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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden established a national monument on Friday to commemorate a 1908 attack on a Black community by a white mob in the midwestern state of Illinois. "It's so important for our children and grandchildren to understand what happened," Biden said at a White House signing ceremony to designate the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument. "More than 100 years ago this week a mob unleashed race riots in Springfield," the president said. "It shocked the conscience of the nation." The violence which took place August 14-16, 1908 in Springfield, Illinois, the h...
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“I have been trading pins and medals for 40 years”, Robert Prat from Monaco tells Euronews Culture. A keen memorabilia collector, the 87 year old has a “collection of around 5,000 Olympics pins from around the world”. The ex-fencing coach plans to divide his time between watching sporting events and meeting other collectors. However, managing such a treasure trove is no mean feat, requiring organisation and space. “I store all of my collectables in shoe boxes which are piled up around my house. My wife used to like buying shoes so it was a good compromise!", he says while laughing. Scrolling t...
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A number of sites across the world are still being assessed in India for inclusion in the United Nation's cultural agency's World Heritage List \- a collection of outstanding landmarks and areas of natural or traditional unique environments. As protection of these sites is paramount there are also some examples that have been placed on an alternative line-up of places at risk of being harmed. The Vjetrenica cave is the most recent landmark added to the protected list becoming the fifth site to be recognised in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Located in the Dinaric mountain range, UNESCO describes it o...
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Amman (AFP) - Le village ancien d'Umm al-Jimal, dans le nord de la Jordanie, qui fut un important centre pour l'agriculture et le commerce à l'époque romaine, a été inscrit par l'Unesco sur la liste du patrimoine mondial, ont annoncé dimanche les autorités de ce pays. L'Unesco, dont le comité s'est réuni à New Delhi, a souligné que les constructions les plus anciennes découvertes à Umm al-Jimal remontaient au premier siècle de notre ère, "quand la région faisait partie du royaume nabatéen". Des inscriptions en "grec, nabatéen, safaïtique, latin et arabe découvertes sur le site et couvrant plus...
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For believers in the power of culture, the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) initiative might be the most exiting thing they've never heard of. It sounds like a simple enough idea. Connecting cities through mutual interests in culture. Dialogue is encouraged. Artists share ideas across borders. One city's success can inspire another's. That's broadly the mission. But it's complicated. The network was established in 2004 to foster international cooperation and use culture and creativity as a driver for sustainable urban development. Since Edinburgh kicked off the programme in 2004 as a City...
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Boasting a long tradition that goes back three centuries, pizza in Naples is not only a popular food, it is an integral part of the city's history. It was created to allow the less well-off to have a quick, inexpensive meal. The True Neapolitan Pizza Association has since 1984 steadfastly defended the originality of this precious food and spread its culture throughout the world. This week the association gathered scores of its members and industry professionals from far and wide around the globe to retrace pizza's gastronomic roots and discuss how to maintain its popularity and success in the ...
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Today, the United States celebrates its Independence Day. Often just called by its date, the Fourth of July is a federal holiday across the US that commemorates the day in 1776 that the founding fathers ratified the Declaration of Independence from the UK, then ruled by King George III. In the US, the Fourth of July will be spent outside, eating copiously, drinking weak beer, watching fireworks explode and… shooting guns? We’re not really sure, this is a European publication. Quiero comer! Waiting list at world's top restaurant in Spain approaches one yearPrehistoric burial ground found under ...
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Sydney (AFP) - L'Australie doit prendre des mesures "urgentes" pour protéger la grande barrière de corail, en se dotant notamment d'objectifs climatiques plus ambitieux, a averti lundi l'Unesco. Le plus grand écosystème corallien au monde "reste gravement menacé" et "une action urgente et soutenue est de la plus haute priorité", a indiqué l'institution dans un rapport, invoquant la problématique du blanchissement de la barrière. L'Unesco a intimé à l'Australie de lui soumettre une mise à jour début 2025 de ses efforts de protection et de préservation des coraux, mais ne recommande pas pour aut...
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During the Spanish Civil War (1936 - 1939) that resulted in Francisco Franco’s fascist government ruling the country until his death in 1975, thousands of paintings, sculptures, jewellery and other precious items were seized by Franco’s Nationalist forces from political opponents. Many items were also lost in the chaos of the conflict or given as a gift to Franco’s government by his supporters. This week, 88 years after the start of the Civil War, the Spanish government has compiled a 5,126 piece catalogue of all these objects so that they can be returned to their original owners or their desc...
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Washington (AFP) - The midwestern US state of Minnesota has unveiled a new flag after ditching its old one that depicted a farmer beside a rifle and a Native American on horseback. Criticized for years as racially insensitive, the old flag is being replaced by a light blue and dark blue design with a white star, based on an idea by local artist Andrew Prekker. Prekker said Tuesday that he hoped "that every Minnesotan of every background -- including the Indigenous communities and tribal nations who've been historically excluded -- can look up at our flag with pride and honor." The previous fla...
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