CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s environment minister said Tuesday her government will lobby against UNESCO adding the Great Barrier Reef to a list of endangered World Heritage sites. Officials…
Read more Australia argues against ‘endangered’ Barrier Reef statusNEW YORK — Jason David Frank, who played the Green Power Ranger Tommy Oliver on the 1990s children’s series “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,” has died. He was 49.…
Read more ‘Power Rangers’ star Jason David Frank dies at 49On the Instagram accounts of fashion models and superstars last month, the sheikhdom of Qatar looked like one glittering party. High-heeled designers descended on exhibition openings and fashion…
Read more Culture clash? Conservative Qatar preps for World Cup partyXOCHIMILCO, Mexico — Mexican artisans are struggling to preserve the traditional manufacture of paper cut-out decorations long used in altars for the Day of the Dead. Defying increasingly…
Read more Mexican artisans preserve Day of the Dead decorationsGENEVA (AP) — The United Nations’ cultural and satellite agencies have joined forces to more systematically track the impact of Russia’s invasion on Ukraine’s architecture, art, historic buildings…
Read more UN steps up satellite tracking of damage to Ukraine cultureLOS ANGELES — Bricia Lopez has welcomed people of all walks to dine at her family’s popular restaurant on the Indigenous-influenced food of her native Mexican state of…
Read more Racist remarks: Hurt, betrayal among LA’s Indigenous peopleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Bricia Lopez has welcomed people of all walks to dine at her family’s popular restaurant on the Indigenous-influenced food of her native Mexican state…
Read more Racist remarks: Hurt, betrayal among LA’s Indigenous peopleSUFFOLK, Va. — Whenever historic homes get flooded, building contractors often feel compelled by government regulations to rip out the water-logged wood flooring, tear down the old plaster…
Read more Historic homes may prove to be more resilient against floodsKYIV, Ukraine — The exquisite golden tiara, inlaid with precious stones by master craftsmen some 1,500 years ago, was one of the world’s most valuable artifacts from the…
Read more ‘War crime:’ Industrial-scale destruction of Ukraine cultureLOS ANGELES (AP) — America slammed the door in the face of Black progress time after time, and time after time African Americans responded by thriving in a…
Read more PBS’ ‘Making Black America’ details thriving while excludedVICAM, Mexico — Mexico has become the deadliest place in the world for environmental and land defense activists, according to a global survey released Wednesday, and the Yaqui…
Read more Mexico is world’s deadliest spot for environmental activists
