Touting

Blinken begins Africa tour in Cape Verde, touting the U.S. as a key security and economic partner

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ABUJA, Nigeria — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a tour of four African countries on Monday, meeting with the leaders of Cape Verde and Ivory Coast and touting America as the continent’s key economic and security ally at times of regional and international crises. Blinken is visiting Nigeria and Angola next. The tour … Read more

The Messy Actuality of Cities Touting Local weather-Pleasant Utopias

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Slightly slice of eco-heaven on earth might be yours. So goes the advertising for Forest Metropolis, {a partially} completed new metropolis on the coast of Malaysia’s Johor state. Rental towers coated in vegetation and related by public transit, rooftop gardens, a water-recycling system, and a imprecise dedication to “sensible applied sciences,” all add up, the … Read more