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Trump administration takes control of Washington rail hub
AFP, Published on 27/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - The Trump administration said Wednesday it will exert more control over Washington by taking over management of Union Station, the US capital's rail hub.
Seoul says fired warning shots after North Korean troops crossed border
AFP, Published on 24/08/2025
» SEOUL - South Korea fired warning shots at North Korean soldiers that briefly crossed the heavily fortified border earlier this week, Seoul said Saturday after Pyongyang accused it of risking "uncontrollable" tensions.
Ukraine strikes Russian bombers ahead of Istanbul talks
AFP, Published on 01/06/2025
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine said Sunday it launched a "large-scale" attack to destroy Russian bombers as it geared up for talks in Istanbul with Moscow counterparts to explore prospects of a ceasefire.
At least 7 dead after Russian bridge collapses onto railway
AFP, Published on 01/06/2025
» MOSCOW - At least seven people were killed late Saturday and dozens injured after a bridge collapsed onto a railway in a Russian region bordering Ukraine, officials said, in an incident the railway operator blamed on "illegal interference".
UK politics reels from shock of Johnson's exit
AFP, Published on 10/06/2023
» LONDON: Former British prime minister Boris Johnson's angry departure from parliament over Covid lockdown-breaking parties sparked fevered speculation Saturday over his and the current government's future, with allies and enemies trading barbs.
UK ex-prime minister Boris Johnson resigns as MP
AFP, Published on 10/06/2023
» LONDON - Britain's former prime minister Boris Johnson on Friday said he was quitting as a member of parliament, claiming he had been forced out in a stitch-up by his political opponents.
Greek train tragedy sheds light on chronic state failures
AFP, Published on 03/03/2023
» ATHENS - The train tragedy that unfolded in Greece this week, claiming dozens of lives in the country's worst rail disaster, has exposed chronic failures by successive administrations, insiders say.
Residents near toxic US train derailment told water 'safe' to drink
AFP, Published on 16/02/2023
» WASHINGTON - The governor of Ohio told residents living near the site of a toxic train derailment that it was "safe" to drink the water, as authorities investigate potential environmental fallout from the accident earlier this month.
Along underwater highway, workers fix Channel tunnel at night
AFP, Published on 14/02/2023
» COQUELLES (FRANCE) - Deep under the Channel, men in orange jackets and white hard hats drive up and down one of the world's longest underground highways, beavering away to keep passenger trains running.
Ethiopia's celebrated circus offers youth discipline and hope
AFP, Published on 21/12/2022
» DIRE DAWA (ETHIOPIA) - In a faded hall with tattered carpets, young acrobats launch off their partners' feet high into the air with a spin, as others perform juggling feats, somersaults or twist into contortions.