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The festival of Nowruz marks the conclusion of an old year and the beginning of a new one, traditionally celebrated on the day of the vernal equinox.
Category Archives: news-header
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The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said the Bushehr nuclear power plant’s annual electricity generation set a new record in the previous Iranian year.
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What will cities look like a decade from now? Utrecht offers clues as it takes green living to the next level. Ducklings swim in convoy behind their mum along Catharijnesingel canal in Utrecht. It’s the only tailback you’ll see here these days, now the motorway has gone.
health, news-header
Oats and oatmeal aren’t bad for you, as some claim – in fact, they probably have more health benefits than you realise
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Oats have long had a reputation for being one of the healthier foods you can choose for breakfast. But some people on social media have been calling this claim into question, suggesting that rather than being a healthy staple, oatmeal (and porridge, which is often made using oats) might in fact have no nutritional value whatsoever.
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U.S. workers’ remote workdays have stabilized after spiking during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The average U.S. worker spends 3.8 days per month working from home, down from 5.8 in 2020 but higher than the 2.4 average from 2019. Among the smaller sample of workers who have ever worked remotely, the figures are an average of 7.7 remote days per month currently compared with 11.9 in 2020 and 5.8 in 2019.
news-header, science and technology
Physicists Finally Find a Problem That Only Quantum Computers Can Do
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Quantum computers are poised to become computational superpowers, but researchers have long sought a viable problem that confers a quantum advantage — something only a quantum computer can solve. Only then, they argue, will the technology finally be seen as essential.
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Israeli forces launched an operation early Monday in and around Gaza’s largest hospital, Al-Shifa, with witnesses reporting air strikes and tanks near the complex crowded with patients and displaced people.
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Donald Trump’s lawyers told a New York appellate court Monday, March 18, that it’s impossible for him to post a bond covering the full amount of his $454 million civil fraud judgment while he appeals. The former president’s lawyers wrote in a court filing that “obtaining an appeal bond in the full amount” of the judgment “is not possible under the circumstances presented.”
Human Crisis, news-header, war
Live blog: UN-backed Gaza famine report is ‘appalling indictment’: Guterres
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Israeli aggression on besieged Gaza — now in its 164th day — has killed at least 31,726 Palestinians and wounded 73,792 others as Israel’s Netanyahu rejects calls for a ceasefire.
economic, news-header
Transparent and Confident Investment in Mineral Resources Encouraged by Mines Minister
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Sheikh Shahabuddin Delawar, the Acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum, recently held a meeting with a Kyrgyzstan investor. During the meeting, Delawar emphasized that investments in Afghanistan’s mineral resources should be made with full transparency and confidence.