash
AFP, Published on 08/06/2021
» DAHARKI (PAKISTAN) - Norman Riaz was lying on his bunk bed aboard the Millat Express and playing with his mobile phone as it sped through the Pakistan countryside just before the deadly catastrophe early Monday.