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Erdogan to open first road tunnel under Istanbul's Bosphorus

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will on Tuesday open the first ever road tunnel underneath the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, the latest project completed in his plan of transforming Turkey's infrastructure.

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World's longest cross-sea bridge one step closer to completion

World's longest cross-sea bridge moved one step closer to completion as the construction of the main structure was completed on Tuesday, reported China Central Television on Tuesday.

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DPRK ready to conduct another nuke test: S. Korean military

​South Korea's military said on Monday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is ready to conduct another nuclear test following its fifth nuclear detonation.

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World's longest rail tunnel in Switzerland sees light at end of decades' wait

​When Swiss engineer Carl Eduard Gruner came up with the idea to build the world's longest rail tunnel under the Alps in 1947, he predicted the visionary project could be finished by the start of the 21st century.

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Troubled Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge may see more delays as artificial island continues to drift

​Highways Department admits landing point has shifted but still aims to complete subsea tunnel by end 2018

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Gasoline tanker trailer explodes in subsea tunnel in Norway

​The trailer of a gasoline tanker truck exploded after it came loose and crashed into the rock wall of a subsea tunnel in western Norway on Wednesday morning, causing huge smoke but no serious injury or death, local media reported.

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Over 20 hospitalized after toxic liquid leak in Switzerland

​The Zurich cantonal police of Switzerland reported on Tuesday that hundreds of litres of formaldehyde, a toxic liquid, leaked from a lorry carrying hazardous merchandise in the Uetliberg motorway tunnel, south of Zurich on A3.

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Trapped workers at tunnel collapse in Vietnam alive, rescue work underway

​Twelve workers trapped Tuesday in a tunnel collapse in Vietnam's central highlands Lam Dong province are alive and in good health condition, and rescue operation is still underway, local media reported Wednesday.

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Metro tunnel collapse traps workers in S China

The tunnel of a metro line under construction in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, collapsed Wednesday afternoon. Two workers have been rescued and one remain trapped.