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‘Exclusively for the elite’: why Mumbai’s new motorway is a symbol of the divide between rich and poor
With 64% of the city’s residents relying on buses and trains so overloaded that up to 10 passengers die a day,…
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Jakarta overtakes Tokyo as world’s most populous city, according to UN
The rankings were changed after the UN used new criteria to give a more accurate picture of the rapid urbanisa…
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Threats, fear and hope as Mumbai slum dwellers await the bulldozers
Many of Dharavi’s 1m residents fear community hub will become playground for rich under Adani Group’s redevelo…
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India trials Delhi cloud seeding to clean air in world’s most polluted city
Bharatiya Janata party launches first test flight as brown haze blankets city after Diwali – but experts decry…
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Chongqing, the world’s largest city – in pictures
The largest city in the world is as big as Austria, but few people have ever heard of it. The megacity of 34 m…
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‘Everyone thought it would cause gridlock’: the highway that Seoul turned into a stream
Cheonggyecheon stream in the South Korean capital has become an attraction – and helps with flood management, …
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‘The air is killing us’: why Delhi’s pollution problem runs deeper than smog season
Leaders of Indian capital must tackle transport and heavy industry rather than seek quick fixes, say campaigne…
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Tokyo offers toilet tours amid flush of excitement over Wim Wenders’s Oscar hopeful
Shibuya district is offering tours of its architect-designed public facilities that feature in Perfect DaysJap…
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‘Only the rich can bear this heat’: how Dhaka is battling extreme weather
As high temperatures hit the poor hardest, climate change may undo years of development gains, says Asia’s fir…
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‘I’m afraid to have children’: fear of an older future in Japan and South Korea
As birth and fertility rates fall, there is official concern about the economic impact of a declining and agei…
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‘Shortsighted’: UK cuts aid to project preparing cities for natural disaster
From Quito to Kathmandu, millions will be endangered by cuts affecting planning for floods, earthquakes and fi…
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‘Bangladesh has come a long way’: people of Dhaka on half a century of independence
A rickshaw rider, a domestic worker, a student and a photographer on how their lives have changedThe making of…
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The making of a megacity: how Dhaka transformed in 50 years of Bangladesh
In the half century since independence, the capital has grown from peaceful town to economic hub. But does it …
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Dolphin numbers up in Hong Kong after Covid crisis halts ferries
Revival prompts calls to divert boats to help protect native Indo-Pacific humpbacksCoronavirus – latest update…
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Tokyo’s state of emergency – in pictures
As Japan considers lifting state-of-emergency conditions in many regions this week and the country inches towa…