US Withdrawal From UNESCO: Trump's Antics and the Problematic History of US...
The US decision to withdraw from UNESCO appears more an inevitability than a shock when viewed in the context of the problematic history of the US's role in the Middle East and UNESCO's internal...
View ArticleUNESCO: Don’t blame the teacher when the system is at fault
UNESCO’s 2017/18 Global Education Monitoring Report highlights the responsibility of governments to provide universal quality education and stresses that accountability is indispensable in achieving...
View ArticleUNESCO: 264 million children have no access to school
Globally, over 260 million people have no access to education; this failure requires a collective international response ......
View ArticleJanice Aitken tells how she joined Maggie’s Penguin Parade
Next summer, the streets of Dundee will host a waddle of colourful, friendly penguins. . ......
View ArticleAustralia Bans Climbing on Sacred Indigenous Site Uluru
The board of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park voted unanimously to ban climbing Australia's iconic Uluru landmark beginning October 2019, according to BBC News. The vote was on behalf of indigenous...
View ArticleMelaka’s historic St Paul’s Hill set to light up with MAPFest
St Paul’s Hill is certainly one of the most well-known landmarks in Melaka. It is home to St Paul’s Church, the oldest church building in South-East Asia. Later this month, culture lovers and tourists...
View ArticleIndia committed to promoting UNESCO’s agenda: Javadekar
Paris: India is committed to promoting UNESCO’s agenda, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said today, observing that the UN body’s responsibilities have become bigger owing to its work in the field...
View ArticleUNESCO should be ready for era of digital economy: Minister Effendy
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) should proactively formulate new, creative measures to promote educational reforms, so youngsters are ready for the technology-based...
View ArticleAs US prepares to leave UNESCO, envoy urges deep reforms
PARIS (AP) -- The chief U.S. envoy at UNESCO says anti-Israel bias and opaque bureaucracy are hobbling the U.N. cultural agency and is urging deep...
View ArticleUnited States Blackmails and “Starves”: UNESCO
(Photo Credit: Andre Vltchek) What just used to be rumors, suddenly, became official facts. The Government of the United States of America, which for years and decades has been sick and tired of the...
View ArticleDr Jasy Liew: Computers do help make the world a better place
When Dr Jasy Liew Suet Yan was a teenager she became fascinated with the idea of working with computers. “My older sister was studying Computer Science when I was in secondary school and during her...
View ArticleDr Ho Weng Kee: Developing a breast cancer assessment tool
When Dr Ho Weng Kee was a young girl, her biggest ambition was to be a kindergarten teacher. And while she never achieved that dream, Ho grew up to be a scientist instead – a statistician, to be exact....
View ArticleDr Teh Su Yean: Using Mathematics to address an environmental problem
Dr Teh Su Yean, an associate professor at the School Of Mathematical Sciences in Universiti Sains Malaysia was worried about presenting her proposal to the 2017 L’Oreal-Unesco Awards: National...
View ArticleU.S. Envoy Warns: ‘Anti-Israel Bias’ Hobbling UNESCO
PARIS — The chief U.S. envoy at UNESCO says anti-Israel bias and opaque bureaucracy are hobbling the U.N. cultural agency and is urging deep reforms. ......
View ArticleTyphoon Damrey claims 106 lives, leaves 197 injured before APEC Summit in...
Vietnam was battered by the 12th major storm of 2017 late last week and it is now being said that Typhoon Damrey has killed about 106 people in the country and left about 197 injured. Additionally, 25...
View ArticleChennai getting UNESCO recognition a moment of pride: Tamil Nadu Governor
General speaks too muchBigg Boss 11 November 9, 2017 full episode written update: Hina, Benafsha and Hiten are sent to jailParadise Papers: Booked by CBI, SNC-Lavalin went to Appleby to float firm, get...
View Article“Creeping Annexation”: Why Israel Shelved the “Greater Jerusalem Law”
The postponing of an Israeli Knesset Bill that would have annexed major illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank to the Jerusalem municipality is the result of behind-the-scenes US and, possibly,...
View ArticleRhino found dead with horn chopped off in Kaziranga National Park
An adult rhinoceros was found dead with the horn chopped off in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam. Poachers allegedly killed the rhinoceros making it the third similar incident of the week. Poachers...
View ArticleUNESCO supports FG to save Lake Chad from extinction
The Federal Government in collaboration with Lake Chad Commission has secured the support of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in saving Lake Chad from...
View ArticleTroubled UNESCO confirms France's Azoulay as new chief
PARIS (AP) -- UNESCO's member states have voted to confirm the nomination of former French Culture Minister Audrey Azoulay as the body's new...
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