#BREAKING Train derails in Taiwan, four feared dead: rescue centre
#UPDATE A packed train has derailed in a tunnel in Taiwan at the start of a long holiday weekend with authorities saying at least four passengers appear to be dead and dozens of others injured.
President Tsai has ordered hospitals to prepare for a mass casualty event
#BREAKING 36 suspected dead in Taiwan train derailment: railway police
#UPDATE Dozens feared dead in Taiwan railway crash.
Dozens of people are feared dead after a packed train derailed inside a tunnel in Taiwan at the start of a long holiday weekend, with rescuers still scrambling to reach others trapped inside
#AFPgraphics map showing the location of a deadly train derailment in eastern Taiwan today
#BREAKING Toll update: 41 dead in Taiwan train crash, says fire agency
VIDEO: Rescuers on scene at deadly Taiwan train derailment.
Taiwan rescuers are scrambling to reach passengers trapped inside a train derailed inside a tunnel, as dozens of people are feared dead in the crash
#UPDATE Taiwanese officials said the accident could have been caused by a maintenance vehicle sliding down an embankment and striking the train before it entered the tunnel near the coastal city of Hualien
#UPDATE At least 50 people were killed in Taiwan on Friday when a packed train collided with a vehicle on the tracks and then derailed inside a tunnel, in the island's worst railway accident in decades u.afp.com/UgKE
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Salvage teams begin removing mangled train carriages after Taiwan's worst rail disaster in decades killed at least 50 people, as flags fly at half-mast across an island plunged into mourning u.afp.com/UgHy
Survivors of Taiwan's worst rail crash in decades recount their desperate efforts to find loved ones in the twisted wreckage of the train at what should have been the start of a holiday weekend u.afp.com/UgHt
Map locating major rail accidents around the world since 2011 #AFPgraphics
#BREAKING US employment surges 916,000 in March, jobless rate falls to 6.0%: govt
#UPDATE The US pandemic recovery picked up speed in March with a massive rebound in employment, according to government data released Friday, gains driven by business reopenings and accelerating vaccinations u.afp.com/UgKp
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden hails new jobs figures showing a massive rebound in March as a sign of hope "at long last" for the recovery of an economy devastated by the pandemic
World powers and Iran have agreed to meet for talks next week in Vienna on the nuclear deal with Tehran, with mediators due to hold "separate contacts" with the US, the EU says
#UPDATE World powers and Iran agree to meet for talks next week in Vienna on the nuclear deal with Tehran, with mediators due to hold "separate contacts" with the US, the EU says u.afp.com/UgzQ
#BREAKING US confirms to join nuclear deal meeting, 'open' to direct talks with Iran
#BREAKING Russia to take 'measures' in case Western troops sent to Ukraine: Kremlin
#UPDATE The Kremlin says Moscow would be forced to take measures if the West sends troops to Ukraine to buttress its ally, amid reports of a Russian troop buildup on the border u.afp.com/UgD2
📸 A Ukrainian soldier fires at Russia-backed separatists near Novolugansk
#BREAKING Biden affirms 'unwavering support' in call to Ukraine's Zelensky amid Russian troop buildup
The International Crisis Group (ICG) warns the war in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region risks dragging on for months and even years, with both sides eyeing a military "knockout blow" that appears unrealistic u.afp.com/UgaN
#BREAKING G7 urges 'swift, unconditional and verifiable' Eritrean withdrawal from Tigray