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A third of Pakistan is under water from catastrophic flooding. The EU is preparing emergency measures to curb the price of electricity by separating it from the soaring cost of gas. Violence rocks Iraq with “resignation from politics” of Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Analysis: The Future of Cities: Smart Developments Across the World.

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Analysis: The Future of Cities: Smart Developments Across the World

Earlier this month, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia released the first visualizations of its planned futuristic city The Line, prompting renewed attention to the futuristic development of several other planned “smart cities” in the works around the world.

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