Canada on Friday pledged nearly $2 billion (2.65 billion Canadian dollars) over five years to help developing countries fight climate change, just days before a major Paris conference on the…
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Illegal logging and clearing of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest increased 16% the last year, the government said, in a setback to the aim of stopping destruction of the world’s greatest forest by 2030…
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Japan has decided to resume whaling in the Antarctic Ocean by the end of March after a hiatus since last year, a move likely to prompt international outrage. The International Court of Justice…
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Environmental laws in Iran are rarely taken seriously by those in charge of enforcing them, giving the lawless the false impression that they can get away with breaking the law, according to a…
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The Energy Ministry is set to begin transferring water from Iran’s southern regions to the central Iranian Plateau in a bid to help curb the impact of drought.
Quoting Hamidreza Janbaz, an…
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An official at the Department of Environment has castigated the government and executive bodies for putting environmental conservation and protection of natural resources on second priority.
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The Iran Nursing Organization has called for the immediate cancellation of the plan to train nurses in hospitals.
The proposal was announced in October by the education department of the…
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With the aim to reflect the latest scientific news and events, Tehran University has decided to launch the Tehran University News Agency, said Seyed Ahmad Reza Khezri, director general of…
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Researchers at Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University have developed a new technology in the field of magnetoencephalography, a non-invasive technique for investigating human brain activity used in a…
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Specialists at Razi Hospital in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, are using the up-and-coming method, maggot therapy, to treat infected foot ulcers in diabetics. “Maggot therapy, also known as larva…
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Afghan Minister of Higher Education Farideh Momand called for implementation of MoUs signed by Iran and Afghanistan to develop academic ties, in a meeting with Mohammad Kafi, chancellor of…
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Nearly 71% of school dropouts have illiterate parents, according to the latest survey. Also, 80% of domestic farmers are illiterate or have low levels of literacy and “this has impacted the…
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Novo Nordisk, the world’s largest diabetes drug-maker, will produce medicine for certain non-communicable diseases including insulin pens for diabetes, said company president and CEO, Lars Rebien…
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A report released by UNAIDS - ahead of World AIDS day on December 1 - gives over 50 examples from countries that have adopted the Fast-Track Strategy, which, if adopted by all nations, could end…
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The flight of human capital, particularly highly trained and qualified Iranians to the developed countries has become a major concern.
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Austrian Airlines will increase its flights to Iran starting with the summer flight schedule in 2016.
As of April 4, 2016, Austria’s national carrier will operate four weekly flights to the…
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The dossier for the inscription of Yazd’s historical texture on the UNESCO World Heritage List is expected to be submitted by mid-December, according to the office of Iran’s Cultural Heritage,…
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Drawing up plans to enhance tourism and establishing a tourism coordination council for free trade zones are among the priorities of the Supreme Council of Iran’s Free Trade, Industrial and…
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Summer tourism helped Spain’s economy grow faster than most others in the eurozone in the third quarter. Figures from Spain’s National Statistics Office showed that output expanded by 0.8% between…
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Global travel and tourism sector is set to grow by 3.5% by the end of this year despite the many challenges that have rocked the industry in 2015.
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Nearly 690 million of the world’s 2.3 billion children live in areas most exposed to climate change, facing higher rates of death, poverty and disease from global warming, the UN children’s agency…
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Students in grade one of primary school, first year of high school and in vocational schools received educational packages comprising educational software, informative films and scientific…
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The World Health Organization’s failure to sound the alarm until months into West Africa’s Ebola outbreak was an “egregious failure” which added to the enormous suffering and death toll, global…
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An observatory for national health indicators is to be established in Tehran by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2016), said Seyyed Mohammad Hadi Ayazi, deputy health minister for…
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From parades to soccer matches, school debates, and the lighting up of hundreds of iconic monuments, that started on Wednesday a United Nations call to “Orange the World” will galvanize global…
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