World News Update, what you need to know

World News Update, what you need to know

A train has hurtled off the tracks in New York, killing at least four people, injuring 67 and coming perilously close to ploughing into a freezing river.

ELSEWHERE:

KIEV - About 100 police have been injured in clashes sparked when 100,000 outraged Ukrainians swarmed Kiev in a call for early elections meant to punish authorities for rejecting an historic EU pact.

CAIRO - The panel drafting Egypt's new constitution has voted to preserve the military's wide-ranging powers, including the ability to try civilians in certain cases, despite opposition from activists and rights groups.

GLASGOW - Four of at least eight people killed when a police helicopter crashed into a crowded Glasgow pub have been named.

ROME - Four people have been killed and two others seriously injured in a fire in a Chinese-run garment factory in central Italy.

BEIJING - China has launched its first moon rover mission, the latest step in an ambitious space program seen as a symbol of its rising global stature.


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