Laos is spiraling toward a debt crisis as China looms large

A pedestrians at a bus station in Vientiane, Laos, on Saturday, June 24, 2023. Valeria Mongelli…

Here’s how New York City is planning to spend $15 billion raised from a new congestion pricing toll

New York City is months away from introducing the first zone-based tolling program in the U.S.…

Exclusive: Philippine defense secretary vows to stand up to ‘bully’ China | CNN

Manila, Philippines CNN  —  China is behaving like a schoolyard bully toward smaller countries, the Philippine…

Southeast Asia’s first high-speed train – a boon or bust for Indonesia’s economy?

An employee walks carriages at a platform on Jakarta’s new light rail transit (LRT) on August…

Billions in federal infrastructure spending could be wasted due to outdated government rainfall models

Billions of dollars in federal funding from the Biden administration’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act could…

Train derailment on Montana bridge sends multiple rail cars into the Yellowstone River | CNN

CNN — A train derailment in Montana caused a bridge across the Yellowstone River to collapse…

Demolition work on the collapsed section of I-95 in Philadelphia is complete. Next comes the monthslong effort to rebuild | CNN

CNN — The demolition of the damaged section of Interstate 95 that crumbled last weekend after…

Video shows Nova Kakhovka dam gushing with water in Ukraine | CNN

Drone video emerged showing a deluge of water gushing from a sizeable breach in the Nova…

Transportation Department announces funding to improve dozens of train-car intersections | CNN Politics

CNN — US federal officials are putting millions of dollars into fixing dangerous intersections where trains…

A China-Taiwan DMZ? Meet the Kinmen islanders who want a bridge, not a war | CNN

Kinmen, Taiwan CNN  —  As the sun sets over Taiwan’s Kinmen islands, the neon lights of…