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By Femke COLBORNE BERLIN, Oct 24, 2023 (AFP) – One person has died and four are missing from the crew of a cargo ship that sank after colliding with another vessel in the North Sea, German authorities said on Tuesday. Two further crew members from the ship were rescued after the collision with a second cargo vessel early on Tuesday, German Sea Rescue Society (DGzRS) spokesman Christian Stipeldey said. The accident happened about 22 kilometres […]
As the Philippines braces for the Nationwide Transport Strike scheduled for October 16-17, 2023, New Era University (NEU) has implemented measures to address potential disruptions. NEU’s administration has made the decision to shift all classes, spanning from the Main Campus to its various branches, to online instruction during the specified strike dates. Moreover, NEU has issued advisories to all faculty and staff members, recommending that they establish direct communication with their respective department heads in […]
VENICE, Oct 3, 2023 (AFP) – At least 21 people, including two children and foreign tourists, were killed Tuesday and several others wounded when a bus running on methane plunged off a bridge in Venice and caught fire. “A tragedy has struck our community this evening”, mayor Luigi Brugnaro wrote on Facebook, describing the site of the crash as “an apocalyptic scene”. “The provisional toll is at least 21 fatalities and over 20 people hospitalised,” […]
JAKARTA, Oct 2, 2023 (AFP) – Indonesia launched Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway on Monday, a delayed, multibillion-dollar project backed by China that President Joko Widodo hailed as “a symbol of our modernisation”. With a top speed of 350 kilometres (220 miles) per hour, the bullet train “Whoosh” can get between the capital Jakarta and Bandung in 45 minutes. The 140 km journey would previously have taken about three hours by train. “The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed […]
BANGKOK, Aug 4, 2023 (AFP) – Eight people were killed on Friday when a freight train hit a pick-up truck trying to cross the tracks in central Thailand, the kingdom’s railway agency said. The crash took place around 2:20 am (1920 GMT Thursday) at an unauthorised crossing in Chachoengsao province, east of Bangkok, the State Railway of Thailand said in a statement. The train driver had sounded his warning horn as he approached the crossing […]
BANGKOK, July 10, 2023 (AFP) – At least one person has died after a huge construction girder over a busy road collapsed in the Thai capital Bangkok, police said Monday, with videos of the terrifying incident rapidly shared online. The massive metal girder on the Lat Krabang Tollway construction project to the east of the city crumpled to the ground late Monday afternoon, catching pedestrians and drivers unaware. It is part of a project to […]
LE BOURGET, France, June 19, 2023 (AFP) – Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo said Monday it had ordered a 500 A320 airliners from European manufacturer Airbus at the Paris Air Show in the largest ever civil aviation deal. Here is a list of major orders by size: 2023 On the first day of the Paris Air Show IndiGo places a “historic” order of 500 A320 family aircraft. The order is worth $55 billion at list prices […]
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2023 (AFP) – A body was recovered from the debris of a collapsed overpass on one of the busiest highways in the United States, authorities said Monday, after a tanker crossing underneath burst into flames. On Sunday the vehicle carrying gasoline crashed and caught fire in northeast Philadelphia on Interstate 95, a major artery connecting large cities along the US East Coast. Parts of an elevated roadway fell onto lanes below, with […]
NEW YORK, May 4, 2023 (AFP) – New York prosecutors are investigating the death of a homeless man put in a chokehold by a fellow rider on the city’s subway, in an incident that has sparked outrage. The death of Jordan Neely — who US media identified as a Michael Jackson impersonator who often performed on the train — was caught on camera and has angered homeless advocacy groups. The incident also touches on two […]
by Julie CAPELLE and Jan HENNOP Agence France-Presse VOORSCHOTEN, Netherlands (AFP) — A Dutch passenger train derailed after smashing into a crane early on Tuesday, killing a maintenance worker and injuring 30 other people in the Netherlands’ worst rail accident for years. The double-decker train carrying around 50 people from Leiden to The Hague veered off the tracks near the village of Voorschoten at around 3:30 am (0130 GMT), ending up partly in a field. […]
by Deborah COLE Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Transport staff across Germany are set to stage a major strike on Monday to push for wage hikes in the face of brisk inflation, as passengers brace for serious disruptions. Workers at airports, ports, railways, buses and metro lines throughout much of Europe’s top economy are expected to heed a call by the Verdi and EVG unions to the 24-hour walkout. “A labour struggle that has […]
by Carlos MANDUJANO Agence France-Presse CHACLACAYO, Peru (AFP) –One mudslide after another finally destroyed the house of Elvis Palomino in Chaclacayo, east of Peru’s capital Lima, where others are stacking sandbags they hope will save them from a similar fate. As heavy rains continue to drench the region, they fear the rising waters of the Rimac — Quechua for “talking river” — could also turn them into casualties of the natural disasters that have claimed […]
