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Cunard announces six new cruise destinations, including Canada, Iceland and Italy

Cunard’s exciting new destinations include lapsed ports, Unesco world heritage sites and northern lights cruises launchig in 2027 and 2028

The Independent UK

Peru allows miners to seek permits in area removed from Nazca Lines protection

Peru has acknowledged that miners operating in an area once protected around the famed Nazca Lines can now begin the process of legalizing their activities after the government reduced the buffer zone by 42% last week

The Independent UK

Morning Mail: Gina Rinehart’s $400,000 Liberal fundraiser, official push to recognise rock art, Israel targets Gaza schools

Australia’s richest woman helped the Liberal party raise around $400,000 at an event now embroiled in a workplace relations dispute

The Guardian - AU

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Peru reduces Nazca Lines park by 42%, raising concerns over environmental and heritage risks

Peru’s decision to reduce the boundaries of the Nazca Archaeological Park by 1,000 hectares has sparked concern among conservationists and archaeologists

The Independent UK

Australia to lobby Unesco over barring of ancient rock site from world heritage list due to Woodside emissions

Site is home to more than a million petroglyphs, some almost 50,000 years old, but reports say it has been damaged by the Karratha gas plant

The Guardian - AU

Will young people be the saviours of France's endangered Breton language?

Half of France's regional languages are considered 'seriously endangered' according to Unesco, but in the west of the country, where the decline in Breton speakers has accelerated in recent years, a network of schools is fighting the decline.

Radio France Internationale

Wilson from Cast Away takes a surprise starring role in this powerful campaign

See what the world's most famous volleyball would look like today.

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Fears for heritage site as gas plant expansion approved

The fallout from a decision to extend the life of a massive gas project continues with accusations of a political cover-up over a scientific report.

AAP

From volcanic winemaking to lemon-scented hikes: Travel to these winning Italian villages

These culture-rich villages can make a great addition to your next Italy trip itinerary.

Euronews

What is The Salt Path and can I hike it? As the much-anticipated movie hits the big screens we look at the iconic UK hiking trail that provides its setting

The long-awaited film version of Raynor Winn’s beloved memoir opens in movie theaters in the USA and UK on May 30 – it might just leave you wanting to explore England's famous South West Coast Path

Advnture

UNESCO expresses ‘utmost concern’ at the state of the Great Barrier Reef

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has again raised grave fears for the future of the Great Barrier Reef, highlighting the problems of water pollution, climate change and unsustainable fishing.

The Conversation

Jai Verma obituary

Other lives: Writer and cross-cultural organiser who founded the multilingual Kavya Rang poetry group in Nottingham

The Guardian - UK

European city asks tourists to stop stealing ancient cobblestones

As many as 70 cobblestones disappear from the Belgian city each month

The Independent UK

Ancient Town And Its Manuscripts Face Ravages Of The Sahara

From his roof, Sidi Mohamed Lemine Sidiya scans the mediaeval town of Oualata, a treasure that is disappearing under the sands of the Mauritanian desert.

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Radio France Internationale

The last word: why half of the world's languages could vanish this century

There are around 7,000 languages spoken in the world, but that number is shrinking. Unesco estimates that half could disappear by the end of the century. So how are languages lost, and what does that mean for the people who speak them?

Al Jazeera

Palestinians see plan to push them from land as Israel builds national park

For Israel, the park in Sebastia will be a link to their heritage. Palestinians see an attempt to force them out.

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79 Things Teachers Say Or Do That Are Unhinged But Actually Work

"He then picked up a stapler and stapled the tie to his chest to fix it… The class was sweet as sugar from that moment on."

The Independent UK

Endangered gorilla habitats threatened in rebel-held Congo

Conservationists warn that the charcoal boom is coming at a steep ecological cost.

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Euronews

‘Transformative journey’: The Salt Path inspires walkers to tackle England’s epic coastal route

The path takes hikers to some of the south coast’s wildest spots with views of rugged rock formations and sweeping stretches of sea.

The Guardian - AU

‘Without time, there is no flavour’: a South Korean grand master on the art of the perfect soy sauce

Ki Soon-do’s soy sauce has been served to Donald Trump and gained Unesco heritage protection. It is recognition that is 370 years in the making

Euronews

Artist Stefano Cagol's SOS Torch display illuminates Day of Light celebration in Tyrol

A spellbinding light show remains talk of the Italian town of Bressanone (Brixen) in South Tyrol. Renowned artist Stefano Cagol ignited series of SOS torches to symbolise a UNESCO global appeal about the future relationship between robots and humans.

Euronews

Three killed in lightning strike at Cambodia's Angkor Wat UNESCO temple complex

Authorities have released no information about the strike, but an official on Monday confirmed that the three people killed were all Cambodian nationals.

The Independent UK

Deadly lightning strike kills three at busy Cambodia tourist spot

Cambodia's government have tried to play down the incident

Radio France Internationale

Gaza’s ancient past revealed as artefacts survive destruction and exile

Ancient artefacts from Gaza – amphorae, statues, mosaics, funerary steles and more – tell the story of 5,000 years of a civilisation, in a Paris exhibition that seeks to preserve a heritage on the brink of erasure.

The Guardian - UK

Jungle trekking, rainforests and the world’s largest orangutan sanctuary: why Malaysia is unmatched for outdoor adventure

Visitors can hike beautiful national parks, snorkel in crystal-clear waters and spend the night in a cave. Whatever you’re after, this part of the world isn’t short of fun activities to immerse yourself in

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