PANJIM, THE capital of the Indian state of Goa, is known for its pretty churches and Indo-Portuguese homes. But 20 years ago it looked like any other Indian city: filthy. Some 1,500 community ...

Last night at 2:17 AM, every child from Mrs. Gandy's class went missing.

BBC Two has announced two new factual shows to be aired on the channel. Filthy Cities will be presented by Dan Snow and will bring to life the histories of London, New York and Paris. Snow will ...

In the event, studying the development of America's greatest city from the bottom up, as it were, made perfect sense. In the mid-19th century, New York was a crude frontier settlement that occupied ...