UNESCO mission in Libya to inspect damaged heritage sites
TRIPOLI, Oct 9, 2023 (AFP) - Experts from the United Nations cultural agency on Monday arrived in Libya to inspect…
3 years ago
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Prehistoric Tell al-Sultan site added to world heritage list
By Imad Abu Sombul with Jay Deshmukh in Jerusalem UNESCO inscribed the prehistoric site of Tell al-Sultan, near the Palestinian…
3 years ago
UNESCO recommends putting Venice on heritage danger list
By Joris FIORITI Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- The UN's cultural agency UNESCO on Monday recommended that Venice be…
3 years ago
UNESCO condemns bombing of ‘historic building’ in Lviv
PARIS, July 6, 2023 (AFP) - UNESCO on Thursday condemned the bombing of a historic building in the western Ukrainian…
3 years ago
Too warm in Canada: world’s largest ice rink may not open
by Michel COMTE / Mathiew LEISER Agence France-Presse Ottawa, Canada (AFP) -- The Canadian capital's iconic Rideau Canal Skateway --…
3 years ago
Young Iraqi film students tell their own stories from Mosul
by Tony Gamal-Gabriel Agence France-Presse MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) - A budding Iraqi filmmaker yells "action!" as an actress clambers over…
4 years ago
The women guarding India’s rainforest ‘refugees’
by Laurence THOMANN Agence France-Presse WAYANAD, India (AFP) - As deforestation and climate change ravage India's UNESCO heritage-listed Western Ghats…
5 years ago
Climate change threatens the Everglades, Florida’s gem
by Gerard MARTINEZ Agence France-Presse MIAMI, Florida (AFP) - Umberto Gimenez loves alligators. He gives them nicknames such as "Smile"…
5 years ago
UNESCO announces 20 new biospheres in 21 countries
ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) - UNESCO on Wednesday added 20 new sites in 21 countries to its global network of biosphere reserves,…
5 years ago
Ohrid Lake region avoids UNESCO ‘in danger’ list
SKOPJE, Republic of North Macedonia (AFP) — The Lake Ohrid region, shared by North Macedonia and Albania, avoided being listed as…
5 years ago
Oldest city in the Americas under threat from squatters
by Carlos MANDUJANO Agence France-Presse CARAL, Peru (AFP) — Having survived for 5,000 years, the oldest archeological site in the…
5 years ago
A quarter-billion children getting no education: UN
by Mariëtte Le Roux PARIS, France (AFP) -- Nearly 260 million children had no access to schooling in 2018, a…
6 years ago
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