Nine Yamaguchi tunnel workers hospitalized with apparent carbon monoxide poisoning
Police began investigating Thursday an industrial water tunnel in Yamaguchi Prefecture where nine workers were hospitalized the previous day on suspicion of carbon monoxide poisoning. The Yamaguchi Prefectural Government said none of the workers was in a life-threatening situation, but seven will likely be in ...
Half-mile Tijuana-San Diego tunnel turns up, along with ton of cocaine, vast pot trove
U.S. authorities said Wednesday that they discovered a cross-border tunnel that ran a half-mile from a Tijuana house equipped with a large elevator to a lot in San Diego that was advertised as a wooden pallet business, resulting in seizures of more than a ...
At least two people are dead and almost 70 injured following a 12-vehicle pileup inside a highway tunnel in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Thursday. Five vehicles caught fire following the pileup, which was triggered after a truck slammed into a vehicle about 7:30 a.m. on ...
Celebrated Kobe tunnel finds new life as concert hall
Kobe's Minatogawa Zuido, Japan's oldest water tunnel, has been turned into a concert hall 15 years after it ceased carrying a river. The tunnel was built in 1901 to change the course of the Minato River in the wake of a flood in 1896. With ...
Mexico seizes 10 tons of pot, finds elaborate Tijuana-San Diego rail tunnel on 'El Chapo' turf
Mexican authorities said Thursday they seized about 10 tons of marijuana in an elaborate tunnel with a rail car system that extended well into San Diego and was designed to smuggle drugs into the U.S. from Tijuana. The discovery on Wednesday marks one of the ...
Pair claim to find Nazi train full of loot, arms in Poland tunnel, want 10%; Warsaw wary
According to Polish lore, a Nazi train loaded with gold, artworks and weapons vanished into a mountain at the end of World War II, as the Germans fled the Soviet advance. Now two men claim they know the location of the mystery train and ...
Fuel truck-linked explosions threaten collapse of Norwegian undersea tunnel
Seawater leaked dangerously into an undersea tunnel in western Norway on Wednesday after a fuel truck crashed into the tunnel's side, triggering a series of explosions. The leaks prompted fears the tunnel could collapse, police said. The accident and subsequent explosions took place around 11 ...
Toronto mystery tunnel had rosary nailed to wall, police say
A mysterious tunnel discovered in Toronto near one of the venues for this summer's Pan American Games contained a rosary with a crucifix and poppy, and there is nothing to suggest the tunnel was linked to criminal activity, police said on Tuesday. The hand-dug tunnel, ...
Filled with artifacts, ancient Mexican tunnel may lead to royal tombs
A sacred tunnel discovered in the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan is filled with thousands of ritual objects and may lead to royal tombs, the lead Mexican archaeologist on the project said on Wednesday. The entrance to the 1,800-year-old tunnel was first discovered in 2003, ...
Iraeli forces on Thursday launched a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, the military said. The operation came after 10 days of intense fighting between Israel and the Islamic militant Hamas, in which Israel hit more than 2,000 targets in Gaza and Hamas launched nearly ...
