More than 150 people, including children, were killed and dozens of others wounded after an overturned fuel tanker exploded in northwestern Nigeria. The crash took place on an expressway in Jigawa State. People then rushed to the vehicle to collect the fuel, police spokesman Lawan Shiisu Adam said. Deadly tanker…
German airline blocked 128 Jewish travellers over alleged misbehaviour of a few passengers, US authorities say. Lufthansa has agreed to a $4m fine over an incident in which more than 100 Jewish travellers were barred from boarding their flight. The German airline blocked the travellers – many of whom were…
The air-taxi market is predicted to grow exponentially by the end of the decade, but experts have warned that its future depends on a well-planned network of vertiports that would need to be integrated into existing infrastructure and supported by advanced air traffic management systems. By 2029, the air-taxi market…
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 from Asia to Europe and a source of income from transit fees. The idea was welcomed by Egypt’s khedive, Ismail Pasha, and the Suez Canal…
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 States dockworkers have continued to strike for a second day, keeping shipments at major eastern dockyards at a standstill. Containers at 36 ports stretching…
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 travel from San Francisco to Los Angeles, London to Paris, or Basra to Baghdad in less than an hour. The train would be potentially greener…
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 strongest storm to hit China’s biggest city since 1949. The typhoon hit at about 7.30am (23:30 GMT) on Monday in the coastal area…
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 40 injured when a tanker truck leaking petrol exploded in southern Haiti, interim Prime Minister Garry Conille says. Conille said in a social media…
Ninety-six percent of union members vote to walk off the job at factories in Seattle and Portland. Boeing’s roughly 33,000 factory workers on the West Coast of the United States have voted overwhelmingly to strike in the latest blow for the beleaguered aircraft giant. Machinists at the company’s factories in…
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 Nigeria, causing an explosion that killed at least 48 people, according to the country’s emergency response agency. The fuel tanker was also carrying cattle…
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