When Frenchman Ferdinand de Lesseps suggested connecting the Red and Mediterranean seas by building the Suez Canal, his idea was clear: a shorter shipping route…
US President Biden urged for a quick deal to end the standoff, which threatens to drain billions from the US economy.Tens of thousands of United…
US sues Singapore-based owner and operator of cargotanker that slammed into bridge in March, killing six.The United States Department of Justice has sued the Singapore-based…
Taipei, Taiwan – Imagine boarding a train that glides above the ground at supersonic speeds. Speeding through an airless tube using powerful electro-magnets, passengers could…
Shanghai’s 25 million people advised to stay at home as Bebinca pounds city with heavy rain and strong winds.Typhoon Bebinca has made landfall in Shanghai,…
The injured are transported to hospital after explosion near Miragoane in Haiti’s southern Nippes region, officials say.More than 15 people have been killed and about…
A BRAND new train line will connect two of the UK's prettiest cities for the first time in two decades.Travelling between Oxford and Bristol will…
Union members vote to walk off the job at factories in Seattle and Portland in latest blow to aircraft giant.Boeing’s roughly 33,000 factory workers on…
Hundreds of staff at Kenya’s main airport have gone on strike over a planned buyout by India’s Adani Group, grounding flights and leaving passengers stranded.…
Truck carrying people and cattle crashes head-on with tanker in Agaie area in the north-central Niger state.A fuel tanker has collided with another truck in…
For days, truckers had blocked roads in protest against the end of COVID-era fuel subsidies, snarling transport.Truckers in Colombia have reached a deal with the…
ALAN SHEARER revealed that he was "petrified" after being caught on a train with Sunderland fans.The BBC pundit and retired footballer is beloved in Newcastle…
AT first glance, Imber could be any village in the Wiltshire countryside.It has a pretty and well-kept church, and when I visited on Saturday afternoon,…
Pakistan’s leaders expressed sorrow over the road accidents, frequent occurrences in the country largely due to poor infrastructure.At least 34 people have been killed in…
Hondeklip Bay, South Africa – Before day breaks on a cloudy morning in Hondeklip Bay, a small fishing village in South Africa’s semi-arid Namaqualand region,…
The union representing workers at the Canadian National Railway (CN) says they will strike next week, in a new threat to the economy after promising…
Ottawa orders railroads to enter arbitration with labour union to avert prolonged disruption to services.Canada’s government has intervened to end a shutdown of freight rail…
Accident in central province of Yazd was blamed on a defective braking system, according to preliminary police probe.At least 28 pilgrims from Pakistan have been…
SIR Keir Starmer is “extremely” disappointed that rail passengers face being hit by a new wave of rail strikes - despite train drivers winning a…
THE BBC wasted £235,000 of licence payers’ cash on taxi, train and hotel bookings that were never used.Some 2,511 rail tickets, 324 rooms and 1,581…