DHAKA (Reuters) – A passenger train derailed in Bangladesh on Monday, killing at least five people and injuring more than 100, and there could be more casualties inside two carriages that fell into a canal, a police officer said. The train was crossing a bridg... More »
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A train collision disrupted services in Hong Kong on Monday, threatening commuter chaos during rush hour in the heart of the Asian financial hub, authorities said. The rare disruption on a network used by nearly 6 million people every wee... More »
MILAN (Reuters) – It would be hard to disprove the case for a high-speed rail link between Italy and France, Italy’s economy undersecretary Massimo Garavaglia said on Monday in an interview with the daily Il Corriere della Sera. Italy’s government has asked a ... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – A train believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left a station in the Chinese capital on Wednesday, a Reuters witness said. Kim was invited to Beijing by Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit China amid negotiations for a se... More »
JALORE, India (Reuters) – Bhawri Devi, an illiterate Indian laborer, thought she was dying when she started to lose her hearing last month. She went to a government hospital near her remote village in the western state of Rajasthan to be treated, but it did no... More »
SYDNEY (Reuters) – At least 15 people were injured on Monday when a train crashed into a barrier in the northwest of Sydney, Australia’s largest city, and were being treated by emergency services personnel, an ambulance spokesman said. Television pictures show... More »
Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of Sunday’s train derailment in Pukhrayan, south of Kanpur city, India November 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash Indian rescue workers concluded their search of the mangled carriages of a derailed train on Mond... More »
TOKYO Two passengers on a Japanese Shinkansen bullet train died after one doused himself in oil and set himself ablaze on Tuesday, media reports said. The train, carrying about 1,000 passengers, made an emergency stop on its way from Tokyo to the western city ... More »
