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It's a trap, warns UK spy chief, as Israel prepares for months of brutal urban warfare against Hamas in bombed-out Gaza
Hamas is laying a trap for Israel in Gaza, Alex Younger, former head of UK's MI6 foreign intelligen…
Nathan Rennolds
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Less than 6% of San Francisco's population is Black. Of that, 58% have considered moving out of the state.
Once considered a land of opportunity for Black Americans moving west, San Francisco's Black popula…
Isaiah Reynolds
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Biologists found 3 adorable female mountain lion kittens. Now the trio will have to survive the harsh urban landscape of Los Angeles.
P-113, P-114, and P-115 were discovered by National Park Service biologists examining how habitat l…
Hannah Getahun
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Mumbai, Delhi ranked lowest among 6o global cities for public transit systems
According to a report by the Oliver Wyman Forum and the University of California, Mumbai and Delhi …
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Japan is paying families $7,700 per child to move out of Tokyo as the country battles population decline
The new incentive comes on top of the $23,000 Japanese families can receive if they start a busines…
Matthew Loh
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India's urban unemployment rate dips to 7.6% in the April-June quarter
It dipped to 7.6 per cent during the April-June quarter from 12.6 per cent during the correspond…
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Taiwan's military is training for urban warfare against Chinese troops. Here's the kind of fight they're facing.
As Russia's struggles in Ukraine show, capturing major urban centers is a challenge for any militar…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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People can't get enough of NYC, even during a pandemic
The census found NYC's population grew by 8% in the past decade to 8.8 million. While many fled dur…
Hillary Hoffower
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China's going to have to figure out how to care for 400 million elderly people by 2040 — more people than the entire population of the US
"China became an aging society in 1999. It will become an aged society by 2026, and a super-aged so…
Matthew Loh
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Forget the suburbs, the 'exurbs' are the place to be
Exurbs are more rural than suburbs, offer cheaper housing, more space, and a manageable commute to …
Ben Winck
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People are moving back to NYC, but not to San Francisco - and the migration to the Sun Belt looks permanent
Wall Street's return to work could be boosting New York occupancy, Jefferies said, citing USPS data…
Ben Winck
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OPINION: There should be continued focus on building urban infrastructure and sustainable smart cities
Given this, as part of Budget 2022-23, it is expected that urban sector development will con…
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Budget 2022 expectation: Why India needs an urban MGNREGA
This year’s Union Budget, which will be announced on February 1 by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sit…
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The best pay masters in the gig economy aren’t good enough
Platforms like BigBasket, Flipkart and Urban Company have been ahead of peers in offering fair wage…
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3 reasons China in the 2020s could start slowing dramatically like Japan in the 1990s
China is dealing with high levels of debt, an aging population, a hostile US, and even the potentia…
Harry Robertson,Andy Kiersz
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The fastest growing metro area in the US is a Republican-leaning retirement community in Florida
The retirement community in Florida, where the main mode of transportation is golf carts, grew from…
Ayelet Sheffey,Andy Kiersz
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Japan is trying to lure people into rural areas by selling $500 homes, but it's not enough to fix the country's 'ghost town' problem
There are more than eight million abandoned homes throughout rural Japan's 'ghost villages,' and ex…
Lina Batarags,Cheryl Teh
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Smokers and vegetarians may be less vulnerable to COVID-19 infection, says a government research organisation
The pan India survey was conducted by an eminent team of 140 doctors and research scientists to …
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China's millennials are shunning marriage at alarming rates, and it's creating a nationwide population crisis that Beijing can't magically fix
A 2021 survey found that 43.5% of unmarried women respondents were hesitant to get married because …
Matthew Loh
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UN report pegs number of Indian urban residents to rise by 300 million by 2050
A UN report has said that India will most likely add 300 million new urban residents by 2050, for w…