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Following the preventable breakdown of the capital’s wastewater treatment plant, tens of millions of litres of raw, untreated ...

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Jackson, Swain and Transylvania counties — now unfolds against a backdrop of unresolved disaster recovery and rising voter frustration with a legislature that has struggled to deliver a state budget ...

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Under a mountainside that had slipped again and again, residents of Thistle Ridge faced a grim reality — unstable ground, blocked roads and no clear path forward.  For more than four years, ...

More than two months after Cyclone Ditwah tore through Sri Lanka, causing the most extensive flood and landslide damage in two decades, the country continues to grapple with a complex humanitarian ...

Weak regulations, inadequate planning, and profit-driven urban renewal continue to leave millions at risk, warns the Chamber ...

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