The listing means 194 nations must commit to not deliberately cause direct or indirect damage to Odesa, and to help protect it.
A UNESCO committee voted to inscribe the Ukraine port of Odesa's historic center as a world heritage site, hoping to protect it against more damage from Russia's war.
The 6-1 vote, with 14 abstentions, in UNESCO's 21-nation World Heritage Committee on Wednesday overcame Russia's efforts to put off the vote. The Paris-based U.N. body cited the Black Sea port city's cultural value and humanity's duty to protect it.
A report finds populist politicians increasingly can bypass traditional journalism for friendly partisan media.
The averate rate of gains for women-held seats accelerated between 2000 and 2015, but slowed in the last decade.
Minimum wage workers in the E.U. had the most purchasing power in Germany and the least in Estonia.
The five-year partnership aims to help ski federations, venues and race organizers better manage natural and artificial snow.
The U.S. will not attend the FfD4 conference in Spain later this month to fund the Sustainable Development Goals.
A report finds populist politicians increasingly can bypass traditional journalism for friendly partisan media.
Trump left the summit in Canada early after signing onto a Group of Seven statement on the Middle East he resisted.
The U.N. refugee agency's loss of thousands of staff mirrors other Geneva-based agencies heavily reliant on U.S. funding.
