Liverpool Daily Post: Merseyvision, strikes and council's 'road to recovery' Read the Liverpool Daily Post newsletter for Monday June 20, 2022 Liverpool Echo · Jun 20, 2022
Historic village makes bid for World Heritage Status The bid comes less than a year after UNESCO stripped Liverpool of its World Heritage Status Liverpool Echo · Jun 17, 2022
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... The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2022
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… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 16, 2022
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: Dynamite News · Jun 16, 2022
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. Zenger · Jun 13, 2022
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 The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2022
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… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 8, 2022
Rome’s cultural elite write to Unesco over ‘mortifying’ scenes of rubbish Artists, professors and environmentalists appeal to world body to remind council of duty to clean up mess The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2022
Aboriginal elders voice concerns over proposed Tasmanian trek through areas of 'immense importance' Tourism operator Experience Co is pushing for a seven-day catered walk through Tasmania's south-west, but elders say proposals in areas with Aboriginal heritage sites should be put on hold until the state's new Aboriginal Heritage Act is tabled later this year. ABC News · Jun 4, 2022
Environment to-do list: five ministerial priorities for Tanya Plibersek Australia’s new minister faces difficult challenges fixing laws, creating an EPA and curbing an extinction crisis The Guardian - AU · Jun 4, 2022
Ukraine says Russian troops retreating in Sievierodonetsk, Zelenskyy calls for Russian expulsion from UNESCO Ukrainian forces have reversed a Russian advance in Sievierodonetsk and recaptured about 20 per cent of the city, according to the region's Governor. ABC News · Jun 4, 2022
Russian artillery hits monastery in Ukraine's east, says Zelenskiy Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russian artillery hit an early 17th century Ukrainian Orthodox monastery in war-torn eastern Ukraine on Saturday, engulfing a church in flames. Reuters · Jun 4, 2022
Ten reasons why Bradford deserves to be 2025’s city of culture From Charlotte Brontë to David Hockney and Zayn Malik, my home town of Bradford has a rich cultural history – and its beauty is balm for the soul The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2022
Al Jazeera · May 30, 2022 Ivory Coast authorities build wall for endangered urban park Authorities hope the protection efforts will help the park get listed among UNESCO’s world heritage sites.
The Conversation · May 29, 2022 Beyond research output, student well-being should be part of university quality indicators Increasingly, students want more from higher education institutions beyond skills and knowledge, graduation certificates and the promise of employment. They also want care and guidance. Students even want to actively collaborate on their university’s quality assurance processes and add health and well-being as key indicators of university quality.
Al Jazeera · May 27, 2022 Through war and decay, Libya’s ‘desert pearl’ tries to hold on Instability in the rest of Libya has effects deep in the desert, finds Al Jazeera’s Malik Traina.
The Times of India · May 23, 2022 ‘Talks on iconography of idols in Delhi’s Qutub Minar complex on’ NEW DELHI: The culture ministry on Monday said discussions are under way to conduct an iconography of the Hindu and Jain idols found in Delhi’s Qutub Minar complex and to see if they can be labelled and displayed at an interpretation centre that is intended to come up on the…
Evening Standard · May 23, 2022 Greece clash with British Museum over Parthenon marble claims Greece has rejected claims made by the British Museum that marbles taken from the Parthenon were “removed from the rubble”.
The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2022 Sinking Maldives plans to reclaim land from the ocean Vulnerable island nation split over project to dredge millions of tonnes of sand to create land for resorts and industry on Unesco reserve
The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2022 Greece rebuts British Museum claim Parthenon marbles were ‘removed from rubble’ Museum’s deputy director had told Unesco meeting contested treasures ‘were not all hacked’ from Greek temple
The Hindu · May 19, 2022 Pockets of hope, linking nature and humanity It is important to increase the number of biosphere reserves in South Asia to ward off a doomsday ecological scenario
Bangkok Post · May 17, 2022 Patriots and arias: Italian opera seeks Unesco recognition NAPLES (ITALY) - Opera originated in Italy, it was sung by Italian patriots and some of the world's greatest arias came from the peninsula. Now Rome wants credit where credit is due.
The Conversation · May 16, 2022 Senegal is decolonising its heritage and re-imagining an African future On the morning of 5 September 2017, the inhabitants of Saint-Louis, a regional capital on Senegal’s northwest coast, woke to a strange scene. The statue of Louis Faidherbe that had formed the focal point of the Square Faidherbe since 1887 had fallen.
Asharq Al-Awsat · May 16, 2022 Palestinian Authority Appeals to US to Stop Car Cable Project in Jerusalem The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Sunday appealed to the US administration and international community, mainly UNESCO, to exert pressure on Israel to halt the construction of a cable car project in occupied East Jerusalem. On Sunday, Israeli and Palestinian opponents of an Israeli plan to run a cable car over…