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Vietnam approves $67 billion high-speed railway project

Vietnam has approved the construction of a high-speed railway connecting the capital Hanoi in the north with the financial capital of Ho Chi Minh in the south

World - ABC News - 9 hours ago

Vietnam approves $67 billion high-speed railway project between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city

World - Yahoo News - 13 hours ago

Watch: Moment road worker dodges high-speed truck crash

Footage shows a truck crash and almost hit a highway worker on the side of an Interstate in New York.

China Is Building 30,000 Miles of High-Speed Rail---That It Might Not Need

The train system is one of the biggest public works in history, and it’s becoming a giant money pit.

World - The Wall Street Journal - November 20

Fourteen dead in Serbia railway station canopy collapse

The outdoor canopy fell on people sitting on benches below in Serbia's second city Novi Sad.

Pakistan railway bomb blast kills at least 25

About 50 others were injured in the blast, the city's commissioner says.

Ghana inaugurates Tema-Mpakadan railway line

World - Yahoo News - 5 days ago

The Watch Industry’s Role in Your Speeding Ticket

It was the development of the chronograph, essentially a stopwatch, that laid the groundwork for automobile speed limits.

Lifestyle - The New York Times - November 7

Speed of cricket balls could stump housing scheme

Developers and Sport England disagree over the risk from cricket balls to future residents.

Trump Can Speed Up the Inevitable in Ukraine

He should force a settlement to save lives and avoid more destruction.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 17

Car speed limits could be cut but raised for HGVs

Under government plans, the car limit would go from 60mph to 50mph on single carriageways and from 40mph to 50mph for lorries.

Roof collapse at Serbian railway station kills at least 8

Officials say a roof collapse at a railway station in northern Serbia has killed at least 14 people

World - ABC News - November 1

Suicide Bombing in Pakistan Leaves Dozens Dead or Wounded at Quetta Railway Station

A banned ethnic separatist group in a restive province claimed responsibility for the deadly attack in Quetta, the provincial capital.

World - The New York Times - November 9

In Russia's shadow: The Baltics wait for Europe's strategic new railway

Building the link to western Europe has become more urgent as the Baltics see Russia as a threat.

‘A welcome sight after any journey’: readers’ favourite European railway hotels

From Galway to Venice, our tipsters choose their favourite places to stay which are near a train station. Venice is a place where you want to maximise your time and enjoy its unique atmosphere; a ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

North Korea tells UN it is speeding up nuclear weapons programme

Pyongyang’s envoy to the United Nations says buildup is to counter threat from ‘hostile nuclear weapons states’. North Korea’s UN envoy has said Pyongyang will accelerate a buildup of its nuclear ...

World - The Guardian - November 5

UK health agencies join with Oxford Nanopore to speed up pathogen screening

Initiative is part of growing international efforts to give early warning of pandemic threats

World - Financial Times - November 5

Puppygraph speeds up LLMs’ access to graph data insights

While PuppyGraph is less than a year old, it is already witnessing success with several enterprises, including Coinbase, Clarivate, Dawn Capital and Prevelant AI.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 7

The 2 female racers speeding to break NASCAR's glass ceiling

Two female racecar-driving teens are competing to win a NASCAR championship in the male-dominated motorsport. Brady Halbleib has more on their chase for victory.

WATCH: Watch this 15-year-old boxer's unbelievable tricks on the speed bag

Amateur boxing champion Marley "Baby Bug" McNealy shows off her masterful skills and signature tricks with her speed bag training videos.

Double-digit deficits are barely a speed bump for Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs

Falling behind by a double-digit deficit is typically a death knell for most NFL teams

Sports - ABC News - November 13

China retail sales pick up speed, beat forecasts in October

World - Yahoo News - November 15

Under the Chandelier at Mar-a-Lago, Trump Makes Picks at Breakneck Speed

President-elect Donald J. Trump is more contemptuous than ever of Washington expertise and determined to hire people based on loyalty.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 16

Bugatti Sets New Open-Top Speed Record with W16 Mistral

World - Yahoo News - November 22

Canada’s defense minister: Help us speed up spending under Trump

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Canada’s military chief is working to soften the expected blowback from President-elect Trump’s return to office, with Canada trailing the majority of NATO allies in reaching ...

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

I Ran Operation Warp Speed. I’m Concerned About Bird Flu.

Avian influenza might mutate to enable human-to-human transmission.

Top stories - The New York Times - 4 days ago

Officials say a roof collapse at a railway station in northern Serbia has killed at least 8 people

World - ABC News - November 1

The High Risk, High Reward Trump Market

Faced with unconventional and disruptive proposals, investors are figuring out how to place their bets.

Business - The New York Times - November 22

Speeding delivery e-bikes are a menace – but the solution isn't to push all cyclists into the road | Peter Walker

Birmingham’s plan to ban bikes from pedestrianised streets ignores the real problem of food couriers’ illegally souped-up cycles. Are cyclists a menace on a similar scale to street drinking and ...

World - The Guardian - November 2

Social media influencer known for racing dies in crash while speeding, NYPD says

A social media influencer known for drag-racing videos died in a car crash early Wednesday on a New York City expressway.

The Guardian view on Cop29: 1.5C has been passed – so speed up the green transition | Editorial

Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge on emissions is an encouraging step at a frightening moment. Predictions that this will be the first calendar year in which the 1.5C warming limit enshrined in the Paris ...

World - The Guardian - November 12

Bugatti W16 Mistral Sets New Top-Speed World Record for Open-Top Cars at 453.91 km/h