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Nice attack: City refuses police call to delete CCTV images
The local authorities in Nice have refused a request by French anti-terror police to destroy CCTV images of last week's lorry attack. The Paris prosecutor's office said the request had been made to avoid the "uncontrolled dissemination" of images. But officials in Nice have responded by filing a legal...
The city bus that drives itself and charges your phone
BUSES MAKE 32 BILLION JOURNEYS every year in Europe alone. That figure is bound to go up as global populations rise and more people move to urban centres. That’s why Mercedes-Benz — a luxury carmaker you’re unlikely to link with public transport — has debuted a flashy, futuristic new bus that...
Attack near US consulate in Saudi city of Jeddah
A suspected suicide bomber has died after detonating a device near the US consulate in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, the interior ministry says. Two security officers were slightly injured as they tackled the man, but no one else was hurt. The attack came in the early hours of US Independence Day and shortly before dawn...
Is this France’s most glamorous city?
Once the stars and their entourage have sped off in their limousines, what’s Cannes really like? Cannes is the film capital of Europe, but when the glitterati leave and the red carpet is rolled up, what’s left? Plenty. There’s much more to this city than the legendary palm-fringed seafront, La Croisette, and...
Is this the world’s greatest city?
Many people think the British capital’s heyday was in the past. But not only is it more exciting now than it’s ever been, it’s the most exciting city in the world, writes Dylan Jones. The publishing world has become overrun by books celebrating particular points in time. A few years ago, Bill Bryson wrote an...
Mass devastation warning: Huge earthquake in world’s most populated city is ‘IMMINENT’
A MASSIVE earthquake killing tens of thousands of people is IMMINENT warn experts, following a huge series of quakes battering the Pacific region. The population Tokyo in Japan, have been warned that there is a 70 per cent chance of a major quake occurring in the capital which could claim the lives of up to 23,000 people. The...
Europe’s best work-and-play city
Take a look at the city staking a claim to the title comeback king, with start-ups, surf and sunshine. A city still getting back on its feet after the Eurozone crisis which battered the national economy, Lisbon's working hard to support home-grown businesses and attract fledgling entrepreneurs from around the globe. Over...
Islamist Turkey seizes ALL Christian churches in city and declares them ‘state property’
TURKEY'S Islamist government has stepped up its war on Christianity by seizing all the churches in one city and declaring them state property. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken control of six churches in the war-torn southeastern city of Diyarbakir in his latest move to squash freedom of speech and religious...
BREAKING: ‘Dozens dead’ after Taliban suicide blast near US embassy rocks city
DOZENS of people have been killed and more than 200 seriously injured following a Taliban suicide car bomb attack on Afghanistan's national security agency. The attack, in Kabul, took plae at around 9.45 am local time, with witnesses saying the "very loud" blast hit the busy Puli Mahmood Khan area. The Taliban...
Japan city struck by powerful new earthquakes
Two powerful earthquakes have struck near the southern Japanese city of Kumamoto, a day after a tremor there killed at least nine people. The quakes — a magnitude 7.1 (4.4 miles) at a depth of 7km and a 7.4 at a depth of 40km (25 miles) — came in quick succession, officials said. A tsunami warning has been issued....
What is the most extroverted US city?
Psychologists have profiled the average personality of nearly 900 cities. So where is your spiritual home? They say that birds of a feather flock together – so how does your personality fit with the people living nearby? Do you sometimes wish you lived among people who were just a bit more adventurous? Or would you prefer...
What is the world’s most expensive city?
Singapore has again been judged as the world's most expensive city but costs across the world have been highly volatile, according to researchers. The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) ranked Singapore as the priciest ahead of Zurich, Hong Kong, Geneva and Paris. London was sixth and New York seventh on the list that...
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