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Faced with too many tourists, France’s natural sites push back

Several of France’s heavily visited natural sites are sounding the alarm. Access to some of the Calanques coves in Marseille and Corsica is now limited in order to limit erosion. Other villages struggling with mass tourism, such as Étretat in Normandy, are rethinking how they handle the influx of visitors.

France 24

Renovate the Casbah: Efforts Speed Up to Restore Historic Algiers District

A UNESCO-listed rabbit warren of 16th-century battlements and Ottoman palaces, the Casbah of the Algerian capital is falling into disrepair, but efforts to save it have been accelerating. The densely populated district, about a kilometer (just under a mile) across, perches above the Bay of Algiers and has been the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sannati: Ancient Buddhist site finally in focus after 20 years

Hardly paid attention to for two decades, Archaeological Survey of India has now taken up conservation work at this important Buddhist site near Kalaburagi

The Hindu

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Vava water, pure and simple

Known for its untouched biological systems and a sanctuary of wildlife, the verdant rainforest of Khao Yai, a Unesco World Heritage Site, is touted as a source of the brand-new Vava premium mineral water to assure a pleasant flavour and benefits.

Bangkok Post

Oil Wrestlers Seek Glory in Turkey’s Centuries-Old Contest

It took nearly an hour of grappling with his opponent under the blazing Turkish sun for Cengizhan Simsek to win the tournament and join a long list of previous victors. A very long list - this was the 661st Kirkpinar oil wrestling championship, taking place in western Edirne province. In…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Karnataka govt proposes to permit 100 homestays around Hampi

BENGALURU : Finding accommodation in and around Hampi, a Unesco world heritage site, has always been a problem for both domestic and overseas tourists who flock daily to the world’s largest open-air museum of monuments. But it may not be a problem for long.

The Times of India

Sports can help prevent violent extremism in youth

Instances of violent extremism such as the recent attacks on Chinese workers in Pakistan have been on a rise globally. These incidents have forced nations across the world to take serious measures — including declaring zero-tolerance policies — to curb the violence.

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'Nothing can prepare you for the waking up and seeing the majestic Norwegian fjords'

An Ambassador Cruise Line holiday to the Norwegian Fjords offers a brilliant way to explore Norway's coastline - and it's one that needs to be experienced to be believed

Daily Mirror

Why we are organising first People's Summit where nobody is left behind

In 2014, Aotearoa New Zealand (the country’s full name) became the first in the world to recognise an area of land – Te Urewera in the…

The National (Scotland)

Beet This: Ukraine Wins Fight to Protect Borshch Soup

The UN's cultural agency on Friday inscribed the culture surrounding beetroot soup known as borshch in Ukraine on its list of endangered cultural heritage, a recognition sought urgently by Kviv after its invasion by neighboring Russia. Ukraine prizes borshch, a nourishing soup with beetroot as its base, as a national…

Asharq Al-Awsat

World's most nuclear-contaminated island where people can never return to live

In 2010, UNESCO declared Bikini Atoll a World Heritage Site as a reminder of the immense power and influence of nuclear weapons on human civilisation

Daily Mirror

UNESCO declares borsch cooking an endangered Ukrainian heritage

Ukraine's culture minister declared victory in "the war for borsch" as Russia also claims the hearty beet soup. UNESCO says the invasion threatens Ukraine's borsch culture with "extreme urgency."

WEKU

Ukrainian borscht recognised by Unesco with entry on to safeguarding list

UN body adds Ukrainian borscht-making to list of intangible cultural heritage that includes Neapolitan pizza-slinging

The Guardian - UK

UNESCO declares borshch protected Ukrainian heritage at risk from Russian invasion

Ukraine claimed victory in an age-old culinary dispute with Russia on Friday after the United Nations' cultural agency placed a traditional beetroot soup on its list of protected Ukrainian cultural heritage.

Reuters

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Ukrainian borshch soup culture added to UNESCO heritage list

Kyiv hails the move, saying Ukraine has won the ‘borshch war’, while a Russian official slams ‘xenophobia’.

Daily Record

Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere holding pop-up hub in Newton Stewart

The information stand will be in The Vaults in Newton Stewart on July 21 and 22

France 24

Remains of DR Congo's independence hero buried at home

The remains of Congolese icon Patrice Lumumba, the country's first prime minister, are laid to rest in Kinshasa. Belgium returned a tooth belonging to the murdered independence hero earlier this month. Also, African ministers of education were in Paris on Thursday for a UNESCO summit on tackling the devastating effect…

France 24

Sting performs royally at France's Château de Chambord

UNESCO World Heritage site the Château de Chambord became one of the world's most majestic concert venues this week, as British rocker Sting performed against the backdrop of its French Renaissance towers. The star also spoke about how his 1985 hit "Russians" is finding new relevance after the invasion of…

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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…

The Guardian - UK

‘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

Evening Standard

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.

Belfast Live

Belfast 'pandemic heroes' to get freedom of the city and concert

The Waterfront Hall concert will be broadcast by the BBC.

WEKU

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.

Reuters

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.

The Guardian - UK

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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