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Research finds animals ‘shapeshifting’ in response to climate crisis
Sep 13, 2021 10:54Warm-blooded animals are changing beaks, legs and ears to adapt to hotter climate and better regulate temperature.
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Iran says exports to ASEAN rose by 48% y/y in March-August
Sep 09, 2021 01:23Iran’s exports to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) increased by 48% in the five months to August 22, according a senior trade official.
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First ancient human DNA found from key Asian migration route
Sep 01, 2021 04:17The 7,000-year-old skeleton of a teenage hunter-gatherer from Sulawesi in Indonesia could be the first remains found from a mysterious, ancient culture known as the Toaleans. Sulawesi has some of the world’s oldest cave art, but ancient human remains have been scarce — now a fossil with DNA hints at a mysterious lineage of people.
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Shia Muslims hold mourning ceremonies to mark Ashura worldwide
Aug 19, 2021 03:37Millions of Muslims across the world observe Ashura, which commemorates the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shias’ Imam and the grandson of Prophet Mohammad (Blessings of God upon him and his progeny).
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Why herd immunity isn’t going to happen?
Aug 09, 2021 10:56We are going to have to be comfortable with the idea that COVID-19 will be one of the many viruses that circulate.
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Tehran determined, open to enhancing bilateral cooperation with Abu Dhabi: Raeisi
Aug 06, 2021 10:01President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says the Islamic Republic is determined and open to the expansion of relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), stressing that Tehran sees no boundaries to the promotion of such ties, particularly trade and economic ones.
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Iran-APA Headquarters Agreement signed
Jul 12, 2021 01:24Iran and the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) on Sunday signed the APA’s Headquarters Agreement, which includes provisions related to the status, privileges and immunities of the permanent secretariat of the assembly in the Islamic Republic as the host state.
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'It didn't have to be this way': WHO chief laments 4 million COVID-19 deaths
Jul 11, 2021 04:44The official global death toll from COVID-19 hit 4 million on Wednesday, July 7th —a "tragic milestone," said the World Health Organization chief as he blasted "vaccine nationalism" as a "morally indefensible" position.
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Why living with COVID would not be the same as flu?
Jul 07, 2021 09:22Researchers say coronavirus is more contagious and more lethal than influenza, and we lack the same global protection mechanism.
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Highly contagious Delta variant sweeps Asia, prompting curbs as vaccination remains tepid
Jul 04, 2021 04:25Chun Eun-mi, a respiratory disease specialist at Ewha Womans University Medical Center in Seoul said "The Delta variant of coronavirus is a strain that is most optimized for widespread transmissions."