An Irishman who fought for the British army in the Second World War and helped liberate the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp ...

Fitzroy has long endured a tense tug of war between gentrification and a battle to hold on tightly to its creativity, ...

Hip-hop producer Sean “Diddy” Combs wants a federal appeals court to quickly consider the legality of his conviction on prostitution-related charges and his more than four-year prison sentence. His ...

The operation starting on Tuesday saw armed officers move into the Complexo do Alemao and Penha favelas in Brazil’s most ...

BRAZILIAN police have been accused of decapitating a teenage gangster and hanging his head from a tree like a trophy in a ...

RIO DE JANEIRO’S cops herded criminals out of favelas and cornered them in the woods in an enormous anti-gang operation that ...

The Norwegian slum existed during America's Prohibition era, which lasted from 1920 to 1933. In the absence of legal liquor, ...

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Ayodhya: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will celebrate Diwali with Nishad families and slum dwellers of Ayodhya following the 9th Deepotsav on Sunday. The event aims to establish a new tradition with ...

Los Angeles band Mexican Slum Rats self-describe as an “emo-jazz fusion rock band.” The only thing about that loaded term that I’m sure of is that it gives me the shivers. So allow me to maybe spare ...

Slum clearances and forced evictions in Nigerian cities have generated more than 2 million tonnes of CO2 emissions (MtCO2e) over the last 25 years, a new study by IIED estimates. Authorities may have ...

It is universally accepted that Lough Neagh is facing a major and escalating crisis over pollution, and, among a range of environmentalists, the only remaining question is whether it is more accurate ...