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The Hal Saflieni Hypogeum: Malta’s hidden 5,000-year-old underground temple revealed in 1902 with 7,000 skeletons

When construction workers in Malta broke through a layer of limestone in 1902, they expected to find little more than space for a new housing development. Instead, they stumbled upon one of the most extraordinary archaeological discoveries in Europe. Hidden beneath the town of Paola was a vast underground complex…

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Moscow oil refinery ablaze after retaliatory Ukrainian drone strike

Kyiv claimed the attack as retaliation for Russia's intensifying aerial campaign, a day after drones damaged a UNESCO-listed monastery complex in the capital.

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Moscow strike on Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra 'one of Russia’s most serious crimes against Christian culture'

The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, one of the most important historic and religious symbols of Ukraine, has been hit in Moscow's drone and missile attack overnight on Monday, in what President Zelenskyy has called “one of Russia’s most serious crimes against Christian culture to date.”

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Delays to UK's Houses of Parliament renovation could add £420 million to bill

Plans to restore the Victorian neo-Gothic edifice, which is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site featuring Westminster Abbey, stretch back more than a decade.

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Historic Kyiv monastery damaged, 10 killed in Ukraine

European leaders have sharply criticised Russia's latest attacks on Ukraine, which sparked a fire at a UNESCO world heritage site in Kiev.

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Russian attack sets fire to a UNESCO-listed monastery in Kyiv

A major Russian attack sparked a fire at a Kyiv monastery, as missiles and drones hit multiple sites across the Ukrainian capital.

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Kyiv cathedral hit by US-patriot missile? Russia denies strikes on Ukrainian Unesco site

Russia denies striking the historic Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery. Moscow claims a US-made Patriot missile hit the UNESCO site. Ukraine insists a Russian attack caused significant damage. The incident occurred during a large-scale Russian assault across Ukraine. President Zelenskiy condemned the strike as an attack on religion and heritage. The…

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Zelenskyy says Russia ‘deliberately’ targeted Unesco site, as 11 people confirmed dead – as it happened

Ukraine’s president dismisses Moscow’s claim that it did not target Kyiv’s Pechersk Lavra monastery, ahead of meeting of G7 leaders in France

The Conversation

Conflict hits schooling hardest where children are the target – study

According to Unesco, around 250 million children (16%) globally are out of school although they are of an age to be at school in their countries. Available evidence suggests that out-of-school numbers are extremely high in conflict-affected countries, though the exact number is hard to quantify. For example, in the…

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Fortaleza and Recife, Europe’s closest Brazil: why they attract more travellers

Less than eight hours from Madrid, these two cities in northeast Brazil offer endless beaches, dunes, carnival, food and some of the country's most fascinating landscapes and stories.

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From a World Heritage-listed city to sacred shrines, Lebanon’s historic sites are being destroyed

Cultural heritage is often treated as an unfortunate casualty of war. In reality, the destruction of significant historic sites is often a deliberate and calculated part of broader efforts to claim power and territory.

France 24

Paris des Arts: Special edition in Prague

This week, Paris des Arts heads to the Czech Republic to visit Prague, a cultural capital and UNESCO World Heritage city. We meet one of the most provocative Czech artists of the international scene, David Cerny, who takes us inside his exhibition space – a former industrial site he's named…

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Fortaleza and Recife: Brazil looks to Europe

With direct flights from several European capitals, the two major north-eastern Brazilian cities offer beaches, nature, culture and history in a region increasingly open to international tourism.

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France adds 157,000 hectares of protected forest as nature preserves face pressure elsewhere

France aims to protect an additional 250,000 hectares of forest by 2030, including 180,000 hectares in French Guiana.

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What makes King Lynn’s Red Register so unique: A UNESCO-recognised book that preserves medieval England’s hidden history

A worn volume bound in faded red leather has been formally recognised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation as one of England’s earliest surviving paper-based archives. It is the kind of object most visitors would walk past without realising they are looking at something that predates printing…

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Croatia's stunning Plitvice Lakes: The UNESCO wonder where waterfalls, bears and venomous snakes coexist

Tucked into the Dinaric Alps of central Croatia, roughly halfway between Zagreb and the Adriatic coast, a chain of 16 terraced lakes spills down a limestone valley in a cascade of waterfalls that have been forming and reforming for millennia. Plitvice Lakes National Park covers nearly 30,000 hectares, making it…

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10th Huawei ICT Competition Concludes with Student Winners from 49 Countries and Regions and a Record 220,000 Participants

SHENZHEN, China, June 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Closing & Awards Ceremony of the 10th Huawei ICT Competition Global Final was held today in Shenzhen. This year's competition attracted more than 220,000 university students and faculty members from over 2,000 institutions across more than 100 countries and regions, making it…

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