New research, published in the journal Oceanography, shows that surface waters of the Chukchi and Beaufort seas in the Arctic Ocean could reach levels of acidity that threaten the ability of…
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Financial institutions, especially banks, have traditionally done a lot for economic development and better life conditions. Value creation, wealth generation, entrepreneurship promotion,…
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Most illegally poached African elephant ivory can be traced back to just two areas of Africa, research shows.
Scientists were able to locate the hotspots by matching the DNA fingerprint of…
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Reports of wildfires in forests have become so frequent that if the trend holds, it may stop receiving media coverage.
Summer has not yet arrived, but so far over 100 hectares of…
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N early 400,000 Iranian children under the age of six suffer from malnutrition and a quarter of all kids are in this age group.
Health experts, particularly in rural and deprived areas,…
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Drones and mosquitoes have a lot in common: they both buzz around and annoy, and both can draw blood. But while mosquitoes spread disease, Microsoft is trying to teach drones to fight epidemics.…
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The Distance Education Division of the Ministry of Education signed two memorandums of understanding (MoU) with the Literacy Movement Organization and Iran Armed Forces to provide long-distance…
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Conscripts who register for cash penalty in lieu of military service but do not qualify or fail to make the payment will be summoned to court.
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There is no ‘national organic logo’ yet and any claim about the organic status of products is illegal and not approved by the National Accreditation Center of Iran, said Alireza Khaki Firouz, head…
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A 15% reduction in prices of dairy products during the holy month of Ramadan has been announced by the Iranian Diary Industry Association, ISNA reported. The cheaper products are supplied at…
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China has once again banned Ramadan in the far western Xinjiang district for Muslim party members, civil servants, students and teachers.
Muslims throughout the district – which is known to…
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Centers to support working children will be set up in 18 provinces, said Valiollah Nasr, director general of State Welfare Organization (SWO) for social vulnerabilities.
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Thailand has confirmed its first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, the deadly virus that has killed 24 people in South Korea.
The man - whose name has not been released - is now in…
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Tourism officials from Iran’s Ilam Province and Iraq’s Babil Province have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand tourism ties.
Ilam and Babil share a 430-km border where Mehran…
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Sareyn in Ardabil Province is a prime example of how an acculturation program can transform a small town into a pleasing tourist destination.
Since May 26, however, a new initiative called…
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The construction of the Museum of Rural Heritage in Golestan Province was launched on Wednesday in Qoroq Forest Park, in the presence of the head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and…
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Music tourists in the UK increased by 34% between 2011 and 2014, with 9.5 million people travelling to music events in 2014, according to a report titled “Wish You Were Here 2015”.
These…
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A 65-year-old man has died in Germany from medical complications after being treated for MERS, a disease that has spread through the Middle East and spilled out to other regions.The man is…
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A Tehran charity ‘Mehrab Afarinan’ has built 150 public toilets across the city to improve urban sanitation services, Khabaronline reported. Amir Reza Hadi, a board member of the charity,…
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Dilapidated taxis will not be allowed to enter Tehran’s Traffic Zones as of December this year as per the bill ratified by the city council, said Isa Mohammadpour, an official at the Tehran Taxi…
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No cases of humans with avian influenza (or bird flu) have been reported in the country, said Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Gouya, director-general of Communicable Diseases at the Health Ministry’s Center…
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Nearly 3000 people annually lose their lives in the country as a result of drug addiction, ISNA quoted Dr. Alireza Norouzi, head of the Drug Abuse Prevention Center at the Health Ministry as…
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Reports of sexual offences against children have risen by more than a third - with police recording at least 85 sexual assaults every day in the UK.
The figures, for England and Wales, show…
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Admissions to undergraduate and graduate programs in 600 educational majors (300 each in humanities and science) in the country’s universities will be revised by the end of the current year (March…
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Iran will produce 10 new biotech drugs (medicine obtained by biotechnology processing) within two years and market them at the international level, said Mostafa Ghanei, head of the Biotechnology…
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