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Unesco warns to prepare for Mediterranean tsunami
A tsunami could soon hit major cities on or near the Mediterranean Sea including Marseille, Alexandria and Istanbul, with a nearly 100%…
Opera instead of espresso in Italy’s UNESCO bid
Italy's UNESCO commission on Tuesday rejected a bid by Italian espresso coffee to get on the UN body's list of intangible cultural…
Italy bidding for UNESCO status for Espresso coffee
Italian Agriculture Undersecretary Gian Marco Centinaio announced this week that the Italian government is bidding to have Italian espresso coffee inserted into…
Wildfires, logging turn protected forests into carbon emitters -report
Some of the world's most protected forests are emitting more carbon than they absorb, driven by things like logging and wildfires, a…
UNESCO grants world heritage status to Madrid’s Paseo del Prado and Retiro Park
UNESCO added Madrid's historic Paseo del Prado boulevard and Retiro Park to its list of world heritage sites on Sunday. The tree-lined…
Venice dodges demotion on world heritage list after large cruise ships banned
Venice avoided being named a world heritage site in danger by UNESCO on Thursday, just weeks after Italy moved to ban large…
UPDATED: UNESCO strips English city of Liverpool of its world heritage status
The English city of Liverpool has been removed from UNESCO’s list of world heritage sites after the United Nations' cultural agency found…
Pressure builds for schools to put climate change study on curriculum
International bodies and pressure groups are calling for climate change studies to become a standard part of the school curriculum worldwide, saying…
Revamped, less political, UNESCO sets sights on tricky U.S. return
Four years after the United States quit UNESCO, the United Nations’ cultural agency, over accusations of anti-Israel bias, diplomats say the Paris-based…
Egypt unveils 59 ancient coffins in major archaeological discovery
Egypt on Saturday put on show dozens of coffins belonging to priests and clerks from the 26th dynasty nearly 2,500 years ago,…
Italian espresso aims for UNESCO status
Italian officials began the process to have espresso coffee among the UNESCO's list of protected intangible world heritage products. The Consortium Protecting…
UNESCO reiterates duty to protect safety of journalists covering demonstrations
Concerned by the growing numbers of report on acts of violence against journalists during demonstrations, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay has reiterated the…