“Tabriz event establishes synergy between tourism and handicrafts”
The Iranian city of Tabriz is concurrently playing host to the 9th National Handicrafts Exhibition and the 1st Tourism Exhibition which is described by the deputy tourism chief as a “synergetic” approach to link traveling with souvenirs and handicrafts.
Japan supports WHO aid to 160k vulnerable people affected by 2019 floods
The World Health Organization (WHO) by receiving a donation from the Government of Japan intensifies its current supports with essential and life-saving medicines, equipment, and health services to more than 160,000 most vulnerable people affected by devastating floods in March and April 2019.
Devastating Siberian floods send over 550 people into temporary shelters
More than 550 people who were affected by floods in the Irkutsk Region remain in 13 temporary accommodation centers, the Main Directorate for the Irkutsk Region of the Russian Emergencies Ministry told TASS on Friday.
Maurice the rooster in the dock in divisive French trial
A rooster called Maurice was Thursday put on trial in western France, in an unusual case that has come to symbolize the divide between urban and rural communities.
A Virgin Atlantic flight makes an emergency landing in Boston after a cabin fire
A Virgin Atlantic flight headed to London from New York City was diverted to Boston after a small fire broke out in the first class cabin Thursday night, a passenger said.
Children of detained Uyghurs held in mass boarding schools in Xinjiang, research claims
Children of parents detained in China's vast system of "re-education camps" in the far west region of Xinjiang are being separated from their families and placed in huge, purpose-built boarding schools as part of a "coordinated state campaign" to provide "full-time or near full-time care for all children from a very young age," new research has found.
No more ‘Beijing bikini’: Chinese city calls topless men ‘uncivilized’
Each summer, as Chinese cities swelter under the baking heat, middle-aged men across the country roll their T-shirts up above their bellies to cool down.
Iranian nomads attend festival in Kazakhstan
A number of Iranian nomads, who are natives of Golestan province, promoted traditions, skills and arts at Koshpendiler Alemi, a festival of ethno-culture of nomads, held in Kazakhstan.
DOE plans on live capture of cheetahs for conservation
The Department of Environment (DOE) is preparing a plan on capturing two remaining Asiatic cheetahs alive for conservation and reproduction purposes, Majid Kharrazian-Moqaddam, director of the wildlife conservation and management at the DOE has said.
Charles-Henri de Fouchecour made honorary member of Persian literature academy
French Orientalist and Hafez expert Charles- Henri de Fouchecour has been selected for honorary membership in the Academy of Persian Language and Literature.
