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3 Dead, 15 Injured, In China Supermarket Stabbing Incident
A man killed three people and wounded 15 in a knife attack at a supermarket in the Chinese megacity of Shanghai, police said Tuesday.
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Rural India Runs Dry As Thirsty Megacity Mumbai Sucks Water
Far from the gleaming high-rises of India's financial capital Mumbai, impoverished villages in areas supplying the megacity's water are running dry -- a crisis repeated across the country that experts say foreshadows terrifying problems.
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Extreme Heat Across India Sparks Public Health Crisis, Warn Experts
Extreme temperatures across India are having their worst impact in the country's teeming megacities, experts said Thursday, warning that the heat is fast becoming a public health crisis.
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Cities Worst Hit By Heatwaves, Say Experts, Warn Of Hotter Days
Extreme temperatures across India are having their worst impact in the country's teeming megacities, experts said Thursday, warning that the heat is fast becoming a public health crisis.
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Pakistan Uses Artificial Rain For First Time To Combat Smog In Lahore
Artificial rain was used for the first time in Pakistan on Saturday in a bid to combat hazardous levels of smog in the megacity of Lahore, the provincial government said.
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Marafy: Saudi Arabia Plans Another Megacity With 11-Km-Long Canal 'Oasis'
The waterside districts of the canal will be connected to each other and the rest of Jeddah by an inter-modal transport system with water taxis, buses, and subway.
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Delhi Halts Plan To Remove Street Dogs Ahead Of G20 Summit
Delhi has called a halt on plans to catch and hide thousands of stray dogs before world leaders arrive in the megacity for next month's G20 summit, a local official said Sunday.
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"Covid Spread May Have Reached 70% Of Shanghai's Population": Top Doctor
A senior doctor at one of Shanghai's top hospitals has said 70 per cent of the megacity's population may have been infected with Covid-19 during China's huge surge in cases, state media reported Tuesday.
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Beyond China's Megacities, Covid Spreads To Smaller Cities And Rural Areas
China is seeing Covid spreading unabated across the country, with cities and provinces reporting hundreds of thousands of daily infections surpassing the official national tally and predicting that outbreaks will peak during January.
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Covid Surge Rampages Through Shanghai Virtually Unchecked
Months after Shanghai endured a brutal lockdown to stop the spread of Covid, the virus is starting to make its way virtually unchecked through the megacitys 25 million population.
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China Megacity's New Work Rule For Covid Patients Marks Big U-Turn
People with Covid-19 symptoms in one of China's largest cities can now go to work "as normal", state media reported Monday, a dramatic reversal in a country where a single case could previously send thousands into lockdown.
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Protesters Clash With Police In China's Megacity Guangzhou: Report
Protesters clashed with police in the southern Chinese megacity of Guangzhou overnight Tuesday into Wednesday, according to witnesses and footage, part of a wave of demonstrations across the country triggered by Covid restrictions.
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Video: Construction Begins For 170-Kilometre-Long Megacity Of Saudi Arabia
A futuristic Saudi megacity is to feature two skyscrapers extending across a swathe of desert and mountain terrain.
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Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad Among World's "Most Unsustainable" Megacities
With 10 billion people expected to cram into urban areas by mid-century, the world will add at least 14 new megacities - many of which are at risk of threats including food and water insecurity, conflict and high crime rates.
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China Steps Up Anti-Covid Measures In Megacities As Infections Mount
Shanghai and other big Chinese cities, including Shenzhen, have ramped up testing for COVID-19 as infections rise, with some local authorities hastily closing schools, entertainment venues and tourist spots.
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3 Dead, 15 Injured, In China Supermarket Stabbing Incident
A man killed three people and wounded 15 in a knife attack at a supermarket in the Chinese megacity of Shanghai, police said Tuesday.
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Rural India Runs Dry As Thirsty Megacity Mumbai Sucks Water
Far from the gleaming high-rises of India's financial capital Mumbai, impoverished villages in areas supplying the megacity's water are running dry -- a crisis repeated across the country that experts say foreshadows terrifying problems.
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Extreme Heat Across India Sparks Public Health Crisis, Warn Experts
Extreme temperatures across India are having their worst impact in the country's teeming megacities, experts said Thursday, warning that the heat is fast becoming a public health crisis.
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Cities Worst Hit By Heatwaves, Say Experts, Warn Of Hotter Days
Extreme temperatures across India are having their worst impact in the country's teeming megacities, experts said Thursday, warning that the heat is fast becoming a public health crisis.
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Pakistan Uses Artificial Rain For First Time To Combat Smog In Lahore
Artificial rain was used for the first time in Pakistan on Saturday in a bid to combat hazardous levels of smog in the megacity of Lahore, the provincial government said.
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Marafy: Saudi Arabia Plans Another Megacity With 11-Km-Long Canal 'Oasis'
The waterside districts of the canal will be connected to each other and the rest of Jeddah by an inter-modal transport system with water taxis, buses, and subway.
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Delhi Halts Plan To Remove Street Dogs Ahead Of G20 Summit
Delhi has called a halt on plans to catch and hide thousands of stray dogs before world leaders arrive in the megacity for next month's G20 summit, a local official said Sunday.
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"Covid Spread May Have Reached 70% Of Shanghai's Population": Top Doctor
A senior doctor at one of Shanghai's top hospitals has said 70 per cent of the megacity's population may have been infected with Covid-19 during China's huge surge in cases, state media reported Tuesday.
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Beyond China's Megacities, Covid Spreads To Smaller Cities And Rural Areas
China is seeing Covid spreading unabated across the country, with cities and provinces reporting hundreds of thousands of daily infections surpassing the official national tally and predicting that outbreaks will peak during January.
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Covid Surge Rampages Through Shanghai Virtually Unchecked
Months after Shanghai endured a brutal lockdown to stop the spread of Covid, the virus is starting to make its way virtually unchecked through the megacitys 25 million population.
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China Megacity's New Work Rule For Covid Patients Marks Big U-Turn
People with Covid-19 symptoms in one of China's largest cities can now go to work "as normal", state media reported Monday, a dramatic reversal in a country where a single case could previously send thousands into lockdown.
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Protesters Clash With Police In China's Megacity Guangzhou: Report
Protesters clashed with police in the southern Chinese megacity of Guangzhou overnight Tuesday into Wednesday, according to witnesses and footage, part of a wave of demonstrations across the country triggered by Covid restrictions.
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Video: Construction Begins For 170-Kilometre-Long Megacity Of Saudi Arabia
A futuristic Saudi megacity is to feature two skyscrapers extending across a swathe of desert and mountain terrain.
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Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad Among World's "Most Unsustainable" Megacities
With 10 billion people expected to cram into urban areas by mid-century, the world will add at least 14 new megacities - many of which are at risk of threats including food and water insecurity, conflict and high crime rates.
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China Steps Up Anti-Covid Measures In Megacities As Infections Mount
Shanghai and other big Chinese cities, including Shenzhen, have ramped up testing for COVID-19 as infections rise, with some local authorities hastily closing schools, entertainment venues and tourist spots.
