55 cultural practices added to UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage
The U.N.'s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has added 55 new inscriptions to its In...
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UNESCO adds World War I remembrance sites to its prestigious heritage registry
PARIS (AP) — UNESCO added World War I funerary and memorial locations across the Western Front to it...
Network of ancient American Indian earthworks in Ohio named to list of UNESCO World Heritage sites
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A network of ancient American Indian ceremonial and burial mounds in Ohio desc...
Israel criticizes UN vote to list ruins near ancient Jericho as World Heritage Site in Palestine
JERICHO, West Bank (AP) — A U.N. committee voted Sunday to list prehistoric ruins near the ancient W...
Venice faces possible UNESCO downgrade as it struggles to manage mass tourism
VENICE, Italy (AP) — A scowling gondoliere ferrying sightseers 10 at a time across the mouth of Veni...
Venice may be put on the endangered list, thanks to human-created climate change
Venice is known for its maze-like canals, Renaissance buildings and gondola rides. But what makes th...
World War I memorials in France and Belgium are vying again to become UNESCO World Heritage sites
ZONNEBEKE, Belgium (AP) — With war ravaging Europe’s heartland again, the countless headstones, ceme...
The U.S. says it wants to rejoin UNESCO after exiting during the Trump administration
The U.S. may soon rejoin UNESCO several years after exiting the body, in part because of what the Tr...
It'll take 300 years to wipe out child marriage at the current pace of progress
The world has made headway against the practice of child marriage, but progress has been frustrating...
Odesa and other sites are added to the list of World Heritage In Danger
UNESCO has announced additions to its list of World Heritage In Danger, citing threats to The Landma...