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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

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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.

WEKU

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.

Reuters

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’

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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

Liverpool Echo

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

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

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

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.

Newsroom.co.nz

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.

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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…

The Guardian - UK

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

ABC News

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.

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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

ABC News

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.

Reuters

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

Al Jazeera

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

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

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.

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