UNESCO adds Palestinian site to World Heritage List

STORY: UNESCO adds Palestinian site to World Heritage List DATELINE: Sept. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:25 LOCATION: RAMALLAH, Palestine CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tel es-Sultan in Jericho 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MAJED ISHAQ, General Manager of Tourism Marketing and Media STORYLINE: The World Heritage Committee on Sunday officially added a Palestinian heritage site to the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In a press statement sent to Xinhua, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said "Tell es-Sultan, located in Jericho in the West Bank, was added to UNESCO's World Heritage List." "The decision to add the historical site took place during the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee meeting held in Saudi Arabia," the ministry added. "Such an important decision affirmed the unique universal value of the site and of Palestine in general and reveals the historical, aesthetic, ethnological, and anthropological origins of the

Xu Zhimo Poetry and Art Festival kicks off in King's College Cambridge

STORY: Xu Zhimo Poetry and Art Festival kicks off in King's College Cambridge DATELINE: Sept. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: London CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the festival 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALAN MACFARLANE, Emeritus professor of Anthropological Science, Chair of the festival 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ALAN MACFARLANE, Emeritus professor of Anthropological Science, Chair of the festival 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): TIM YIP, Art director and visual artist STORYLINE: The 9th Cambridge Xu Zhimo Poetry and Art Festival kicked off on Friday at King's College, Cambridge. Commemorating renowned Chinese poet Xu Zhimo, who was an associate member of King's College for 18 months in 1921-22, the festival gathers nearly 100 poets, artists and scholars from several countries, including Britain, China, France, Italy, and Greece. "Xu's eminence as a Chinese poet and his close connection with the Bloomsbury group and King's College has had a great effect on the profile of the College and brings in

Prizewinning Mainichi writer Takeshi Sato dies at 60

Prizewinning Mainichi writer Takeshi Sato dies at 60

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Takeshi Sato, a prizewinning special features writer for the Mainichi Shimbun who chronicled his battle with esophageal cancer and died of the disease at a Tokyo hospital Dec. 28, his family said. He was 60. Sato won the coveted Kan Kikuchi prize for a series of articles about religion in modern society from an anthropological point of view. Even after being diagnosed as suffering from a terminal case of esophageal cancer, he kept writing about his bout with the disease.

Prizewinning Mainichi writer Takeshi Sato dies at 60

Prizewinning Mainichi writer Takeshi Sato dies at 60

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Takeshi Sato, a prizewinning special features writer for the Mainichi Shimbun who chronicled his battle with esophageal cancer and died of the disease at a Tokyo hospital Dec. 28, his family said. He was 60. Sato won the coveted Kan Kikuchi prize for a series of articles about religion in modern society from an anthropological point of view. Even after being diagnosed as suffering from a terminal case of esophageal cancer, he kept writing about his bout with the disease. (Kyodo)