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Jul 24, 20243 min read
Factbox-Mountainous Nepal's sad history of air crashes
Mountainous Nepal, where a small plane carrying 19 passengers caught fire during takeoff in the capital on Wednesday, has a sorry history...
Jul 21, 20241 min read
China's Xi urges all-out rescue efforts after highway bridge collapse kills 11
BEIJING - President Xi Jinping urged all-out rescue efforts after a highway bridge collapse on Friday in Shaanxi province in China's...
Jul 13, 20241 min read
Search for dozens missing after landslide sweeps buses into Nepal river is suspended
KATHMANDU - Rescuers in Nepal have suspended their search for 51 passengers who are missing after a landslide swept the buses in which...
Jun 29, 20243 min read
China tightens law on handling disasters including information flows
BEIJING - China tightened controls on handling accidents and disasters, increasing penalties on authorities that respond poorly and...
Jun 28, 20241 min read
Seven die in train collision with bus in Slovakia
Seven people died and five others were injured when a train collided with a bus at a crossing in Slovakia on Thursday evening, emergency...
Jun 21, 20241 min read
Subway under construction collapses in China's Chengdu, creating sinkhole
HONG KONG - A metro station under construction in China's southwestern city of Chengdu collapsed early on Friday, opening up a large...
Jun 21, 20241 min read
Two killed as Chilean train on test run collides with cargo train
SANTIAGO -Two people were killed and nine injured on Thursday when a passenger train in a test run by Chile's state railway company...
Jun 19, 20241 min read
Nine killed in blasts at Chad ammunition depot, health minister says
N'DJAMENA - At least nine people were killed and more than 46 injured in blasts caused by a fire at a military ammunition depot in...
Jun 17, 20242 min read
Train crash in eastern India kills 15, injures dozens
KOLKATA - A freight train smashed into the rear of a stationary passenger train in India's West Bengal state on Monday, killing at least...
Jun 6, 20242 min read
Czech train crash kills four, injures more than 20
PRAGUE -Four people died and more than 20 were injured when a passenger express train collided with a freight train in the Czech city of...
May 21, 20243 min read
Reactions to the crash of the Iranian president's helicopter
Following are reactions from foreign governments and officials to the news that a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and...
May 16, 20241 min read
At least five missing in landslide in central Kenya
KIMENDE, Kenya -A landslide that followed heavy rain in central Kenya has swept away at least five people, residents said on Wednesday,...
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