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Tehran hosts 1st Int'l Congress for Women of Influence
Jan 21, 2023 12:15Tehran has hosted the First International Congress for Women of Influence. The two-day event is under way in the Iranian capital with the participation of influential, active and elite women from almost 90 world countries. Addressing the congress, Iran's President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi called on the participating women at the congress to benefit from the experiences of the Islamic Republic of Iran with regard to women’s rights.
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California rainstorm death toll reaches 20 as tens of thousands forced to evacuate
Jan 17, 2023 12:15The rainstorm death toll in California has risen to 20 as tens of thousands have been evacuated from their homes due to the consecutive rainstorms that have been pounding the western state for the last three weeks.
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IRGC's Navy holds war game in Persian Gulf
Jan 17, 2023 10:09The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps' (IRGC) Navy held a military exercise in the Persian Gulf with the launch of various missiles.
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Iranian women's ice hockey team beats Saudi Arabia to reach final in Islamic Countries Championship
Jan 16, 2023 11:53The Iranian women's ice hockey team has beaten Saudi Arabia to advance to the final stage of the Islamic countries tournament hosted by the Republic of Tatarstan.
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Thousands of Spanish protesters slam govt.'s 'destruction of public health system'
Jan 16, 2023 11:33Tens of thousands of Spanish health workers have rallied in the country's capital, Madrid, decrying what they called the regional government's destructive public health policies.
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Plane crash in Nepal kills at least 68 passengers
Jan 15, 2023 06:02At least 68 people are confirmed to have been killed after a passenger plane crashed in the Pokhara region in Nepal.
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California governor asks Biden for emergency declaration after extreme atmospheric rivers
Jan 15, 2023 05:54California Governor Gavin Newsom has asked President Joe Biden for a major disaster declaration after a series of storms battered the state in the first week of the year, causing deadly flooding, downed trees, and widespread power outages.
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Iran building large-scale biogas plant in city of Mashhad
Jan 14, 2023 12:08The holy city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran is building the largest biogas plant in the country. Biogas as a type of renewable fuel produced after organic waste, such as food scraps and agricultural waste, is decomposed in an oxygen-free environment, producing gases such as methane, which can be converted into electricity.
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Tunisians on streets against President Saied, amid economic crisis
Jan 14, 2023 10:37Thousands of Tunisians have taken to the streets of the capital in a public display of anger at President Kais Saied’s seizure of near total power in the country.
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Small decline in US inflation amid skyrocketing cost of services
Jan 14, 2023 10:21The United States’ inflation rate has become the world’s most important economic data point and will probably remain so until American inflation falls below 3 percent.