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A study published in ‘PLOS One’ that various Ecuadorian scientists participated in warns of the high levels of contamination in the penguins’ ecosystem

Only 26% of Pakistani women have access to the internet, compared to 47% of men, one of the most pronounced digital gender gaps in the world. The lack of access to the Internet makes it more difficult for them to educate themselves, progress at work and fight cyberbullying

Seven people had been arrested over the heist, but no charges have been brought until Monday, four years after the toilet was stolen. The artwork has never been found.

The ambition for self-determination faces the obstacle of the impossibility of exercising total sovereignty in Gaza and the West Bank

Latin America and the Caribbean have an enormous educational setback, and those who carry the burden are poorly paid, technologically challenged teachers with pandemic fatigue

The oral tradition of storytellers that led to the Jemaa el-Fnaa square being named Intangible Heritage of Humanity is in danger of disappearing as its practitioners are pushed out by mass tourism

Courtney O’Donnell is Biden’s choice to become the U.S. permanent representative to the Paris-based U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO

The project in Peruvian town of Chinchero could bring more tourists to this famous region but at the same time it would cause ‘irreversible’ social, environmental and cultural impacts, warn its detractors

Plagued by legal problems and public protests, construction of this attraction on Sugarloaf Mountain has been halted by court order

The capital of western Ukraine, a short distance from NATO territory, is still reeling from the July 6 air strike, which killed 10 people and wounded 48

Mayors blamed each other for the disappearance of the treasured items, which were received in 2007 when the Peruvian fortress became one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World: 24 hours later, the plaque miraculously reappeared

The Biden administration’s decision to rejoin the UN body is a gesture in favor of multilateralism at a time when international institutions are being eroded

The 7th-century cemeteries in the east of the capital, of great artistic, architectural and historical value, are being swept aside to make way for roads

The petroleum industry has provided little benefit for local communities, who are now driving an ecological transition by sustainably tapping the wealth of the jungle

A New York coffee shop chain has opened its first establishment with robot baristas, following in the footsteps of similar ones in Russia, Dubai and Tokyo

The U.S. and Israel stopped financing UNESCO after it voted to include Palestine as a member state in 2011. The Trump administration decided in 2017 to withdraw from the agency altogether the following year

A team of researchers has been able to trace the exact dimensions of the so-called north-facing corridor, although its purpose remains unknown