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NAIROBI TO MOMBASA HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY OPENS (PICTURES)
East Africa is now more accessible than ever. After two years of construction, Kenya’s largest infrastructure project since independence, a $3.8 billion Chinese-built high speed railway, is up and running.
Continue reading »BRITISH AIRWAYS CANCELS MORE FLIGHTS IN HEATHROW
British Airways has resumed some flights from Britain’s two biggest airports after a global computer system failure, but thousands of travellers face further chaos with about 40 flights cancelled from London’s Heathrow Airport.
Continue reading »BRITISH AIRWAYS CANCELS FLIGHTS AFTER IT OUTAGE
British Airways has cancelled all flights from London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports as a global IT failure causes severe disruption for travellers.
Continue reading »UPDATE: SHOCKING VIDEO OF THE TIMES SQUARE ATTACK EMERGES
Around midday yesterday, we reported that a driver plowed into a crowd in New York’s Times Square killing an 18-year-old woman and injuring 22 others (READ IT HERE).
Continue reading »WOMAN KILLED, 22 INJURED AFTER CAR PLOWS INTO PEDESTRIANS IN TIMES SQUARE
A driver plowed into a crowd in New York’s Times Square midday Thursday, killing an 18-year-old woman and injuring 22 others, police said.
Continue reading »US OIL OUTPUT TO HIT A RECORD IN 2018
The United States’ Energy Information Administration said domestic output of crude oil will climb to a record 9.96 million barrels a day in 2018, up from 9.9 million barrels projected last month, according to the agency’s monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook released May 9.
Continue reading »TOYOTA LAND CRUISER IS WORLD FASTEST SUV AT 370KM/H
A modified Toyota Land Cruiser has emerged as the world’s fastest sport utility vehicle with a blistering run hitting a 230.02-mile or 370km per hour mark.
Continue reading »21 KILLED AS TRUCK HITS MINIBUS IN GUINEA
At least 21 people, mostly women, were killed in a head-on crash between a truck and a minibus packed with passengers in Guinea, police said on Sunday.
Continue reading »AT LEAST 29 SCHOOLCHILDREN KILLED IN TANZANIA BUS CRASH
At least 29 final year primary school pupils were killed in a bus crash in northern Tanzania on Saturday, along with two teachers and the driver, the school’s director said.
Continue reading »FIRST DIRECT LONDON-CHINA TRAIN COMPLETES 12,000 KM RUN IN 20 DAYS
Laden with whisky and baby milk, the first freight train linking China directly to the UK arrived in the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu Saturday after a 12,000-kilometre (7,500-mile) trip, becoming the world’s second-longest rail route.
Continue reading »ELEVEN KILLED IN PAKISTAN VAN PLUNGE
At least 11 people including women and children were killed when an overloaded passenger van plunged into a ravine in Pakistan’s mountainous northwest on Sunday, officials said.
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