Greece will hold general elections in May, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a television interview on Tuesday.

Germany's Verdi union and the railway and transport union EVG are planning strikes that are expected to cause widespread disruption on railways and at airports next Monday in a rumbling dispute over wages, sources told Reuters on Tuesday.

Insurance and compliance costs for transport companies are set to stay high after Western countries imposed trade restrictions on Russia with the prospect of broader sanctions putting more pressure on global trade, a survey showed.

The U.S. Transportation Department will announce on Tuesday it is awarding $94.8 million to 59 projects on advanced technology projects to boost road safety, improve transit reliability and use drones and sensors for transportation projects.

High speed rail services between Hong Kong and mainland Chinese cities will resume full service from April 1, Hong Kong's MTR Corp said on Tuesday, having been restricted for the past three years due to stringent COVID-19 rules. (Reporting by the Hong Kong newsroom; Editing by Himani Sarkar)

Rail workers at Britain's RMT trade union have voted to accept an improved pay offer from Network Rail, ending a long-running dispute with the organisation which owns and maintains train infrastructure, the union said on Monday.

Rail workers at Britain's RMT union voted to accept an improved pay offer on Monday from Network Rail, which owns and maintains train infrastructure, a statement from the union said.

Britain on Monday extended Avanti West Coast's contract to run rail operations on routes including Manchester, Birmingham and London, citing an "improvement" in services, a move that drew criticism from labour unions.

A speeding bus veered off a major expressway in central Bangladesh and plunged into a ditch, killing at least 19 people and injured dozens, police said.

RB Leipzig suffered a shock 1-0 loss to strugglers VfL Bochum on Saturday to leave them seven points behind leaders Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga only four days after their Champions League exit.