And so, you know, were actually making it possible for people to stop and enjoy and catch up on e-mail, have that cup of coffee, meet a friend and really have a more inviting place to do so. And I think thats very much in line with what cities across the world around doing. You [...]

Cities such as New York, Tokyo and London are the centres of transnational corporate headquarters, of international finance, transnational institutions, and telecommunications. They are the dominant loci in the contemporary world economy, and the influence of a relatively small number of cities within world affairs has been a feature of the shift from an international [...]

Berlin wins praise for its hosting of the World Championships in Athletics
via Berlin wins praise for its hosting of the World Championships in Athletics | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 25.08.2009.

The IAAF World Championships in Athletics held for the first time in Berlin drew to a close at the weekend. For the German capital, [...]

Mayor applauds London business for going green
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, last night awarded London businesses, including a multitude of top London consultancies, for collectively saving almost 120,000 tonnes of CO2 ( the equivalent of 8.3 billion carbon filled footballs) through their exceptional efforts to cut carbon emissions at the first annual Green500 & [...]

It is easy to feel sorry for commuters on the London Underground at this time of year, crammed into stuffy carriages with the temperature rising. But some passengers, it appears, are more deserving of pity than others.

Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico It is the economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country, and the most populous city, with about 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008. Greater Mexico City (Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México) incorporates 59 adjacent municipalities of Mexico State and 29 municipalities of the state of Hidalgo, according [...]