A real gem: in Bahrain, only natural pearls will do MANAMA: Customers at a Bahrain jewellery store study displays of pearls that are, unusually, 100 percent natural –... Published 21 Apr, 2023 11:47am
Life & Style Travelling over the holidays: 8 destinations worth considering As we hurtle through the last half of Ramadan, there are upcoming Eid holidays to think about. Over the horizon... Updated 07 Apr, 2023 05:30pm
Life & Style Cuban rum masters preserve a century-old tradition SANTO DOMINGO, Cuba: Rum-maker Cesar Marti says that even after 20 years he feels the same pleasure each morning... Published 22 Mar, 2023 01:44pm
Opinion The challenge of analysis paralysis Healthy minds lead to a healthy society. To overcome out of the trough of poverty, corruption, immorality, and... Updated 22 Mar, 2023 06:44am
Pakistan President’s wife inaugurates painting exhibition ISLAMABAD: The First Lady Samina Alvi, wife of President Dr Arif Alvi, inaugurated a three-day painting exhibition... Published 08 Mar, 2023 06:20am
Pakistan International Mother Language Day marked KARACHI: 21 February is the International Mother Language Day, which is being observed by the UNESCO and its 193... Published 28 Feb, 2023 07:28am
Pakistan MEd from UoP: IB announces application cycle of scholarships KARACHI: The International Baccalaureate Organisation (IB) is announcing the next application cycle for tuition-free... Published 19 Jan, 2023 07:23am
Life & Style Brazil rioters trash priceless artwork in stormed capital buildings BRASÍLIA: Slashed canvas on a modern masterpiece, graffiti spray-painted on statues, a smashed Louis XIV clock: the... Published 10 Jan, 2023 03:35pm
Pakistan PTA hosts workshop on digital gender inclusion strategy ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), in collaboration with UNESCO Pakistan, hosted the fourth... Published 23 Dec, 2022 07:08am
Pakistan CM calls for research to cope with climate change threats KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Sunday said we are the inheritors of the Indus Valley... Published 12 Dec, 2022 06:07am
World Great Barrier Reef risks ‘in danger’ World Heritage listing SYDNEY: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef should be added to a list of “in danger” World Heritage sites, according to... Published 29 Nov, 2022 10:05am
Pakistan Pakistan, Unesco agree to jointly set up teacher training centre in Islamabad ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Unesco have agreed to work out for establishment of Pak-Unesco Joint Centre of Excellence in... Published 21 Nov, 2022 05:59am
Opinion Climate change ‘main threat’ for world heritage sites One of the world’s first cities came close to being wiped off the map during tragic floods this summer in ... Published 19 Nov, 2022 06:39am
Life & Style Greece's treasures caught between tourism and conservation ATHENS: With 18 UNESCO World Heritage sites, including the Acropolis facing a new push for tourism, experts are... Published 17 Nov, 2022 02:13pm
Pakistan South Asia has highest share of private institutions in total enrollment: report LAHORE: Director for Global Education Monitoring (GEM), UNESCO, Dr Manos Antoninis said on Wednesday that South Asia... Published 10 Nov, 2022 05:50am
Pakistan Global Education Monitoring Report 2022: 18pc primary, 14pc lower secondary schools functioning without registration ISLAMABAD: The trend of unregistered schools is very common in Pakistan as 18 percent of primary and 14 percent of... Published 08 Nov, 2022 05:57am
World Yellowstone, Kilimanjaro glaciers among those set to vanish by 2050: UNESCO PARIS: Glaciers at many UNESCO World Heritage sites including Yellowstone and Kilimanjaro National Park will likely... Published 03 Nov, 2022 10:32am
Editorials Stupas damaged by torrential rains EDITORIAL: As the climate change-triggered rains hit the living civilization of rural Sindh harder they were equally... Published 06 Oct, 2022 05:59am
World Putin annexes Ukraine territories, Kyiv vows to fight back MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin staged a grand ceremony in Moscow on Friday to celebrate the annexation of... Published 01 Oct, 2022 12:43pm
Pakistan Panfilo Marquez assumes charge as US Consul General PESHAWAR: Panfilo Marquez assumed charge as the Consul General of the US Consulate General in Peshawar. Consul... Published 14 Sep, 2022 04:45am
World Huge Portugal fire ‘under control’ for now LISBON: Officials said a massive forest fire in Portugal was “under control” after raging for days, but more than... Published 18 Aug, 2022 12:58pm
World Iraq’s Garden of Eden now ‘like a desert’ HUWAIZAH MARSHES: To feed and cool his buffaloes, Hashem Gassed must cross 10 kilometres (six miles) of sunburnt... Published 14 Aug, 2022 10:53am
Life & Style Patriots and arias: Italian opera seeks UNESCO recognition Italy wants UNESCO to recognise the art of Italian opera singing as an intangible global heritage Updated 17 May, 2022 04:34pm
Pakistan Country to face ‘absolute’ water scarcity by 2025: expert ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is likely to face absolute water scarcity by 2025, as the fresh water availability has dropped ... Published 01 May, 2022 05:11am
World Child confirmed dead as Japan boat accident toll rises to 11 TOKYO: Japanese rescuers on Monday confirmed the death of a child in a weekend sightseeing boat accident, raising... Published 25 Apr, 2022 10:54am
Pakistan UNESCO announces ‘2022 Silk Roads Youth Research Grant’ ISLAMABAD: UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has announced `2022 Silk Roads... Published 04 Apr, 2022 05:38am
World Lebanon faces education “emergency”: UN BEIRUT: Lebanon is grappling with an education “emergency,” a United Nations official said, as years of economic... Published 30 Mar, 2022 06:08am
Editorials Significance of mother tongue EDITORIAL: The language which a person has grown up speaking from early childhood is his or her mother tongue. Over... Published 28 Feb, 2022 06:44am
Pakistan UNESCO representative meets chairman PTA ISLAMABAD: Director of Office and UNESCO Representative in Pakistan, Patricia McPhillips called on Chairman Pakistan... Published 11 Feb, 2022 04:31am
Markets Saudi coffee legacy percolates through the generations JIZAN: For Farah al-Malki, growing coffee plants in Saudi Arabia's southwestern region of Jizan is more than just a... Published 10 Feb, 2022 10:09am