Tag: Unesco World Heritage Site

• Monday, July 14th 2025 - 10:50 UTC

  Peruaçu Caves in Brazil recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Site

  

  The Peruaçu Caves in Brazil's Minas Gerais State have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, recognized for their “exceptional natural beauty,” geological significance, and rich prehistoric rock art.

• Monday, September 16th 2019 - 07:23 UTC

  Gang steals “America”, an 18-carat gold toilet from UK's Blenheim Palace

  

  A gang of thieves on Saturday stole a fully functional 18-carat gold toilet from Britain's Blenheim Palace, where it had been installed as an art exhibit, police said. The toilet, valued at more than US$5 million, was part of an exhibition of work by Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan.

• Thursday, March 7th 2019 - 05:47 UTC

  Environmental disaster: Owner of cargo ship grounded in Solomon Islands coral reef apologizes

  

  The owner of a grounded cargo ship that is leaking oil into World Heritage-listed waters in the Solomon Islands has apologized for the environmental disaster but denied the crew were drunk when the accident happened.

• Monday, July 16th 2018 - 08:29 UTC

  Iconic Taj Mahal: “either you demolish it or you restores it” India's Justices tell government

  

  India’s most famous landmark, Taj Mahal, is being threatened with demolition and shut down if the government continues to fail to address its worrying changing color, the country’s top court has warned.

• Monday, April 24th 2017 - 15:04 UTC

  World Book and Copyright Day message from Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO

  

  World Book and Copyright Day is an opportunity to highlight the power of books to promote our vision of knowledge societies that are inclusive, pluralistic, equitable, open and participatory for all citizens.

• Saturday, November 2nd 2013 - 23:39 UTC

  Chile's Torres del Paine park named '8th Wonder of the World” by VritualTourist

  

  VirtualTourist announced that after more than five million worldwide votes, Turismo Chile's entry of Torres del Paine National Park has been named the “8th Wonder of the World”.

• Monday, July 11th 2011 - 07:57 UTC

  Peru celebrates “100 years of Machu Picchu in the world”

  

  Peru is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, one of the seven new wonders of the world which sits high in the mountains at an altitude of 2.430 meters of difficult access.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2011 - 22:04 UTC

  New York Times says sacrificing Chilean Patagonia for a power is an irreparable mistake

  

  The New York Times has joined the Aysén region project controversy in Chilean Patagonia which was recently approved but has triggered massive protests from environmentalists and an overwhelming rejection from the majority of the population according to public opinion polls.