From the world’s first locomotive journey in 1804 to Japan’s record-breaking Maglev, here’s a quick railway trivia quiz to test your knowledge., Education, Times Now ...

One train journey takes a staggering 167 hours to complete, with the railway spanning eight time zones to make it the longest in the world ...

The longest direct train journey in the world covers 5,771 miles and takes almost a week to complete, with passengers travelling through eight time zones ...

A single bridge in central Russia connects the two halves of the country’s railway network—making an attractive target for a ...

AnnaBeth Culver, age 98, of La Crosse passed away on Monday, December 29, 2025 at the Bethany on Cass Assisted Living center, cared for by family, friends, and St, Croix Hospice. She was born in ...

Barbara Offenhartz lived her 89 years on Earth with an itinerant spirit. Her last adventure ended in San Francisco, where a box of her cremated remains disappeared from her son's front porch.

One of the title pages of the book bears the Talmudic saying about the existence of thirty-six Righteous Among the Nations ...

Nine newborns die in early January at one hospital Doctors detained for negligence in newborn deaths Hospital had poor reputation, received warnings The deaths spark shock and anger MOSCOW, Jan 14 ...

Russia has detained the chief doctor and acting head of the intensive care unit at a Siberian maternity hospital after the deaths of nine newborn babies, investigators said on Wednesday. Russia’s ...

It oversees one of the world's biggest railroad networks, employing around 700,000 people and operating 85,000 kilometers of track that stitches together 11 time zones, carrying millions of passengers ...

A new DNA analysis of the mummies of historical Indigenous Yakuts reveals resistance to 17th-century Russian conquest. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

FARGO — A group of local college students had “an opportunity of a lifetime” with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra on Tuesday night, Dec. 30. Four students and a professor from the Concordia Orchestra ...