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Building of key Zhangjiakou high-speed rail tunnel begins
The Telegraph   14 November 2017   China   Beijing  
Construction of the Qinghuayuan tunnel, part of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway, under way in the Chinese capital on 2 November 2017 CREDIT: VCG
<p>Complex high-risk construction beneath Beijing will be 6km long and play a vital role in transport links for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games</p> <p>Building of the Qinghuayuan rail tunnel has begun in Beijing as the construction of the intercity high-speed ...
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SNC-Lavalin to buy WS Atkins for £2.1bn
The Telegraph   21 April 2017   United Kingdom   Europe  
WS Atkins - SNC-Lavalin (source: environment-analyst.com)
<p>British engineering giant WS Atkins has agreed to a &pound;2.1bn takeover by Canadian rival SNC-Lavalin in a deal that will see the FTSE 250 company's chief executive step aside.</p> <p>Atkins' board last night agreed to a cash takeover at &pound;20.80-a-share, ...
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US scientists create metallic hydrogen on Earth ending 80-year quest for 'holy grail of high-pressure physics'
The Telegraph   28 January 2017   United States   Americas  
Several teams have been racing to develop metallic hydrogen, which is highly prized because of its potential as a superconductor CREDIT: HARVARD UNIVERSITY
<p>US scientists have succeeded in squeezing hydrogen so intensely that it has turned into a metal, creating an entirely new material that might be used as a highly efficient electricity conductor at room temperatures.</p><p>The discovery, published in the ...
Japan earthquake: small tsunami strike Fukushima coastline after 7.4 magnitude quake
The Telegraph   22 November 2016   Japan   Asia  
he Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture (CREDIT: AP)
<p>powerful earthquake off the northeast Japanese coast on Tuesday sent residents fleeing to higher ground and prompted worries about the Fukushima nuclear power plant destroyed by a tsunami five year ago.</p> <p>Lines of cars were seen snaking away from the ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
Step inside the world's longest railway tunnel
The Telegraph   31 May 2016   Switzerland   Gotthard  
The Gotthard Base Tunnel stretches for 57 kilometres CREDIT: © 2014 BLOOMBERG FINANCE LP./BLOOMBERG
<p>We approached the innocuous door in the side of a mountain with little idea what was on the other side of the roller shutter. We journalists on board were lucky: we were about to get a sneak preview of the world&rsquo;s longest railway tunnel before the ...
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National Guard airlifts dinosaur fossil from New Mexico desert
The Telegraph   29 October 2015   USA   New Mexico desert  
Remains of a baby Pentaceratops
<p>A National Guard Blackhawk helicopter plucked the skull of a baby Pentaceratops- encased in plaster &ndash; from the wilderness and airlifted it to a waiting cargo truck on Thursday morning. The team also airlifted the skull of an adult Pentaceratops that ...
Death toll in Guatemala landslide reaches 131
The Telegraph   05 October 2015   Guatemala   Santa Catarina Pinula  
According to local press, at least ten people died and 100 houses were destroyed due to a landslide on Thursday night caused by rains in recent days, Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala Photo: Rex
<p>At least 131 people were killed in mudslides that smashed into a village outside Guatemala City, officials said Sunday, three days after the disaster struck the Central American nation.<br />"Unfortunately, a new count shows that there are 131 confirmed ...
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Three missing after Alaskan landslide
The Telegraph   19 August 2015   USA   Alaska  
A house under construction hit by Sitka landslide
<p>A landslide described by one witness as a sea of logs, mud and debris is believed to have trapped three people who were missing Tuesday from a neighborhood in the Alaska coastal town of Sitka. City officials earlier said four people were missing. Chris ...
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Thames Tideway Tunnel names Allianz consortium as investor in £4.2bn super-sewer
The Telegraph   14 July 2015   UK   London  
Lee tunnel underground sewers
<p>A group of investors including the German insurance group Allianz has won a contest to invest &pound;4.2bn in London&rsquo;s new Thames super-sewer, one of the biggest infrastructure projects in the capital.<br />The investors will provide financial support ...
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Beach-goer, 24, dies in cliff rock-fall
The Telegraph   19 June 2015   UK   Wales  
Rocks on the beach at Llantwit Major (Huw Evans)
<p>A 24-year-old woman has died after a rock fell on her head on a beach, the Welsh Ambulance Service said.<br />Emergency crews were called to Llantwit Major, between Swansea and Cardiff on the Glamorgan coast, shortly before 5.30pm on Thursday.</p>
Filed under: Natural Hazards