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Photo: AFP / AMIR MAKAR At least three people have been killed and others wounded in a collision between two passenger trains in Zagazig city northeast of Cairo, Egypt's health ministry said. Five of the injured are in unstable condition, the ministry added. The injured were taken to hospitals and "rescue operations are ongoing," the ministry said. The railway authority said in a statement that one of the trains was heading from Zagazig to Ismailia, while the other was on its way from the city of Mansoura to Zagazig. Egypt has been working for years to develop its ageing transportation network, modernise trains, and develop railway lines. - Reuters Source link

A relative hugs a Ukrainian prisoner of war after a swap with Russia in Chernihiv Region on 13 September. Photo: Maxym Marusenko / NurPhoto via AFP Russia and Ukraine have conducted a major exchange of prisoners - 206 in all - in their second such swap in two days, following negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates, officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that all 103 Ukrainians returned were from the military - 82 soldiers and privates and 21 officers. Russian Defence Ministry said that the 103 Russian soldiers exchanged had been taken prisoner in the border Kursk region where Ukrainian forces launched a surprise incursion in August. "Our people are home," Zelenskiy said on the Telegram messaging app. "We have successfully brought back another 103 warriors from Russ...

Haiti Prime Minister Garry Conille says the government stands in solidarity with the victims and their families. (File photo) Photo: Clarens SIFFROY / AFP More than 15 people in western Haiti have been killed after a gas tank truck exploded on Saturday, Haiti Prime Minister Garry Conille said in a post on social media. Another 40 people were left with serious burns from the incident near Miragoane in the department of Nippes, he said. He noted the figures were still preliminary, and said the government was planning evacuations by helicopter. "The government stands in solidarity with all the victims and their families," Conille said. A similar fuel truck explosion in 2021 in the city of Cap-Haitien killed at least 60 people. In recent months, violent gangs have taken over much of the cap...

A man walks past rubble and damaged buildings along a street in the Tuffah district east of Gaza City on 8 July, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. Photo: OMAR AL-QATTAA / AFP At least 10 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Saturday, Palestinian media reported, and the Israeli military said it targeted a Hamas commander. The strike hit a residential housing unit in the Al Tuffah neighbourhood east of Gaza City, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa. The Israeli military said it "struck the commander of a Hamas terrorist cell... who was involved in the planning and execution of terrorist activities." It said it was aware of reports that several civilians were killed in the strike. Two others were ...

A pair of huia being auctioned by Roseberys in London. Photo: Supplied / Roseberys A pair of taxidermied huia are expected to fetch up to NZ$128,000 when they are auctioned in London in October. The birds - a male and a female - date to the late 1800s, auctioneer Roseberys said. "Specimens of these striking songbirds are rarely seen on the market and displays showcasing both a male and female bird are even harder to come by." Huia were once widespread throughout the North Island, but populations declined swiftly following human settlement and the last confirmed sighting was in 1907. The birds had a special place in Māori culture, with their highly prized tail feathers often being worn to denote status. Male huia, pictured, had shorter, straighter beaks than the females. Photo: Suppl...

By Iris Zhao and Jenny Cai, ABC News Capybaras at a zoo in Shenyang City in northeast China. Photo: Imaginechina / AFP After years of following them online, Li Jing finally met her spirit animal - the capybara - at Sydney's Taronga Zoo. "I first fell in love with capybaras when I saw their videos online. They were taking a bath in a Japanese zoo," Li said. The 31-year-old, who works in the pet industry, said she adored them because they were "so cute, so quiet, and so chill". "When I realised Taronga Zoo had them, I got really excited and immediately went to see them. "Only four people can interact with the capybaras every day. People were lining up half an hour before tickets started to sell. "Luckily, we got in. I fed them bamboo and they are just as cute as they are on video!" The...