World Book and Copyright Day on April 23 reminds us of literature’s power in shaping minds, building inclusive cultures and ...

South America dazzles in its cultural and natural diversity. This huge continent includes 12 sovereign states (Argentina, ...

A destination’s popularity can often be assessed by how many people relocate to it to live. Barcelona was hot, then it was ...

An essential part of the ‘Venice and its Lagoon’ site, inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1987, the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana shares many of UNESCO’s commitments, such as preserving ...

To celebrate its 75th anniversary, Blenheim Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site ... The interiors provide a modern take on ...

The Solomon Islands is highly vulnerable to a range of natural hazards, including tropical cyclones, earthquakes, tsunamis ...

World Heritage is a designation given to “places on Earth that are of outstanding universal value to humanity” and therefore ...

As part of the ongoing process of revising the World Heritage Capacity-Building Strategy (WHCBS), the World Heritage Centre and ICCROM convened a Reference Group meeting on 27 March 2025. This meeting ...

Rescuers work at the site of a collapsed under construction high-rise building in Bangkok on March 30, 2025. (KHAOSOD Photo/Chanpong Bun-Uthit) BANGKOK — In the aftermath of the Myanmar ...

The unfinished building crumbled in seconds, sending a cloud of dust and debris into the air and trapping dozens under the rubble. According to news agency AFP, as of Sunday, 17 deaths have been ...

The building collapsed to dust within seconds in Bangkok, Thailand, after the massive earthquake on Friday. After the 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar led to the collapse of a 33-storey high-rise ...

But an earthquake that sent one crashing to the ground has stirred fears about building safety. By Damien Cave Muktita Suhartono and Richard C. Paddock Reporting from Bangkok When the earth ...