Illegal high-rises on Gandhi Road loom over the fragile hills of Darjeeling in India, despite court orders to halt construction. Credit: Akash Pradhan On a rainy morning in August, 47-year-old Dawa ...

At least 36 people have lost their lives in one of Hong Kong’s deadliest high-rise disasters in recent memory, after a massive fire tore through the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Po on ...