Kinabalu National Geopark declared Unesco Global Geopark; The Star

Photo: The Star Online

Sabah is now the proud owner of a Unesco Triple Crown site, the third in the world to have such distinction following the declaration of the Kinabalu National Geopark as the Kinabalu Unesco Global Geopark.

Source: Kinabalu National Geopark declared Unesco Global Geopark

Celebrating a thousand years of pilgrimage: France’s Mont-Saint-Michel; France 24

Photo: Guardian TV

Located on France’s Normandy coast, the Mont-Saint-Michel is one of the most iconic and photographed places in the country. Every year, the site attracts nearly 3 million visitors. Built 1,000 years ago, the abbey on a tidal island, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979, has stood the test of time and survived throughout the centuries. France 2 colleagues report on some of its secrets, with FRANCE 24’s Guillaume Gougeon.

Source: Celebrating a thousand years of pilgrimage: France’s Mont-Saint-Michel

Project aims to finish Brazil’s Niemeyer’s work in Lebanon; Agência de Notícias Brasil-Árabe

Photo: ANBA

Lebanese artists united to raise funds and complete the theater designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer for the city of Tripoli. It is the only unfinished work in the Rachid Karami International Fair complex.

Source: Project aims to finish Brazil’s Niemeyer’s work in Lebanon – Agência de Notícias Brasil-Árabe

Russians took Byzantium gold from Tauric Chersonesos museum; Ukrainska Pravda

Photo: The Institute of Classical Archaeology

Russians looted the Tauric Chersonesos museum-reserve in temporarily occupied Crimea.

Source: Office of the Representative of the President in Crimea

Quote: “The occupiers ransacked the Tauric Chersonesos museum-reserve and took the Byzantine gold, as well as other artefacts: ancient products made of bone, clay, and other materials, to Veliky Novgorod, supposedly for an exhibition,” the message states.

Source: Russians took Byzantium gold from Tauric Chersonesos museum