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Every story published since 2008, indexed by keyword, year and section.
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- asia
Feature: Asian Cities Are Redesigning Around Heat
Shade, water and building codes are becoming emergency policy in the region's largest urban areas.
Priya Raman · 25 July 2026
- business
Analysis: Housing Costs Are Now a Labour Market Story
Where people cannot afford to live, employers cannot fill posts, and the effects compound.
Robert Keane · 20 July 2026
- sports
Preview: A World Cup Across Three Countries and Sixteen Cities
The expanded tournament changes travel, scheduling and qualification arithmetic for every squad involved.
Michael Adeyemi · 18 June 2026
- nigeria
Lagos and the Rising Water: A City Planning Against the Sea
Coastal erosion, subsidence and drainage capacity are converging on Africa's largest urban economy.
Adaeze Okonkwo · 28 May 2026
- world
Assad Government Falls as Opposition Forces Enter Damascus
A rapid offensive ended more than five decades of Assad family rule in Syria.
Sarah Benali · 8 December 2024
- world
Russia Launches a Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine
Missile strikes hit cities across the country as columns crossed the border from the north, east and south.
Clara Hoffmann · 24 February 2022
- nigeria
Nigeria's EndSARS Protests Culminate at Lekki Toll Gate
Weeks of youth-led demonstrations against police brutality ended in violence in Lagos.
Adaeze Okonkwo · 20 October 2020
- world
Death of George Floyd Sparks Protests Across the United States and Beyond
Demonstrations against police violence spread to hundreds of cities within a week.
James Whitfield · 29 May 2020
- world
Typhoon Haiyan Devastates the Central Philippines
One of the strongest storms ever recorded at landfall flattened the city of Tacloban and displaced four million people.
Helena Marsh · 8 November 2013
- climate
Hurricane Sandy Floods New York and the New Jersey Shore
A vast storm surge inundated subway tunnels and coastal neighbourhoods, leaving millions without power.
James Whitfield · 29 October 2012
- world
Tunisia's President Flees as Protests Topple a 23-Year Government
Weeks of demonstrations that began with the self-immolation of a street vendor forced Zine El Abidine Ben Ali from power.
Sarah Benali · 14 January 2011
- world
Coordinated Attacks Across Mumbai Leave City Under Siege
Gunmen struck hotels, a railway station and a Jewish centre in India's financial capital in an assault that lasted almost four days.
Helena Marsh · 27 November 2008