Migrant spike at US-Mexico border slows trade as Washington seeks answers
Eagle Pass, TexasReuters Railroad companies and business groups are pressing the US Government to reopen trade routes on the Texas-Mexico border after authorities closed two crossings in response to a rise in migrant crossings in recent days. US Border Patrol apprehended about 10,800 migrants at the south-west border on Monday, according to an internal agency […]
Mexico’s Ferromex halts train operations after migrant deaths, injuries
Monterrey/Mexico City, MexicoReuters Mexican railroad operator Ferromex has temporarily suspended operations of 60 trains on northbound routes, the company said on Tuesday, after nearly half a dozen deaths or injuries of migrants using the cargo trains to travel. Migrants travel on a train, with the intention of reaching the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico […]
Ukraine vows to repair shattered rail network to reconnect retaken towns
Upiansk, Ukraine Reuters The head of Ukraine’s railway vowed to keep trains running and to repair the damage done to the network by Russian troops, highlighting how rail is the lifeblood of the country and how the system is vital to restoring towns devastated during the invasion. Oleksandr Kamyshin, chief executive of Ukrainian Railways, spoke […]
Russia warns “serious” nuclear war risks should not be underestimated
Lviv, Ukraine/Kyiv Reuters Russia told the world not to underestimate the considerable risks of nuclear war that it said it wanted to reduce and warned that conventional Western weapons were legitimate targets in Ukraine, where battles raged in the east. “The risks now are considerable,” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Russia’s state television according to […]
Proposed US museum of religion seeks funding to purchase train ‘chapel car’
The proposed National Museum of American Religion in the US has launched a funding appeal to purchase its first major artifact – a train car that once served as a travelling chapel in the US. The car, named the Good Will, was formerly owned by the American Baptist Publication Society and was among numerous “chapel cars” used […]