The ESCAP summit on sustainable development is currently underway in Bangkok, focusing on those urban peripheries so dear to Pope Francis. The complaint: the Asia-Pacific region has the largest housin ...

Asia’s sprawling megacities – which are driving economic growth – face an uncertain future as rising temperatures, aging ...

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At the urban level, it indicated that new studies predict that 8 million climate migrants will arrive in 10 cities of the ...

By Vibhu Mishra Asia's sprawling megacities - which are driving economic growth - face an uncertain future as rising ...

A significant share of the urban population remains locked in poverty, with many living in slums or informal settlements. At the urban level, it indicated that new studies predict that 8 million ...

Pope Francis died Monday morning, Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced. “At 7:35 this morning, the ...

Pope Francis and Supreme Patriarch Ariyavongsagatanana together at Ratchabophit Temple in Bangkok on November 21 ... accused of effectively allowing two slum priests to be kidnapped and tortured ...

Shrushti Kulaye, a 25-year-old from Mankhurd slums, overcame adversity to crack the UPSC exam with an all-India rank of 831. Daughter of a printing press operator, she diligently prepared for the ...

Chandigarh: Once again, residents of a slum in Chandigarh will lose their houses as the administration carries out a major demolition drive to reclaim six acres of land in Industrial Area ...

That later led to his affectionate moniker as the "slum pope", even if some people regret that he never returned to his home country during his papacy. The Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge ...