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Yodelling, the echoing call-and-response singing long associated with Swiss herders and alpine choirs, has been inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, Switzerland’s culture ministry said after a UNESCO meeting in New Delhi. “As the emblematic song of Switzerland, yodelling encompasses a wide variety of artistic expressions and is deeply rooted in the population,” the ministry noted, welcoming the recognition as validation of a living tradition passed down in families, clubs…

France has added Morocco and Algeria to its list of countries considered to be areas at high risk for Covid-19. The measure means that from Saturday, people arriving from either country will be subject to more stringent protocols, including self-isolation. A recent increase in the number of…