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International Vacation Rentals Company Airbnb Removes Listings in Israeli Settlements

International Vacation Rentals Company Airbnb Removes Listings in Israeli Settlements

Some of the international organisations that have been putting pressure on AirBnb includes the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, Jewish Voice for Peac...
UNESCO and World Bank Commit to Factor Culture in Urban Reconstruction and Recovery

UNESCO and World Bank Commit to Factor Culture in Urban Reconstruction and Recovery

Culture in City Reconstruction and Recovery (CURE), a position paper, is to serve in planning policy and implementing projects for cities’ future proces...
New Travel Platform Launched ‘World Heritage Journeys’ to Promote Sustainable Tourism in the EU

New Travel Platform Launched ‘World Heritage Journeys’ to Promote Sustainable Tourism in the EU

Supported by the European Union, the platform features 34 selected World Heritage sites spread across 19 European Union countries, and it has been devel...
Finland's Biggest Department Store Takes a Stance Against Gender Norms - Launches Gender-neutral Shopping Floor For All

Finland's Biggest Department Store Takes a Stance Against Gender Norms - Launches Gender-neutral Shopping Floor For All

“Department stores, especially, tend to stick with outdated norms when it comes to how they allocate their offering under diffe...
MNI Media Features: The world’s First Film Made by an Airline and an Airport

MNI Media Features: The world’s First Film Made by an Airline and an Airport

The short film premiered last night in a very special event at Helsinki Airport, where an aircraft hangar was turned into a mov...
Former U.N First African Secretary General, Kofi Annan Has Died Aged 80

Former U.N First African Secretary General, Kofi Annan Has Died Aged 80

Annan was one of the world's most recognised black diplomats, and he was the first African secretary-general of the U.N. He was...
Italian Highway Bridge Collapses Killing 25

Italian Highway Bridge Collapses Killing 25

A huge section of the Morandi Bridge fell at midday over an industrial zone, sending tons of twisted steel and concrete onto wa...
World Heritage Committee Has Inscribed a Total of 19 Sites on World Heritage List

World Heritage Committee Has Inscribed a Total of 19 Sites on World Heritage List

During the session, the Committee inscribed 19 sites on the World Heritage List (13 cultural sites, three natural and two mixed...
Four Additional Sites Added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List

Four Additional Sites Added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List

Located in the Germuş mountains of south-eastern Anatolia, this site presents monumental circular and rectangular megalithic st...
Two Sites From Italy and Spain Added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List at 42nd Meeting in Bahrain

Two Sites From Italy and Spain Added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List at 42nd Meeting in Bahrain

A model social project, Ivrea expresses a modern vision of the relationship between industrial production and architecture.
Four sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List

Four sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List

Having become a global trading centre, the city of Mumbai implemented an ambitious urban planning project in the second half of...
Two Further Sites in Germany and Denmark Added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List

Two Further Sites in Germany and Denmark Added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List

The cultural landscape includes seven key localities, from Nipisat in the west to Aasivissuit, near the ice-cap in the east. It...
World Heritage Committee in Manama (Bahrain) to Examine New Nominations to the World Heritage List

World Heritage Committee in Manama (Bahrain) to Examine New Nominations to the World Heritage List

The World Heritage Committee will inscribe some of the 30 sites nominated for inclusion on UNESCO’s World Heritage List during ...