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Raisi rejects foreign intervention, pledges support for regional stability
Thursday, 15 February 2024 16:51 [ Last Update: Thursday, 15 February 2024 16:57 ] Iran Press/Iran news: Speaking during a meeting on Thursday, the president emphasized that such interference only exacerbates existing issues for states and their citizens. In discussions with Armenia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Mher Grigoryan, President Raisi lauded the long-standing, positive relationship between…
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U.S. Centcom says its forces seized Iranian arms shipment bound for Houthis on Jan. 28 – Reuters
U.S. Centcom says its forces seized Iranian arms shipment bound for Houthis on Jan. 28 Reuters Continue Reading News Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-centcom-says-its-forces-seized-iranian-arms-shipment-bound-houthis-jan-28-2024-02-15/
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Space Odyssey: latest attempt to send private lander to moon blasts off | Space
Another private US company took a shot at the moon on Thursday, launching a month after a rival’s lunar lander missed its mark and came crashing back. Nasa, the main sponsor with experiments on board, is hoping for a successful moon landing next week as it seeks to jumpstart the lunar economy ahead of crewed…
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China holds citizen on spying charges after she did ‘admin’ work for US company | China
China has detained one of its citizens on spying charges after she did some work for a US company, in a case that experts say highlights the potential risks of working for foreign businesses in the country. Emily Chen, 50, disappeared after flying into Nanjing Lukou international airport in December on a visit from Doha,…
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Study finds frexalimab has favorable effect on relapsing multiple sclerosis
For patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis, the anti-CD40L monoclonal antibody frexalimab has a favorable effect on the number of new gadolinium-enhancing T1-weighted lesions, according to a study published in the Feb. 15 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Patrick Vermersch, M.D., Ph.D., from the… Continue Reading News Source: medicalxpress.com
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Fight Against Aging And Disease With Targeted Spectroscopy In The Eye
Eye targeting close up ACCESS Health International This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the collection of interventions that restore tissues and organs damaged by…
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Israeli siege has placed Gazans at risk of starvation − prewar policies made them vulnerable in the first place
The stories of hunger emerging from war-ravaged Gaza are stark: People resorting to grinding barely edible cattle feed to make flour; desperate residents eating grass; reports of cats being hunted for food. The numbers involved are just as despairing. The world’s major authority on food insecurity, the IPC Famine Review Committee, estimates that 90% of…
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Podcast: Iranian scientists develop anti-cancer drugs
Tehran(IP)- Iranian scientists working tough at Iranian knowledge-based companies have developed a pack a new drugs to treat Cancer and some skin diseases. 206 … Continue Reading News Source: iranpress.com
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Nitazenes are a powerful class of street drugs emerging across the US
Two deaths in Boulder County, Colorado, in 2023 are the latest in the U.S. to be blamed on the powerful class of synthetic opioids called nitazenes. Most health systems cannot detect nitazenes, so the exact number of overdoses is unknown, but they’re implicated in more than 200 deaths in Europe and North America since 2019,…
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‘It is hijacking my brain’ – a team of experts found ways to help young people addicted to social media to cut the craving
Many people have compared the addictive nature of social media to cigarettes. Checking your likes, they say, is the new smoke break. Others say the unease over social media is just the next round of moral panic about new technologies. We are a pair of researchers who investigate how social media affects the mental health…
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