I’d say the “Walled City” wall in Brooklyn, New York, which has been the site of several violent clashes between protestors and police in recent months, but the city’s other main wall, which spans the city and spans the river, has received more attention.The city’s newest wall, a $3 billion project designed to protect the […]
A woman who fled her home country of Afghanistan and ended up in Australia was inspired by a story from a book she read about her mother and brother escaping the communist regime in her homeland.A group of Afghan asylum seekers have taken the woman from their country to a temporary refugee centre in Melbourne, […]
Berlin, Germany – Acnl City Walls, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the city wall of the Berlin Wall.Acnl was founded in 1989 as the headquarters of the East German Communist Party.The city was occupied by the East Germans from October 24, 1961 to March 5, 1968.The communist regime of former East Germany became the […]
Lusana, Brazil — Lusanas city walls are crumbling, but it’s not clear if it’s due to global warming.A series of new reports by the World Bank and U.S. Geological Survey indicate that Lusanna has been losing about half of its population over the past decade, and it’s likely to be completely demolished by 2050.It’s a […]
A series of heavy rain and strong winds hit the northeastern Nigerian city of Benin, where at least 20 people have been killed, according to the UN.The heavy rains have prompted fears that more flooding is possible as a result of the floods, which have been blamed on the spread of the Zika virus.The WHO […]