Global News for You – Top News – Current News
RMT, the UK’s largest transport union, is demanding better pay and shorter working hours. Published On 8 Sep 20258 Sep 2025 Members of the United Kingdom’s largest transport union have gone on strike in London, bringing the city’s underground train system to a halt as tube services are suspended. The National Union of Rail, Maritime…
Persistent uncertainty around US trade policy has kept Canadian businesses on tenterhooks, discouraging hiring. Published On 5 Sep 20255 Sep 2025 Canada had almost 1.6 million people unemployed in August as the economy lost thousands of jobs and its unemployment rate reached a nine-year peak, barring the pandemic years. On Friday, data released by Statistics…
Niger State emergency rescue officials said the overloaded vessel sunk after striking a submerged tree stump. Published On 4 Sep 20254 Sep 2025 At least 60 people have died and dozens more have been rescued after a boat carrying more than 100 passengers capsized in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State, according to local officials. The vessel…
At least 15 people were killed when Lisbon’s Gloria funicular railcar derailed and crashed, emergency services said. Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa shared his condolences with the families affected by what he described as a tragedy. The Portuguese government has announced a day of national mourning, while officials in Lisbon have declared three days…
Union Pacific has announced its intentions to buy its smaller rival, Norfolk Southern, which would create the first coast-to-coast freight rail operator in the United States and reshape the movement of goods from grains to autos across the US. The Omaha, Nebraska-based railroad giant announced the proposed $85bn deal on Tuesday. If the merger is…
Officials say the crash killed the train’s driver and injured at least 50 others, with 25 of them in serious condition. A passenger train carrying 100 people has derailed in Germany, killing at least three people and wounding dozens of others, according to officials. The crash happened on Sunday evening in a forested area near…
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh calls for probe into deadly road accident a week after dozens killed in Ha Long Bay boat disaster. Ten passengers have been killed, including two children, after a tour bus crashed in central Vietnam, authorities said, in the latest mass casualty accident after dozens were killed last weekend when…
Social media videos show terrified passengers jumping into sea as flames and black smoke billow from burning vessel. Three people have died and more than 500 others have been rescued after a ferry caught fire off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, emergency officials said. Passengers jumped overboard the KM Barcelona 5, as it sailed from…
NewsFeed Footage shows Pakistani citizens evacuated from Iran fleeing the country as the Israel-Iran conflict deepens. Pakistan shut all crossings with Iran indefinitely on Monday, raising concerns the conflict could destabilise the nuclear-armed nation. Published On 19 Jun 202519 Jun 2025 Source link
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he wanted a return to a tariff-free agreement for civil aviation. Airbus has struck a deal with Vietnamese budget airline Vietjet for up to 150 single-aisle jets at the Paris Air Show as the aviation industry’s hopes to return to a tariff-free trade agreement were given a boost by…
