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Seychelles is becoming overwhelmed by marine plastic – we now know where it comes from

More than 1,000km southwest of Mahé, the main inhabited island in Seychelles, lies a ring of coral islands called the Aldabra Atoll. The islands are a Unesco world heritage site and support a huge diversity of marine species including manta rays and tiger sharks. The atoll is also a breeding…

The Conversation

‘Are you stupid?’: Tourist attacked after climbing steps of forbidden pyramid in Mexico

Polish tourist hit with a stick by bystander and berated by another for ascending Mayan temple

The Independent UK

University of Newcastle Professor appointed a UNESCO Chair

"We will have the collaborative networks and resources to build on the work we have already done to make a real difference to communities."

Newcastle Herald

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5 not-to-be-missed activities in Los Cabos

Adventure abounds in Cabo San Lucas. Water activities are the main attraction for both couples and families with children, as visitors can enjoy world-class snorkeling and scuba diving on the beautiful reef of Cabo Pulmo, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and the home of numerous species of tropical…

Tribune News Service

Odessa, Ukrainian port city, gets UNESCO status despite war threats

In a surprise development, the United Nations’ cultural agency has decided to add the historic centre of Ukraine’s Black Sea port city of Odessa to its list of World Heritage sites. This has been done to recognise the outstanding universal value of the site and the duty of all humanity…

The Times of India

Unesco adds Ukrainian city of Odesa to world heritage list

Unesco has added the historic centre of Ukraine's port city Odesa to its World Heritage in Danger List because of threats of destruction that have been hanging over the site since the beginning of the Russian invasion.

Radio France Internationale

UN recognises princess' work

Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will be named Goodwill Ambassador again by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) for her contributions to the empowerment of minority children and the preservation of their intangible heritage.

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Royal Enfield Teams With UNESCO To Document Himalayan Cultural Heritage

Royal Enfield recently partnered with UNESCO to help preserve parts of India's Intangible Cultural Heritage in communities across the Himalayas. You can help!

RideApart

Entire city of Odesa, Ukraine put on Unesco heritage ‘in danger’ list

The decision has been made because of the war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Yemen and Lebanon landmarks added to UNESCO endangered list

Landmarks of ancient kingdom of Saba and Rachid Karami International Fair inscribed to list of sites in danger.

Al Jazeera

UK aims to send Challenger tanks to Ukraine by end of March

The British government said Thursday that it would send tanks to Ukraine in the end of March. The British announcement came after French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna arrived in Odesa to meet her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba amid a wave of Russian strikes across the country. Read our live blog…

France 24

Yemen's Kingdom of Saba landmarks and Lebanon's Rachid Karami International Fair sites added to UNESCO endangered list

Seven landmarks of the Kingdom of Saba are added to the list of endangered World Heritage sites in ''an emergency procedure" sparked by the ongoing conflict in Yemen.

ABC News

Odesa and other sites are added to the list of World Heritage In Danger

Odesa in Ukraine has been added to the cultural sites that UNESCO is highlighting. Also being included are ancient sites in Lebanon and Yemen.

WEKU

UNESCO Lists Yemen, Lebanon Sites as World Heritage in Danger

The United Nations on Wednesday inscribed an ancient city and its dam in war-torn Yemen and a futurist park in cash-strapped Lebanon on its world heritage list. The UN cultural agency listed both as world heritage sites in danger, the first because of the conflict raging in Yemen since 2014,…

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The Independent UK

Yemen and Lebanon sites added to UNESCO world heritage list

UNESCO has added one of Yemen’s ancient kingdoms and a Lebanese modernist concrete fair park to its list of World Heritage sites in danger

The Independent UK

Ukraine's Odesa city put on UNESCO heritage in danger list

The United Nations’ cultural agency has decided to add the historic center of Ukraine’s Black Sea port city of Odesa to the list of World Heritage sites in danger

France 24

UNESCO sounds alarm stating Odesa a 'World Heritage in Danger' site

The United Nations cultural agency UNESCO said on Wednesday that it had designated the historic centre of Odesa, a strategic port city on Ukraine's Black Sea coast, a World Heritage in Danger site.

Reuters

UNESCO designates Ukraine's Odesa a World Heritage in Danger site

The United Nations' cultural agency, UNESCO, said on Wednesday that it had designated the historic centre of Odesa, a strategic port city on Ukraine's Black Sea coast, a World Heritage in Danger site.

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Belgian costume maker hopes for carnival boom after COVID 'black hole'

Huge ostrich feather headpieces are one of the costumes made by the Kersten family for Belgium's celebrated Mardi Gras carnival, and after the event was cancelled due to COVID in recent years, the 120-year-old family business is hoping for a revival.

The Times of India

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UK international trade secretary Kemi Badenoch, who is at the helm of negotiating the UK-India free trade deal, says that the UK has no plan to “offer more student visas” nor specific visas for the under-35s to India as part of the UK-India free trade deal as Britain left the…

The Independent UK

Japan refiles request to list divisive gold mine on UNESCO

Japan has formally resubmitted documents seeking to obtain UNESCO World Heritage recognition for a controversial former gold mine that has added to diplomatic frictions with South Korea over Japanese wartime actions

Newslaundry

One journalist was killed every four days in 2022, 86 deaths in total: Unesco report

From 2016 to the end of 2021, 455 journalists were killed for their work or while on the job. Eighty-six journalists died in 2022 alone – that’s one death every four days – which is a “significant increase” from 55 killings in 2021. Latin America and the Caribbean were the…

Belfast Live

Owner of 'Ireland’s smallest distillery' hopes Unesco status will boosts NI tourism

'It can be a bit of a trek to find us, but it is well worth it — the welcome is a warm one and the views are spectacular'

Bangkok Post

Laidback relaxation in Luang Prabang

Remember what the slow pace of life was like? I don’t. But this is exactly why places like Luang Prabang in Laos exist. It is to remind us that once in a while we have to take time to enjoy life at a pace slower than what we are used…

Daily Mirror

UK's 20 poshest villages of 2023 revealed with surprising number one - see full list

The swankiest spots in Britain have been named and ranked in a new list for 2023, with many boasting stunning scenery, walks in the countryside or a pub with a Michelin star

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