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Dozens of global traditions are candidates for inscription as intangible global heritage by UNESCO this week, ranging from Italian opera singing and Bangladeshi rickshaw art to the Peruvian delicacy of ceviche.

Seven people have been arrested

Boluarte became the president after Pedro Castillo's ouster last December, which resulted in social unrest and several protests across the country, leading to the death of at least 49 citizens.

On a crisp, sunny day high in the Peruvian Andes, two German judges gaze across a mountain lake to the towering white glaciers in the distance. Dark spots are visible on the pristine ice and, in quiet moments, the cold wind carries the sounds of creaking and cracking.

Jose Caparo (Peru), Taylor Gill (Australia), Romet Jurgenson (Estonia) and Max Smart (South Africa) will receive a fully funded JWRC programme in 2024.

From 2016 to 2020, Peru lost 6% of these high mountain glaciers, adding that many of them have disappeared from the Ancash region.

Phenomenon most frequent in north-east Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Altiplano plateau across Peru and Bolivia

Peruvian scientists say Peru has lost more than half of its glacier surface in the last six decades due to climate change

Uruguay beat Argentina 2-0, ending the World Cup champs' unbeaten streak since the Qatar tournament. Brazil lost 2-1 to Colombia, while Bolivia won its first match of the round-robin, beating Peru 2-0. Venezuela and Ecuador drew 0-0, as did Chile and Paraguay. Uruguay leads the 10-team South American qualifying group…