Rio Tinto kept destruction of Ice Age Australia heritage secret, says aboriginal group
MELBOURNE (REUTERS) – A Rio Tinto Ltd forerunner failed to protect 18,000-year-old artefacts showing how people lived during the last Ice Age, part [...]
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International Black Heritage + History Month is Using Fashion to Tell the Story of the African Diaspora
A new digital platform aims to create a new holiday and to celebrate the cultural accomplishments of the African diaspora. Spearheaded by creative [...]
Book launched to commemorate Singapore's two elite Malay-medium schools
SINGAPORE – They were Singapore’s premier Malay-medium schools, described by some as the Raffles Institution of Malay schools. But these days, not many [...]
Discovery of children's remains reopens wounds among indigenous survivors of colonial Canadian schools
TORONTO (REUTERS) – The discovery of the remains of 215 children at a former residential school in Canada has reopened wounds for survivors [...]
Thousands of historical records from Hokkien community to be made publicly available
SINGAPORE – Historical records bearing the imprint of Singapore’s early Hokkien pioneers such as Tan Tock Seng and Tan Lark Sye will soon [...]
Africa's Heritage Sites Destroyed due to a Changing Climate
From rock art in southern Africa to pyramids along the River Nile, humans have been leaving their mark across the continent for millennia. But extreme [...]
Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations move online, traditional Chinatown light-up on Sept 17
SINGAPORE – Bereft of tourists due to border closures and flight suspensions, the streets of Chinatown have been quiet through the Covid-19 outbreak. [...]
Student bus plunges into reservoir, ancient bridge destroyed as toll rises from rain storms in China
SHANGHAI (REUTERS, XINHUA) – A bus carrying high school students plunged into a reservoir in south-west China on Tuesday (July 7), as days [...]
Russia warns Turkey over Hagia Sophia move
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian officials and the Orthodox church on Monday (July 6) urged caution over calls in Turkey to alter the status [...]