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Chile ceramics, Colombian wisdom get UNESCO heritage status
Chile ceramics, Colombian wisdom get UNESCO heritage status
by  AFP

Two social traditions from South America were honored Tuesday as UNESCO recognized the rapidly disappearing skill required to make black pottery in Chile and the ancient knowledge of Colombian Indigenous groups as intangible cultural heritage practices. Being on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding will allow Chile to access financing to preserve the tradition.

Hawaii volcano shoots lava fountains 200 feet high: USGS
Hawaii volcano shoots lava fountains 200 feet high: USGS
by  AFP

Fountains of lava up to 200 feet (60 meters) high have been fired into the air from Hawaii's Mauna Loa, geologists say, generating rivers of molten rock from the world's largest active volcano. "Estimates of the tallest fountain heights are between 100–200 feet" but most are much smaller, the United States Geological Survey said in an update Monday.

Jailed Belarus activist Kolesnikova in intensive care: allies
Jailed Belarus activist Kolesnikova in intensive care: allies
by  AFP

Jailed Belarusian opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova, who is serving a long prison term, has been admitted to intensive care in hospital, her allies said on Tuesday. "Maria is in the emergency hospital in Gomel, in the intensive care unit," said the press service of fellow opposition politician Viktor Babaryko.

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