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Unionized Starbucks workers are threatening to expand a US strike against the world’s biggest coffee chain into “the largest and longest” in the company’s history –…

Leading 10 cities overallBeijing’s output, measured by adjusted Share*, increased by 9.14% between 2023 and 2024, while Shanghai’s grew by 20%. The adjusted Share of all…

November 14, 20252 min readGlobal Study Reveals Best Cities for Walking and CyclingData from 11,587 cities show that, rain or shine, some places are just better…

As tit-for-tat attacks on energy infrastructure continue, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov says he’s ready to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for talks.Ukraine has hit…

Note: National Guard deployments to Chicago and Portland were temporarily blocked by a court order. Elements of the District of Columbia National Guard were activated and…

new video loaded: The Border Patrol’s Blueprint for American CitiesThe U.S. Border Patrol is expanding its mission to major cities across America, and building a splashy…

The world’s biggest capital cities are now sweltering under 25% more extremely hot days each year than in the 1990s, an analysis has found. Without urgent…

The world is hot — and only getting hotter. We looked at what places around the globe are doing to keep cool.

A crackdown on international students in Britain could hurt struggling cities where universities help power the local economy, the government has been warned.Tens of thousands of…

August 31, 20253 min readHuge Cracks in the Earth Are Slicing through Cities, Swallowing Houses and Displacing Thousands of PeopleHundreds of thousands of people are at…