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South Korean Cities Play Matchmaker to Singles Wanting to Mingle
The hotel ballroom was filled with pink balloons, the sound of love songs and 100 singles gathering for a night of wine, getting acquainted and — fingers crossed — romance.
Before Mia Kim knew it, five hours had flown by at the mixer for 50 men and 50 women, held in a city just outside Seoul. A bar after-party then lasted until 1 a.m. But Ms. Kim, 37, who works at a software firm near Seoul, said the night still
Italy yearns to breathe polluted air – POLITICO
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The EU’s pollution problem child is throwing a tantrum.
Italy, one of the bloc’s most polluted countries, has repeatedly failed to meet the EU’s air quality guidelines, prompting the European Commission to take it to court more than once.
Now Rome is lobbying hard to stop Brussels from tightening those guidelines further, arguing that specific geographic and climate conditions — particularly in its northern, industrial regions — prevent it
The War on Cities | The New Yorker
Nine years ago, two friends got into a fight. Alimamy Tarawallie had invited a group of men to his apartment, in the Fort Totten neighborhood of Washington, D.C., to watch the World Cup semifinals. Tarawallie was rooting for Brazil, his favorite team, which got walloped by Germany, 7–1. He was feeling glum. A friend, Winston Perez Hernandez, who was drinking from a large bottle of Guinness, tried to console Tarawallie—he touched him on the arm and told him to be
To Spare Beijing, China Diverts Floodwaters Toward Nearby Cities
Some residents of Zhuozhou in Hebei Province say they did not get enough of a warning from local officials who made the decision to use the area as a “moat” to protect the capital.
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A fair, green city – POLITICO
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The old adage is that all politics are local — and in Europe’s cities, that’s reflected in municipal policies that mirror the major issues dominating the global conversation.
In an informal survey, seven mayors from cities across the bloc — Athens, Brussels, Bucharest, Mannheim, Rennes, Umeå and Vienna— told POLITICO that the threat posed by climate change
Living Cities’ Summer Movie Club – POLITICO
Ahead of Living Cities’ summer break, we asked our readers to submit their favorite films about European cities. With entries ranging from “Trainspotting” to “The Third Man,” they didn’t disappoint.
Grab some popcorn, turn down the lights, and hit play: With our map of films that capture the spirit of European cities, you’re sure to stay entertained through the rest of the summer.
Rishi Sunak could get mobbed (and bag a trade deal) when he heads to India – POLITICO
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LONDON — Rishi Sunak might struggle to set pulses racing at home. But Downing Street hopes for a different story when the U.K. prime minister visits India next month.
His ascent has already been hailed by the country’s press. “Indian son rises over the empire” read a headline by major broadcaster NDTV as Sunak entered Downing Street last year. The Times of India ran a piece on the shift
Cities Are Grappling With “Forever Chemicals” in Drinking Water – Mother Jones
Cole Benak collects a water sample.
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This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Just inside the rolled-up door of a pumphouse garage, Cole Benak pulled on a pair of black Nitrile gloves. Outside, morning sunshine warmed the quiet wooded hillside. From the room next door, three massive water pumps whined, pushing thousands of gallons per minute of Vancouver, Washington’s drinking water toward a
Flash Floods and Landslides Sweep Chinese Cities
As Typhoon Doksuri moved north towards Beijing, it left parts of southern China in muddy disarray.
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Nuclear weapons on the table if Ukraine counteroffensive succeeds: Russia’s Medvedev – POLITICO
If Ukraine’s ongoing counteroffensive against Moscow’s invasion captures Russian territory, there would be no alternative to using strategic nuclear weapons, Russia’s Dmitry Medvedev warned on Sunday.
“There would simply be no other way out” of using nuclear weapons if the Ukrainian offensive succeeded in taking Russian territory, Medvedev, former Russian president and current National Security Council deputy chairman, said in a post on social media.
“Just imagine that the NATO-supported ukrobanderovtsy’s offensive turned out successful, and they took away