The train, which was carrying 77 passengers and seven crew, derailed in DuPont about halfway between Tacoma and the state capital Olympia on a curve that passes over busy Interstate 5 at about 7:40am (1540 GMT).Pictures from the scene showed one Amtrak train car overturned and crushed on the interstate highway and others dangling from the overpass.Several other carriages of the 14-car train also ended up on the highway, shutting down a key section of the busy artery that connects the greater Seattle metropolitan area to Olympia. All but one car jumped the tracks.A spokeswoman for Washington State police, Brooke Bova, confirmed the death toll, adding that all train cars had been searched by emergency personnel.But she cautioned that several of the roughly 100 people taken to area hospitals were in critical condition.“We don’t know if that number will change,” Bova said of the death toll.Officials gave no reason for the derailment of southbound Amtrak train 501, the … [Read more...] about At least three dead as train derails over Washington state highway
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France’s Macron seeks warmer ties in former colony Algeria
Ties between Paris and Algiers have defrosted in recent years, a half-century after French forces brutally cracked down on independence fighters in a 1954-62 war that left some 1.5 million Algerians dead.Macron, the first French president to be born after the war, told news website Tout sur l’Algerie on Wednesday that he was "ready" to see his country hand back the skulls of Algerian resistance fighters killed in the 1850s, which are held at the Musee de l’Homme in Paris.Algerian and French academics have long campaigned for the return of the 37 skulls, a symbolic hangover from France’s 130-year occupation of Algeria.Macron arrived in Algiers under bright sunshine on Wednesday after stressing that he came as "a friend of Algeria, a constructive partner who wants to strengthen our links"."I know the history, but I am not a hostage of the past," he told Algerian newspapers El Watan and El Khabar by phone ahead of his visit."But from now on, I hope... that we … [Read more...] about France’s Macron seeks warmer ties in former colony Algeria
PM receives Chairman of RoK-based CJ Corporation
He lauded CJ Corporation for investing in many fields in Vietnam, including food production research, logistics and film production for export, while asking the company to assist Vietnam in developing organic agriculture. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) receives Chairman of CJ Corporation Sohn Kyung-shik in Hanoi yesterday. Source: vietnamnews.vn The PM noted the RoK’s success in popularizing its culture in other countries, wishing that it would share its experience with Vietnam in this field. He expressed the hope that more than 150,000 Koreans living and working in Vietnam along with leading Korean firms investing in the country such as Samsung, LG, Lotte and CJ will help promote Vietnam to the RoK and creating a new Korean investment wave into Vietnam in the near future. Sohn, for his part, informed the host that CJ is investing in a research center on food safety in Ho Chi Minh City in order to manufacture safe products using Vietnamese materials for export. Its … [Read more...] about PM receives Chairman of RoK-based CJ Corporation
Conference seeks to lure Chinese investments in Vietnam
Representatives of the Chinese Taipei delegation at the APEC 2017 Summit in Danang. Source: vietnamnews.vn Speaking at the conference, a representative from the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment said Vietnam is exceptional among major markets in Southeast Asia.The official explained that in the first 11 months of this year, especially November, many foreign companies participated in divestments of Vietnam’s State-run groups and corporations. Vietnam’s stock market has grown the best in the region, even surpassing Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines, with the index up 45 percent compared with earlier this year, the official said. Source: VNA … [Read more...] about Conference seeks to lure Chinese investments in Vietnam
Exhibition to honor Vietnam’s fine arts
Lam Lu (Hardship of life), an oil painting by Ngan Thuy. Photo: vietnamnews.vn A museum representative said the exhibition would present annual prizes for local artists on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Vietnam Fine Arts Day on December 10, 2017.Two seminars on the development of fine arts in the Central and Central Highlands region, and Vietnam’s fine arts in contemporary development will also be held on December 6 at the museum at 78 Le Duan street, Da Nang city. The museum displays 413 works by artists from the city and provinces in the region. It became one of popular cultural destinations for tourists after the Cham Sculpture Museum and the Da Nang Museum. The Central city is well known as a center for stone arts in the central region, and the craft became more popular during the tourism boom in the early 1990s. Source: VNA … [Read more...] about Exhibition to honor Vietnam’s fine arts