After several weeks of study and debate, US health officials concluded that infection with the Zika virus during pregnancy causes the birth defect microcephaly, a finding that experts hope will…
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Every dollar spent on better treatment of anxiety and depression produces a return of $4 in better health and ability to work - a big boost for countries’ development and economic growth, the…
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During a visit to the University of Tehran (TU) on Tuesday, an Australian delegation led by University of Melbourne’s Pro Vice-Chancellor for Campus and Global Development, Thomas Kvan, met with…
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In less than a year, a second hospital built by Iran in Pakistan was inaugurated in the neighboring country’s Sindh Province. The Al-Farabi hospital in Keti Bandar area of district Thatta was…
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A new video has emerged showing some of the missing schoolgirls kidnapped by the armed group Boko Haram in Nigeria two years ago, providing hope to parents that their daughters are still alive.
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During the first month of the current year (started March 20), 30 nurses had applied for jobs abroad and most of them have shown a preference for Canada to other countries, said Ibrahim…
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Iran’s world heritage sites generated around 59 billion rials ($1.7 million) during the two-week New Year holiday. Nearly 1.9 million domestic tourists and 26,419 foreigners visited the country’s…
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Space tourism may be closer than you think. Nevada-based startup Bigelow Aerospace is teaming up with United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing, to…
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Canada’s law legalizing physician-assisted suicide — which allows doctors to help terminally ill patients end their own lives — will only apply to people who live in Canada, according to the…
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Generating jobs and helping cut he dole queues are among government’s top priorities in the new fiscal year (started 20 March), with special emphasis on the nascent tourism sector, where the…
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Iran and Cyprus aim to expand tourism ties, with the government in Nicosia eyeing investment opportunities in Iran.
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A new Moscow-Tehran route organized by the UK-based Golden Eagle Luxury Trains will be available on November 10.
The privately-owned company is due to open its new route from Moscow to…
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An Iranian delegation headed by Education Minister Ali Asghar Fani is in Russia to participate in the April 13-16 Moscow International Education Fair 2016, organized by the Russian Ministry of…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) regularly releases reports on the progress of the 194 member states in achieving health goals determined by the world body in line with reaching the UN…
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Velikaya Kopanya village is better known as Ukraine’s ‘Land of the Twins’ because of its record-breaking 61 pairs of twins among the less than 4,000 inhabitants. The village is soon expected to be…
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Around 8,500 new dental units have been purchased for state-run medical universities to facilitate access to affordable dental care and improve oral hygiene, said Health Minister Seyed Hassan…
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Officials from Iran University of Medical Sciences and the UK’s University of Lancaster discussed scientific and technical cooperation in Tehran on Tuesday. The two sides signed agreements related…
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Anti-smoking programs have been added to the services offered to addicts at rehabilitation centers of the State Welfare Organization, said Mohsen Roshan Pajouh, head of the SWO’s Addiction…
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Tehran Police arrested 2,900 drunk drivers last year (ended March 19), a top official said Tuesday, describing the figures as “alarming.” Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi claimed that…
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Family health clinics will be set up in all provinces across the country by the end of the current Iranian year (started March 20), said Athareh Nejadi, deputy to the vice-president for Women and…
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A total of 146 illegal water wells in North Khorasan Province were sealed last year (March 2015-16), according to Reza Naeimi, a deputy at the North Khorasan Regional Water Authority.
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Five years after a tsunami damaged the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, radioactive wild boars are wreaking havoc in nearby towns.
According to a report in The Times, the boars are…
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Badab-e-Soort Natural Springs in Mazandaran Province is once again open to the public after the site was declared closed last September due to severe damage inflicted on the area.
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According to Iran’s Water and Power Resources Development Company, the plan to transfer water from the Caspian Sea to the drought-hit Semnan Province and Lake Urmia has little chance of approval…
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Late last week, a giant python was found caught under a tree that had fallen near a Malaysian construction site. Its length has been pegged at 8 meters, which, if verified, would make it the…
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