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China evacuates 100,000 as floods threaten heritage site
Aug 19, 2020
SHANGHAI: Floods on the upper reaches of China’s Yangtze river forced authorities to evacuate more than 100,000 people on Tuesday and threatened a 1,200-year-old world heritage site. Staff, police and volunteers used sandbags to try to protect the 71-metre (233-foot) Leshan Giant Buddha, a UNESCO World Heritage site in southwestern Sichuan p...
Yemen’s UNESCO-listed Old Sanaa houses collapse in heavy rains
Aug 10, 2020
SANAA: Houses in Yemen’s UNESCO-listed Old City of Sanaa are collapsing under heavy rains, as months of floods and storms assail a country already reeling from war, food shortages and disease. The distinctive brown and white mud brick houses of Sanaa’s historic neighbourhoods, which date from before the 11th century, have long been und...
UNESCO says logo being used illegally for arts trafficking
Jul 2, 2020
PARIS: The United Nations’ cultural agency has warned that its name and logo are being illegally emblazoned on false documents to facilitate illicit trafficking in African cultural property. UNESCO urged “vigilance†Wednesday after it received numerous reports of such fraud and instances where its name was being used to certify th...
Museum or mosque? Turkey debates iconic Hagia Sofia’s status
Jul 1, 2020
ISTANBUL: In its more than 1,400-year existence, the majestic domed structure of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul has served as the Byzantine Empire’s main cathedral, a mosque under the Ottoman Empire and a museum under modern Turkey, attracting millions of tourists each year. The 6th-century building is now at the center of a heated debate between ...
Weird & Interesting Facts about Nepal: Before you plan your trip!
Jul 15, 2017
Before you plan your visit to Nepal, here are few things you must know so that your stay in Nepal becomes a memorable one! 1. FRIENDLY AND CURIOUS Nepalis are generally very friendly people. They would chat you up on the street and sometimes want to exchange contacts right there and then. Then they would want to extract a promis...
