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Beet This: Ukraine Wins Fight to Protect Borshch Soup

The UN's cultural agency on Friday inscribed the culture surrounding beetroot soup known as borshch in Ukraine on its list of endangered cultural heritage, a recognition sought urgently by Kviv after its invasion by neighboring Russia. Ukraine prizes borshch, a nourishing soup with beetroot as its base, as a national…

Asharq Al-Awsat

World's most nuclear-contaminated island where people can never return to live

In 2010, UNESCO declared Bikini Atoll a World Heritage Site as a reminder of the immense power and influence of nuclear weapons on human civilisation

Daily Mirror

UNESCO declares borsch cooking an endangered Ukrainian heritage

Ukraine's culture minister declared victory in "the war for borsch" as Russia also claims the hearty beet soup. UNESCO says the invasion threatens Ukraine's borsch culture with "extreme urgency."

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Ukrainian borscht recognised by Unesco with entry on to safeguarding list

UN body adds Ukrainian borscht-making to list of intangible cultural heritage that includes Neapolitan pizza-slinging

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UNESCO declares borshch protected Ukrainian heritage at risk from Russian invasion

Ukraine claimed victory in an age-old culinary dispute with Russia on Friday after the United Nations' cultural agency placed a traditional beetroot soup on its list of protected Ukrainian cultural heritage.

Reuters

Ukrainian borshch soup culture added to UNESCO heritage list

Kyiv hails the move, saying Ukraine has won the ‘borshch war’, while a Russian official slams ‘xenophobia’.

Al Jazeera

Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere holding pop-up hub in Newton Stewart

The information stand will be in The Vaults in Newton Stewart on July 21 and 22

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Remains of DR Congo's independence hero buried at home

The remains of Congolese icon Patrice Lumumba, the country's first prime minister, are laid to rest in Kinshasa. Belgium returned a tooth belonging to the murdered independence hero earlier this month. Also, African ministers of education were in Paris on Thursday for a UNESCO summit on tackling the devastating effect…

France 24

Sting performs royally at France's Château de Chambord

UNESCO World Heritage site the Château de Chambord became one of the world's most majestic concert venues this week, as British rocker Sting performed against the backdrop of its French Renaissance towers. The star also spoke about how his 1985 hit "Russians" is finding new relevance after the invasion of…

France 24

Future of Australia's Great Barrier Reef hangs in the balance

As experts gather at a UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the world is facing an "ocean emergency". In Australia, the Great Barrier Reef recently suffered another mass bleaching event, just months after a UNESCO committee recommended the World Heritage Site be listed as…

France 24

‘There is a lot of excitement’: Tour de France comes to Denmark

Anticipation mounts in greatest cycling nation in the world for world’s greatest cycling race

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh wildfire: Huge flames rip across UNESCO heritage site Calton Hill

The UNESCO World Heritage Site Calton Hill was covered in flames as a wild shrub fire broke out in the Scottish capital.

Evening Standard

Belfast 'pandemic heroes' to get freedom of the city and concert

The Waterfront Hall concert will be broadcast by the BBC.

Belfast Live

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (June 23)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Lick of paint for Yemen's historic Sanaa as truce holds

Yemeni architect Zaid al-Kuhlani watched his workers dab white paint around stained glass windows from scaffolds, part of a large-scale restoration effort of UNESCO-listed historic Old Sanaa that has endured years of bombings during the war.

The Guardian - UK

Marseille, Alexandria and Istanbul prepare for Mediterranean tsunami

Risk of significant tsunami within next 30 years is nearly 100%, Unesco says, as it urges coastal cities to become ‘tsunami-ready’

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool Daily Post: Merseyvision, strikes and council's 'road to recovery'

Read the Liverpool Daily Post newsletter for Monday June 20, 2022

Liverpool Echo

Historic village makes bid for World Heritage Status

The bid comes less than a year after UNESCO stripped Liverpool of its World Heritage Status

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Enjoy a feast for all the senses in diverse, vibrant San Antonio

The final frontier in the Lone Star state is endlessly impressive in its diverse cultural offering – check out this guide to the best eats, treats and sights to see in San Antonio, Texas...

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Harrat Uwayrid Reserve Added to UNESCO’s MAB Program

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) added Saudi Arabia’s Harrat Uwayrid Reserve to the Man and the Biosphere Program (MAB). The announcement came Wednesday during the 43rd meeting after the reserve met all the criteria required for registration. Harrat Uwayrid is the largest nature reserve in AlUla…

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UNESCO: Some 770 million adult people are illiterate worldwide, including two thirds of women

Some 770 million people are illiterate worldwide, with two thirds of them being women, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said at the 7th International Conference on Adult Education. Full story on Dynamite News:

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Labour movement icon comes into some cash

The restoration of a faded symbol of the birth of unionism in this country has been given a welcome shot in the arm.

Zenger

Under The Sea: Shipwrecks Expand Microbial Diversity, New Study Shows

The millions of shipwrecks resting in the world’s oceans are increasing the surrounding areas’ microbial richness, according to new research.

The Independent UK

American tourist banned for life from Rome’s Spanish Steps after causing $26,000 in damages with e-scooter

The landmark had just undergone a $1.5m renovation in 2015

Asharq Al-Awsat

AlUla Concludes Hegra Conference of Nobel Laureates & Friends

The three-day 2022 Hegra Conference of Nobel Laureates & Friends, organized by the Royal Commission for AlUla, has concluded. The conference gathered winners of Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, UNESCO for Women in Science Prize, King Faisal Prize, and King Salman Prize, along with prominent figures from around the world, in…

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