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...In Japan’s cities, no matter the hour, one is never far from a bright haven of food and comfort....
...railroad....
...China has overtaken Japan as the major economic rival of the US, the iPhone has become the device in everyone’s pocket and Middle Eastern and other sovereign wealth money is making the prestige purchases...
...Orhan Pamuk, the Turkish winner of the 2006 Nobel literature prize, put it brilliantly in Istanbul: Memories and the City, when he reflected on the transition from empire to republic....
...The purchase of the railroad operator will enable Canadian Pacific to launch the first rail network spanning Canada, the US and Mexico....
...Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, Uber’s senior vice-president of delivery, told the Financial Times that Germany was one of its fastest-growing markets in ride-hailing, which it operates in 13 cities, and a “strategically...
...Jean-Pierre said the US and its allies “have worked to fulfil the Ukraine request for what they need to be successful on the battlefield — and that’s what we’re going to continue to do”....
...China’s economy narrowly escaped a contraction in the second quarter and any discussion of a rapid recovery is premature....
...Fiona Bae, author of upcoming book Make Break Remix: The Rise of K-Style, describes K-style as a “complex mix and contrast of the old and the new, western and eastern, high- and low-brow.”...
...Tokyo, like many Asian cities, is extremely vulnerable to water damage....
...But the city’s artists longed for novelty....
...After a rapid and costly expansion over the course of last year across Germany, Austria, Italy and France, as well as the Middle East, eastern Europe and the Nordics, Circ has been forced to hit the brakes...
...Smart read After pledging to go fossil-free in 2018, two of New York City’s pension funds are finally ready to pull the trigger....
...across several cities....
...protests swept the city more than a year ago....
...“Cleaning up air pollution in cities and switching away from dirty vehicles is our priority,” he added....
...Barely 10 minutes into our interview at her paint-strewn studio in eastern Paris, Marjane Satrapi has already dropped the F-bomb and lit up her first cigarette....
...cities in China....
...The Li family is pinching pennies to stretch a monthly income of Rmb12,000 ($1,780) — about average for their north-eastern city. They stick to buying low-priced clothing online and avoid eating out....
...And in some cities licences could be restricted to EVs alone. This is no fantasy. Several big cities across China are experimenting with incentives and restrictions to force EV take-up....
...Women like Ms Zeng symbolise a rapid transformation of societies across Asia. Economic growth has brought them better education and career opportunities, prompting many to put off tying the knot....
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...Douyin is omnipresent in large cities such as Beijing....
...Mr Ho was speaking at the launch of the $1.1bn, 800-room Morpheus hotel at his City of Dreams casino in Macau — a structure designed by the late architect Zaha Hadid and part of a drive to widen Macau’s...
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