Abstract: High-speed railway turnouts, critical for train switching and direction changing, are pivotal components in the railway transportation system. The welded joints are important parts of ...

Didier Reyes pleaded guilty to importing cocaine at Hull Crown Court A man has been jailed for 13 years and six months for his "significant role" in one of the UK's biggest ever drug seizures. More ...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Russia is planning two new large-scale attacks in Ukraine following three failed campaigns earlier this year. North Bay, Ont., man says his daughter failed her road ...

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The series fictionalizes the lives of sisters Arcangela and Serafina Baladro, who rose from running local bars to controlling a notorious empire of brothels. Their ambition, however, spirals into a ...

Four out of five Brazilian supreme court judges voted on Thursday to convict the former president of mounting coup to try and stay in power. The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has been ...

A majority of voting justices said they plan to vote to convict Brazil’s former president of trying to hold onto power. A final verdict could come Thursday. By Ana Ionova Reporting from Brazil’s ...

Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted the former president of trying to cling to power after losing the 2022 election, including a plan to assassinate his opponent. By Ana Ionova and Jack Nicas Reporting ...

The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has been sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison after being found guilty of plotting a military coup. A panel of five Supreme Court justices ...

Running back Jacory "Bill" Croskey-Merritt has emerged as the Washington Commanders' top option between the tackles, to the point that the team traded Brian Robinson to the San Francisco 49ers in late ...

Brazil has achieved a landmark ruling against impunity. For the first time ever, a court has convicted a former president and high-ranking military officers for attempting a coup. Far-right politician ...