The Latest Breaking News from UNESCO

Richard Collet swaps the Colosseum for another ancient wonder: the 2,300-year-old, 600km route from the Italian capital to Brindisi

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SINGAPORE: Thai universities are being urged to work with the Unesco Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) to promote lifelong learning programmes in the country.

A new report says glaciers in a third of UNESCO World Heritage sites will disappear. Two-thirds of glaciers in the heritage sites can be saved — but only if carbon emissions are cut quickly, it says.

The Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY) has provided funding to renovate the historic Seiyun Palace in Hadramout Governorate, in response to the Yemeni government’s request to protect antiquities and endangered historical areas. Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Al Jaber said that the inauguration of the Seiyun Palace…

A third of all glaciers in UN World Heritage sites will be lost within three decades, a new climate change report has warned.

Some of the world's most famous glaciers, including in the Dolomites in Italy, the Yosemite and Yellowstone parks in the United States and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania are set to disappear by 2050 due to global warming, whatever the temperature rise scenario, according to a UNESCO report.

NEW DELHI: In the past 30 years South Asia has experienced rapid education expansion, outpacing the rest of the world. While it is India which is driving these regional averages, of every 10 new schools established here in the past eight years, seven are private independent schools.

The Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, the Palace of Versailles, Sagrada Familia, and Colosseum and Roman Forum, have all featured on a list of the best landmarks in Europe

Furyu odori, a collection of 41 traditional Japanese dances, is expected to be registered as an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO.

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