HARARE Da'Ron Payne Jersey , June 8 (Xinhua) -- At least 43 people died Wednesday evening when a Zambia-bound bus they were travelling in overturned in the Hurungwe area along the Chirundu highway, more than 200 km from Zimbabwe's capital city Harare.
Police spokesperson Charity Charamba told national radio that several other passengers were injured after the bus driver failed to negotiate a curve and hit a tree, resulting in the bus overturning.
Charamba said the driver was probably speeding, given that he failed to negotiate the curve.
She called on authorities to make it mandatory that buses should not travel at night to curb accidents on the country's narrow highways.
President Robert Mugabe recently broke the ground for the dualization of the one of Southern Africa's main trunk roads, the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway in a development that will make travelling there safer.
Many accidents have occurred on the highway Cheap Washington Redskins Hats , especially on the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge legs, with at least 150 people dying in those involving buses between 2014 and 2016.
The highway was built during the time of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (now independent states of Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi) between 1953 and 1963 and is part of the North-South Corridor as described by regional economic blocs.
The accident occurred about two months after another 31 passengers died when a South Africa-bound bus side-swiped a haulage truck about 220 km from Harare on the Masvingo Road, causing both vehicles to catch fire. The dead had to be identified through DNA tests after their bodies were burnt beyond recognition.
China, Afghanistan pledge closer cooperation on B&R construction
Media leaders pledge contribution to BRICS cooperation
Polls open for British snap election ahead of Brexit talks
Total of 9.4 million students to attend 2017 Gaokao in China
Three giant pandas return to Chengdu from Japan to start new life
Scenery of Dongchuan Red Land in SW China's Yunnan
Macaques attract tourists at scenic spot in SW China's Chongqing
PARIS, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- The piece of aircraft debris found near La Reunion Island and confirmed as part of a Boeing 777 has arrived in France for analysis.
Q: Who will do the tests?
A: The debris will be analyzed by experts at the Aeronautical Technologies Center of the General Directorate of Armament (DGA), an organ of the French Defense Ministry. It is located in Toulouse's eastern suburb of Balma and has about 600 staff members.
Q: What qualifies the facility?
A: According to the website of the center, one of its main tasks is to conduct technical investigations into airplane accidents and analyze materials, airframe Cheap Washington Redskins Hoodie , airfoil and others.
The laboratory is also able to analyze the mechanical characteristics of structures in static, fatigue and dynamic states and track aircraft fleets in service.
Founded in 1949 and known as the Flight Test Center in Toulouse before 2010, the facility has been a major ground test center in Europe for civil and military aircraft.
Q: Has it participated in other air crash probes?
A: Yes. The lab analyzed multiple pieces of debris in the 2009 AF447 crash investigation. The Air France flight crashed in mid-Atlantic on June 1, 2009, en route from Rio to Paris Customized Washington Redskins Jersey , killing 228 people on board. The final report said human and technical errors were behind the tragedy.
BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) -- China's service trade deficit expanded in June after a contraction in May, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) said Monday.
The deficit stood at 200.8 billion yuan (about 29.5 billion U.S. dollars) in June, up from 154.6 billion yuan in May, SAFE said.
Income from trade in services was 124.2 billion yuan Cheap Washington Redskins Jerseys , while expenditure totaled 324.9 billion yuan.
Trade in services refers to the sale and delivery of intangible products such as transport, tourism, telecommunications, construction, advertising Josh Doctson Redskins Jersey , computing and accounting.
China regularly registers a deficit in service trade as its service sector is less competitive than a number of economies.
The government has channeled more energy into the sector and rolled out measures to improve it, including gradually opening up the finance, education, culture and medical sectors.