World & Nation
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has agreed to readmit the United States as a member.
June 30, 2023
Escapes. Travel. Adventure.
Peace – and Cool Temps – Await on Coastal California Getaways
Sept. 18, 2024
The U.S. plans to rejoin UNESCO, the U.N.’s cultural and scientific arm, and will pay more than $600 million in back dues after a decade-long dispute.
June 12, 2023
The United Nations’ cultural agency has added the historic center of Ukraine’s Black Sea port city of Odesa to the list of endangered World Heritage sites.
Jan. 25, 2023
Typhoon Yagi killed at least 4 people in Vietnam and injured 78 others, authorities say, after it killed 3 and hurt nearly a hundred in China.
Sept. 7, 2024
The Taliban have deliberately deprived at least 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, UNESCO says.
Aug. 17, 2024
Civic leaders in Liverpool are lashing out after the English port city was stripped of its World Heritage status by the United Nations’ cultural arm.
July 21, 2021
The chief of the United Nations culture agency hailed Italy’s ban on big cruise ships in the heart of Venice.
July 14, 2021
Travel & Experiences
Hardly humble and rarely home, there’s no place like Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House in East Hollywood, which on Sunday was added, along with seven other Wright creations, to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
July 11, 2019
California
The Hollyhock House, which was almost demolished in the 1940s, earned Los Angeles its first World Heritage designation in July.
Feb. 23, 2020