Morocco has successfully tested Africa’s fastest high-speed railway, state-owned railway operator ONCF announced on Thursday.
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14 HURT AS CAR IS DRIVEN INTO CROWD IN AUSTRALIA (PICTURES)
A car ploughed into a crowd in Australia’s second-largest city on Thursday in what police said was a “deliberate act” that left more than a dozen people injured, some of them seriously.
Continue reading »COUNT THE COST AS CARMAKERS ABANDON SPARE TYRES
To the list of items you should no longer expect to see in a new car — those once-common features like a metal ignition key, an ashtray or a vent window that swings open — you may soon be adding the spare tyre.
Continue reading »SAUDI ARABIA WINS PLAUDITS FOR ENDING BAN ON WOMEN DRIVING
Saudi Arabia’s historic decision to allow women to drive won plaudits internationally and inside the conservative kingdom on Wednesday, as euphoria mixed with disbelief among activists who long fought the ban.
Continue reading »THE ULTIMATE $1.4MILLION MOTORHOME IS SO BIG YOU CAN PARK A CAR INSIDE IT (PICTURES)
Described as the ultimate ‘glamping’ experience, this $1.4million motorhome is so large you can park a sportscar inside it. The newly launched VARIO Signature 1200 allows a vehicle to slide out of an interior garage underneath the main lounge (pictured).
Continue reading »30 PASSENGERS INJURED IN SWISS RAILWAY CRASH
An accident on a popular Swiss tourist railway route left some 30 people slightly injured on Monday, a police spokesperson said.
Continue reading »FLORIDA, GEORGIA BRACE FOR THE ARRIVAL OF HURRICANE IRMA: ‘WE’RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME’ (PICTURES)
—- Miami now a ghost town as Floridians wait bumper-to-bumper to flee Irma that has 1.4 Million under evacuation as FEMA warns the deadly hurricane could ‘devastate’ the US.
Continue reading »A TRAIN STOPS AT A STATION TWICE EVERYDAY FOR FOUR YEARS TO PICK AND DROP ONE PASSENGER (PICTURES)
—- She catches the service at 7.04am and returns promptly at 5.08pm daily —- Trains stop at the remote station based on the schoolgirl’s class timetable —- Kami-Shirataki station in Hokkaido, Japan, will close for good on March 26 A train company has been stopping at a remote station for the past three years to pick up just one passenger.
Continue reading »NEW 8,400 MILE ROUTE WILL LINK LONDON TO TOKYO VIA TRAIN
Passengers might soon be able to travel from London to Tokyo on the Trans-Siberian railway via an 8,400 mile route, in an ambitious proposal by the Russian government.
Continue reading »DORTMUND BUS BOMBER COULD FACE 28 COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER
German prosecutors revealed Tuesday they are seeking 28 counts of attempted murder against Sergej W., who is accused of the April 11 bomb attack on the Borussia Dortmund team bus.
Continue reading »TRUCKING IN USA RISKS PROLONGED DISRUPTION: HURRICANE HARVEY
Hurricane Harvey, whose heavy rains brought devastating flooding to Houston and much of south Texas, may yet cause more trouble for the region– the National Weather Service is predicting an additional 25 inches of rain through the end of the week in certain areas.
Continue reading »SAUDI SAYS QATAR BLOCKS PLANES FROM TRANSPORTING PILGRIMS
Saudi Arabia on Sunday said Qatar had refused to allow its planes to land in Doha to transport Qatari Muslims to Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage.
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