city

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“Short-haul transport of methanol from Iran to the rest of the Persian Gulf; crew change in Dubai,” said one advertisement posted this month by a ship management company in the city of Xi’an recruiting seafarers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Authorities estimate that more than 220,000 people in the city of 7.5 million live in so-called "shoebox" flats, around one-third of which need major renovation.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Even though there has been a year-long bin strike in the city, most of its vehicles facing daily charges were from the waste department.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

In a marketing video, Ferrari’s chief design officer, Flavio Manzoni, said he sees the Luce “acting as a bridge between San Francisco and Maranello,” the northern Italian city where Ferrari is headquartered.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

With the educations Tansy made me and Lloyd get, we went out into the world – back east to the great boom of the big city, the topless towers of Indianapolis.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck