Billion-plus at risk as cities remain unprepared for extreme weather and natural disasters
The global institution predicted that by 2050, worsening rivers and coastal floods alone would affect 1.3 billion people.
May 17, 2016, 14:36 PM ISTMacau ranks No. 1 in economic performance among world cities
Macau, the Chinese territory known for casino gambling, outperformed the rest of the world's major cities economically last year, according to a report out Thursday.
Jan 22, 2015, 17:17 PM ISTDelhi ranked 111th in global liveability study
Delhi has been ranked a dismal 111th out of 140 world cities in a latest global liveability study, pointing to the lack of urban planning across India's polluted and chaotic cities.
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