[ad_1] The flurry of private contracts became part of a “kleptocratic” regime, according to one 2017 report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Nearly all...
[ad_1] This story originally appeared on WIRED en Español and has been translated from Spanish. The wide mowed lawns and leafy trees, the sports fields shining...
[ad_1] It’s been one year since New York enacted a law that barred most whole-apartment rentals for short-term stays on platforms like Airbnb. Since then, the...
[ad_1] This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Urban ducks and crows might offer us a connection to...
[ad_1] As mayor of Newham, Rokhsana Fiaz has plenty of problems to reckon with. Her London borough is wrestling with entrenched poverty and the capital’s highest...
[ad_1] Designer Thomas Heatherwick thinks the construction industry is in a crisis. “We’ve just got so used to buildings that are boring,” says the man behind...
[ad_1] On Wednesday, New York governor Kathy Hochul shocked the state and the country when she announced she would indefinitely shelve New York City’s long-in-development congestion...
[ad_1] The rules for Toronto’s ravines are based on the idea that a species will develop traits specific to a location as they grow over many...
[ad_1] In some cities, Airbnb listings make more than the average weekly wage — in one night. Using data from Airbnb and the U.S. Bureau of...
[ad_1] Courtesy of De Dakdokters Below that stretches a filter layer, which keeps the soil from getting into the next layer, a lightweight crate system that...
[ad_1] Fighting off rising seas without reducing humanity’s carbon emissions is like trying to drain a bathtub without turning off the tap. But increasingly, scientists are...
[ad_1] Earlier this month, the future fell on Los Angeles. A long band of moisture in the sky, known as an atmospheric river, dumped 9 inches...
[ad_1] CNN — Three police officers and two paramedics have faced juries on charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide stemming from the 2019 death of...
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Russia launched an attack on several cities in Ukraine in a “massive” assault overnight...
[ad_1] Russia fired off a fresh barrage of strikes at Ukraine on New Year’s Eve, launching nearly 100 Shahed loitering munitions against cities across the country....
[ad_1] Russia battered Kyiv and Kharkiv with missiles and drones overnight, killing at least four people and injuring 92 more, after President Vladimir Putin said he...
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — Western leaders are grappling with how to handle two era-defining wars in...
[ad_1] During his term in the White House, Donald Trump governed as a wartime president—with blue America, rather than any foreign country, as the adversary. He...
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. MÁLAGA, Spain — The leader of Israel’s center-left Labor Party says something has gone...
[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin is not worried about Western sanctions — quite the opposite, in fact. Faced with the prospect of a 12th round of...