When Syrian rebels roared into Damascus after a lightning advance on the capital, they exalted in their triumph over President Bashar Assad and rejoiced at the sudden end of a ...

In slums the world over, squatters trade safety and health for a few square meters of land and some security of tenure. They are pioneers of swamps, floodplains, volcano slopes, unstable hillsides, ...

AP Stephanie Touissaint, foreground, uses a fan to keep cool in the sweltering heat at Eiffel Tower Stadium during a beach volleyball match between Cuba and Brazil at the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 30 ...

Is it rooted in social stigma, with residents of areas like Mulund, Malad and Kurla hesitant about integrating people from Dharavi due to perceptions of slum life? Or are the concerns tied to the ...

A decade since the United States and Cuba restored diplomatic relations — which many believed would transform the island — Cuba is in its worst crisis since Fidel Castro took power. Luis ...

Opening salt pans for intensive uses like mass slum rehabilitation will have serious environmental implications, as this watershed will be impacted and will require significant mitigation measures ...

Hundreds of slum and shanty residents in multiple areas of Kolkata have been rendered homeless in winter following consecutive fires last week. On the night of December 21, a massive blaze reduced ...

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Nargis Dutt Nagar, Bandra's largest slum, is slated for a massive redevelopment project worth Rs 10,000 crore. Omkar will rehabilitate over 1,500 families while Godrej Properties will develop ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Young dancers perform, during a Christmas ballet event in Kibera slum, one of the busiest neighborhoods of ...

We speak to Cuba’s deputy minister of foreign affairs about bilateral relations with Washington and what remains of Cuban socialism in a period of scarcity and unrest. Cubans walk past the US embassy ...

Dec 23 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Cuba on Monday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. Local authorities said that as of early Monday morning no ...