Credit to Author: hmallorca| Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2019 10:11:48 +0000
An Aboriginal settlement providing evidence that indigenous Australians developed aquaculture has been granted World Heritage status.
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“Many Eurasians have moved out of the settlement and the children only speak Malay and English.”
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Read moreCredit to Author: hmallorca| Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 06:35:31 +0000
Sabiha Ayari from Sejnane in northern Tunisia is among the women keeping alive an ancient tradition of creating pottery with all natural materials.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 23:19:20 +0000
French firefighters won an hours-long battle to save the main structure of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, after a fire destroyed the spire.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 08:17:20 +0000
Lonely Planet has owned up to its error in the Banaue Rice Terraces video, which said the World Heritage Site was built by Chinese.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 07:22:42 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Netizens slammed travel guide Lonely Planet which uploaded a video stating that the Banaue Rice Terraces was built by the Chinese.
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Read moreCredit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 13:43:19 +0000
Singapore on Thursday defended nominating its street food for UN recognition as a bid to “safeguard” local culture.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jbalboa| Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2019 10:02:51 +0000
Visitors will be able to reach the port in one hour’s drive, compared to previous travel times of three to four hours, depending on the route.
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Paris’ bistros and terrace cafes have launched a campaign to be recognized by the United Nations’ cultural agency as a French way of life they consider endangered.
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