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Addis Ababa yet to meet the needs of residents: what has to change

With an estimated population of more than 3.7 million people, Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is home to about a quarter of Ethiopia’s urban population. The city generates well above 29% of Ethiopia’s urban GDP and 20% of national urban employment.

The Conversation · Feb 14, 2022

The uncanny emptiness of the wealth-accumulating city: Jordi Barreras’s best photograph

‘This lone figure, overwhelmed by the scale of the buildings around her, was part of series about work culture and burnout’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2022

Colorado city settles suit in police shooting of Black man

The city of Colorado Springs has reached a nearly $3 million settlement in a civil lawsuit brought by the family of a 19-year-old Black man who was fatally shot in the back by police officers in 2019

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2022

Bank of England preview: MPC poised to put up borrowing costs

The City expects four rate increases this year

Evening Standard · Feb 2, 2022

Nick Bowes: What London needs out of levelling up

Tomorrow’s levelling up white paper is a chance to correct some of the myths about London. It’s a commonly held misconception beyond the M25 that the city is full of wealthy people living in large houses. That one in four Londoners live in poverty and the unemployment rate is higher…

Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2022

Inside story of Man City signing 'the Spider' Julian Alvarez and Lionel Messi's dad's admiration

Manchester City have secured the services of 21-year-old Julian Alvarez, but what is his background, and where did he get that nickname?

Manchester Evening News · Jan 31, 2022

Criminalizing free speech? Group challenges Miami Beach law used to cuff people filming cops

After last year’s unruly spring break on South Beach, the Miami Beach city commission passed an ordinance that allowed for the arrest of people who “interrupt” and get too close to cops doing their job on the streets. The result: Miami Beach police, over a crowded weekend in July, arrested…

Miami Herald · Jan 31, 2022

‘Omicron variant has hit restaurant industry hard’

City chapter of National Restaurant Association of India launched

The Hindu · Jan 28, 2022

The City Libor traders are not criminals, they never were

City Comment: US Judge gives justice to the traders, finally

Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2022

UK interest rate set to hit 1% by summer, City predicts

The City is bracing for a run of interest rate rises around the world, starting next week with the Bank of England. The UK interest rate is set for its first back-to-back increase since 2004

Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2022