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  • Young adults who are involved in bullying, whether victims or perpetrators, are more likely to express the desire for cosmetic surgery in order to become more attractive, says a new study,…

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  • In a meeting between Syria’s Social Affairs and Labor Minister Rima al-Qadiri and Iran’s Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs Shahindokht Molaverdi, the two sides expressed hope that…

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  • Electronic health files have been created for 60%-70% of the people in every province on average, according to deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi.

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  • A critically endangered black rhino calf born at Australia’s Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo has already captured the hearts of zookeepers.

    The 30-kilogram female bub, who is yet to be…

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  • A high-level climate change conference will be held at Tehran’s Pardisan Park where the main office of the Department of Environment is located. EU Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy…

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  • A little more than a year after being named Brazil’s deforestation “sheriff”, Thelma Krug has reportedly been fired after a dispute over how trends in forest destruction are monitored in the…

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  • More than 70% of Tehran’s wastewater are untreated, according to the head of Tehran’s office of the Department of Environment.

    Under the wastewater network development project, 22 sewage…

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  • A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that ExxonMobil Corp should pay a $19.95 million penalty for pollution from its Baytown, Texas, refining and chemical plant complex between 2005 and 2013 in what…

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  • A porcupine in Kousalan and Shahou Protected Area, which was attacked and badly injured by a predator, was treated by environment officials in Sarvabad County, Kurdestan Province. Porcupine is a…

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  • Two universities in China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will add Urdu and Farsi (Persian) to their undergraduate curriculum. The Shihezi University and Xinjiang Normal University based in…

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  • More Youth Houses will be inaugurated during the National Youth Week (May 28-June 3). The occasion presents a chance for activities across the country directed at the young population, and also…

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  • An earthquake measuring 4.9 degrees on the Richter scale jolted the southern part of Chabahar County in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, early Friday. According to the Geophysics Institute of Tehran…

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  • The 200-bed Imam Hussein hospital will open in Mohammadshahr city in Alborz Province by the end of May, said Behzad Kalantari, deputy of treatment at Alborz University of Medical Sciences.…

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  • There are 360,000 Afghan students studying in schools and 18,000 in universities across Iran, said Ahmad Mohammadi-Far, head of the Interior Ministry’s Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants (…

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  • Nearly 18,000 patrons so far have contributed more than $62,500 to the so-called ‘Arghavan Campaign’ in financial assistance to help women serving prison terms for unintentional money-related…

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  • Establishment of LDR (labor-delivery-recovery) rooms in hospitals for the first time is one of the achievements of the 2014 Health Reform Plan under the outgoing Rouhani administration.

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  • Drinking more than three cups of Italian-style coffee daily could more than halve the risk of developing prostate cancer, says new research from an analysis of almost 7,000 men from Italy - a…

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  • The government has instructed five ministries and Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization to form a taskforce whose sole responsibility is to ensure Tabriz’s hospitality…

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  • The once obscure and unassuming area of Chernobyl in a remote northern corner of Ukraine has become synonymous with the worst-case scenario in a nuclear accident.

    Until the 2011 Fukushima…

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  • It took a viral video showing the violent removal of a bloodied passenger from one of its flights to do it, but United Airlines is trying to improve its customer service.

    The US airline…

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  • Australian budget airline Jetstar has ranked last in a new survey of more than 100 airlines.

    A new global study has found Jetstar to be the worst performing overall, according to more than…

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  • A health tourism development project is set to be piloted in Kermanshah Province in cooperation with the United Nation’s Industrial Development Organization.

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  • Tourists are returning to Nepal, two years after a devastating earthquake killed thousands. The earthquake in Nepal that killed 9,000 people two years ago didn’t just devastate communities, but…

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  • The Health Ministry has developed plans to prevent food insecurity in provinces that are struggling with drought for several years in a row such as Sistan-Baluchestan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad,…

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  • The number of female village chiefs has increased significantly over the past four years and after the present (outgoing) government took office in the summer of 2013.

    “Female village…

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