Punta Gorda, United States / AFP With deep pockets and an environmentalist’s zeal, retired American football player Syd Kitson dreamed up a plan to build the United States’ first solar-powered town on a vast swath of rural land in southwest Florida. Now, nearly a decade after he first purchased the 91,000 acres (37,000 hectares) known as Babcock Ranch, construction is ...

  Mexico City / AFP Martin Vazquez glides silently through the pandemonium of rush hour in Mexico City, drives his sky-blue scooter up to a charging station and plugs it in. When Vazquez, a 28-year-old professional, moved to the Mexican capital a year ago, he drove here by car. But the city’s notorious traffic soon convinced him to sell it and ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business “More and more people in the UAE are seeking long-term and prescription-free relief from migraines,” said Deyuan Wei, founder of TongRenTang (TRT) Gulf. According to Deyuan, this is an issue that seems to be taking a toll on the stressful life of modern times, specifically adding, “we have been receiving an increasing number of patients ...