BARCELONA (SPAIN) – Spanish police shot dead five would-be attackers after confronting them early on Friday in a town south of Barcelona where hours earlier a suspected Islamist militant drove a van into crowds, killing 13 people and wounding scores of others.
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TRAIN DERAILS AT LONDON WATERLOO STATION
Passengers have been warned to avoid London Waterloo after a train derailed early this morning while pulling away from a platform.
Continue reading »EGYPT FATAL TRAIN CRASH: RAILWAY CHIEF QUITS, TRAIN CREW HELD
The head of Egypt’s railway authority, Medhat Shousha, has resigned following a train collision in Alexandria that killed at least 41 people, Transport Minister Hisham Arafat told reporters on Sunday.
Continue reading »INTEL REVEALS PLAN TO ROLL OUT A FLEET OF MORE THAN 100 SELF-DRIVING CARS
Silicon Valley giant Intel on Wednesday announced plans for a fleet of self-driving cars following its completion of the purchase of Israeli autonomous technology firm Mobileye.
Continue reading »DUBAI TO TEST RUN WORLD’S FIRST AUTOMATED FLYING TAXIS BY END OF 2017 (PICTURES)
The trial run of the world’s first automated aerial taxis is expected to start by the end of 2017, a local media, the gulfnews.com website, reported on Wednesday.
Continue reading »ELEPHANT WAYLAYS TRUCK, FEASTS ON POTATO CONSIGNMENT (VIDEO)
ARTIST CREATES WRECKED MERCEDES-BENZ WITH 12,000 MIRRORS
Constructed with nearly 12,000 individual pieces of reflective stainless steel, New York-based artist Jordan Griska creates an incredible model of a Mercedes-Benz S550.
Continue reading »HIGH-SPEED HYPERLOOP PROJECT INCHES CLOSER TO REVOLUTIONIZING TRANSPORT (PICTURES)
Engineers will soon conduct a crucial test of a futuristic technology championed by entrepreneur Elon Musk that seeks to revolutionize transportation by sending passengers and cargo packed into pods through an intercity system of vacuum tubes.
Continue reading »RUSSIA SENDS 72 SATELLITES INTO ORBIT IN ONE DAY
Russia has sent 72 satellites into orbit around the Earth in a national record on Friday, state media reported.
Continue reading »TESLA TO MAKE WORLD’S LARGEST LITHIUM-ION BATTERY
Tesla, the electric car business owned by billionaire Elon Musk, is set to build the world’s largest ever lithium-ion battery.
Continue reading »$12M BRIDGE COLLAPSES TWO WEEKS AFTER PRESIDENTIAL INSPECTION
OIL TANKER EXPLODES IN PAKISTAN, KILLS 123
At least 123 people were killed and 76 others injured after an oil tanker burst into flames in Pakistan’s Bahawalpur city on Sunday.
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