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1 week agoPerson killed in drone attack as Ukraine accuses Russia of targeting passenger trains
Russian drone strikes hit trains at Shostka station in Sumy region, killing one and injuring about 30, with officials accusing Moscow of deliberately targeting civilians.
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1 week agoRussian strike hits passenger train in Ukraine, injuring dozens
"A brutal Russian drone strike on the railway station in Shostka, Sumy region," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wrote on Telegram, posting a video of a wrecked, burning passenger carriage and others with their windows blown out. He said dozens of passengers and rail workers were wounded. Regional governor Oleh Hryhorov said the attack hit a train heading from Shostka to the capital, Kyiv.
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1 month agoJames Joyce went by train from Dublin to Trieste. A hundred years on, it's a very different experience
When James Joyce first travelled from Dublin to Trieste in 1904, he went via Paris, Zurich and Ljubljana. Zurich, because he mistakenly believed a job to be awaiting him there, and Ljubljana because groggy after the night train he thought they'd pulled into Trieste. By the time he twigged, the train had departed and, without ready cash, Joyce and his partner Nora Barnacle had to spend a night on the tiles.
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