A high-speed railway linking the Chinese capital of Beijing with Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, is expected to kick off construction in the first half of 2014.
A freight train was derailed in South Korea due to the estimated mechanical fracturing, local media reported on Thursday.
The island city of Xiamen in east China's Fujian Province has started building its first subway line, local authorities announced Wednesday.
A strong earthquake jolted northern Chile on Thursday with no reports of casualties so far.
A total of 33 people were killed and 45 others wounded in attacks on Saturday in Iraq, the police said.