A native of Kilkerley, County Louth, Ireland, and the last surviving child of the late Hugh and Brigid (McKenna) Kirke, he was born on March 4, 1934, and raised in the town straddling the border of th ...

Dubbed “Mayotte Standing”, the plan includes restoring electricity to every home and bans the reconstruction of shanty towns. The most devastating cyclone to hit France's poorest department in ...

Did you know there's a Christmas Town USA in North Carolina? In December, McAdenville, a suburb of Charlotte, transforms into Christmas Town USA, one of the biggest holiday attractions in the ...

The cost of living in the U.S. has grown exorbitantly expensive. The Federal Reserve reported the median home price at ...

McAdenville, also known as Christmas Town, USA, has been enchanting people of all ages with a Christmas tradition that began ...

Many of Mayotte's shanty towns lay in ruins after the cyclone hit [Reuters] French Prime Minister François Bayrou believes dozens of people died when Cyclone Chido hit the French Indian Ocean ...

Africa’s urban population will triple in the next 25 years and African countries will need to invest up to 5,5% of their gross domestic product (GDP) in urban development if they are to avoid rapid ...

Two fire tenders managed to control the inferno. "The fire spread too quickly," said one resident, Krishna, who has lived in the shanty town for over five years. "We were all sleeping when it ...

At least a third of the territory's 320,000 residents live in shanty towns, where homes with sheet-metal roofs were flattened by the storm. The French Interior Ministry confirmed at least 11 ...

Located outside Charlotte, McAdenville also goes by "Christmas Town, USA" during the holiday season. The name is fitting since it's one of the best places to view holiday lights and decorations in ...