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 by Staff Writers Chenzhou, China (AFP) March 30, 2020
One person was killed and 127 injured when a passenger train derailed in central China on Monday after striking debris from a landslide that had fallen to the track, the state-run railway system said. The accident happened around midday in a rural part of Hunan province and came after recent heavy rains triggered landslides in the area, a statement said. One car caught fire and five were derailed, it said. A railway police officer was killed and 122 passengers were hurt, four of them seriously. Five rail staff also suffered light injuries. A video posted on Chinese social media and verified by AFP showed at least three cars lying on their side and a plume of smoke rising in the distance. The train was travelling from the eastern city of Jinan to Guangzhou in the nation's south. Parts of southern, eastern and central China have been soaked by steady rains beginning last week.
After backing HS2 rail, Johnson mulls Heathrow runway London (AFP) Feb 23, 2020 Having backed Britain's proposed high-speed railway HS2, Boris Johnson is under pressure to keep his pledge to scrap plans for a third runway at London Heathrow airport as climate fears intensify. Prime Minister Johnson, who wants big infrastructure projects to help drive Britain's post-Brexit economy, said earlier this month that the country would shortly begin full construction work on HS2, dismissing soaring costs. The project, while quickening train journeys between London in southeast Engl ... read more
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