Algeria blocks Renault from reopening Oran factory
French automaker Renault remains unable to reopen its factory in Oran, Algeria, as political tensions between Paris and Algiers stall
Local media reported that a locomotive collided with the rear of a sleeper train en route from Aswan to Cairo, causing two train carriages to fall into the Ibrahimiya Canal in Upper Egypt, killing one person and injuring at least 21 people. It is the second train crash in Egypt in recent weeks. In September, two passenger trains collided in a Nile Delta city, killing at least three people.
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