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2016 Most attractive real estate markets in the United States and Canada Urban Land Institute In 2016, Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, Charlotte and Seattle are the most attractive real estate markets in the United States. Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal are tops in Canada, according to a report from PwC and the Urban Land Institute. Booming populations, growing […]

Nigeria: Lagos governor says first light rail project to be completed by December 2016 By Alexis Akwagyiram and Ulf Laessin Reuters Nigeria hopes the first phase of a light railway aimed at easing traffic jams in the commercial hub Lagos will be ready within 13 months, and is inviting bidders for an expansion, Lagos State […]

FDA approves new treatment for HIV U.S. Food and Drug Administration The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Genvoya (a fixed-dose combination tablet containing elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide) as a complete regimen for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older. The CDC estimates […]

U.S. Census: A Complete History of Census race boxes U.S. Census Bureau This interactive infographic timeline is a visual representation that captures race and ethnic categories used in the U.S. Decennial Census from 1790 to 2010. The visualized race and ethnic categories for each decade were developed from two main sources: (1) U.S. Census Bureau […]

Asia, Africa driving urban growth, says UN official By Lyndal Rowlands Xinhua UNITED NATIONS- Rapidly growing cities in Asia and Africa are driving the global trend towards urbanization, says an UN-Habitat official. In a recent interview, Ana Moreno, chief of advocacy of the outreach and communications at the UN human settlements program (UN-Habitat), told Xinhua: […]

U. S. passenger airports in the South and how they became international gateways Airports are important key features to the economic health and growth of metropolitan areas around the world. Dilemma X takes a look back, via past newspaper articles, at how some airports in the South became approved international airport gateways. Who approved the […]

China’s population expected to hit 1.45 billion by 2030 Xinhua BEIJING- China’s population is expected to reach 1.45 billion by 2030 following easing of the country’s one-child policy to allow all couples to have two children, a senior official said Friday. “It is expected that after the policy adjustment, the number of births will increase […]

Spain: Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia Basilica to become world’s tallest church in 2026 Deutsche Welle Germany’s Ulm Cathedral is getting competition from the long-unfinished Sagrada Familia in Barcelona’s for the world’s tallest church. The prized pinnacle on Gaudi’s masterpiece won’t be finished for another 11 years. It will only have taken 144 years to complete. But […]

Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe wins China’s Confucius Peace Prize CCTV Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, has won the Confucius Peace Prize. According to Qiao Damo who started and runs the accolade, the award recognizes Mugabe for his “outstanding contributions” to world peace. The African leader beat nine other finalists, including Bill Gates, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, […]

Netanyahu: Hitler didn’t want to exterminate the Jews Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed a Palestinian leader told the Nazis to kill Europe’s Jews. Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germans were “very clear in our minds” that the Nazis were responsible. BBC News Germany has insisted it was responsible for the Holocaust, after Israel’s prime […]