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since 2025 › Jan › 20 (Mon) @ 15:27 UTC

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36 days ago

Uzbekistan unveils education and AI initiatives at UNESCO conference in Samarkand

found 2025 › Oct › 31 (Fri) @ 18:50 UTC

UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay called the moment 'historic', noting that Samarkand is often described in literature as one of the world's most luminous cultural crossroads.

61 days ago

UNESCO board backs Egypt’s Khaled el-Enany as its next chief

found 2025 › Oct › 07 (Tue) @ 07:05 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English

The Egyptologist and former minister of antiquities will be the first Arab to lead the UN's cultural organisation.

3 months ago

Outrage in Florence as block of luxury flats dubbed the 'black cube' darkens historic skyline amid fears it will cost city UNESCO status

found 2025 › Aug › 28 (Thu) @ 12:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

It is out of step with the traditional colour and character of the architecture and rises above neighbouring buildings in the iconic Tuscan city

Wildfires blaze through parts of Europe as heatwave hits

found 2025 › Aug › 11 (Mon) @ 17:10 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English

Fires threaten a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Spain as temperatures hit new records.

Europe burns: 'Deliberate' wildfires force evacuations of 1,400 people in Spain as uncontrolled blazes injure several in Portugal and Mount Vesuvius is closed to tourists in Italy

found 2025 › Aug › 11 (Mon) @ 10:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

In and around Carucedo, roughly 400 residents were relocated, while another 700 were evacuated from towns close to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Las Medulas.

4 months ago

Why is Trump quitting global institutions?

found 2025 › Jul › 23 (Wed) @ 23:10 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English

The US is pulling out of UNESCO, saying the UN agency focuses on divisive issues.

Trump administration says the US will leave the UN cultural agency UNESCO

found 2025 › Jul › 22 (Tue) @ 17:10 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English

The White House cited 'anti-Israel rhetoric' and 'woke, divisive' causes as the reason for the US's withdrawal.

Revealed: The 26 new UNESCO World Heritage Sites for 2025 - from a sunken 'Pirate City' to the original Disney Castle

found 2025 › Jul › 21 (Mon) @ 11:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

This year's new UNESCO World Heritage Sites include the original Disney castle, a Diamond Mountain in North Korea, and the Killing Fields of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge.

Sites of Khmer Rouge execution, torture in Cambodia added to UNESCO list

found 2025 › Jul › 12 (Sat) @ 09:45 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English

Added to the World Heritage list are two prisons: Tuol Sleng and M-13, as well as the execution site Choeung Ek.

Ancient Aboriginal rock art, African sites make UNESCO World Heritage list

found 2025 › Jul › 11 (Fri) @ 23:30 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English

UN cultural organisation this week announces its choice of sites to be granted World Heritage status.

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