Новости за 24.02.2016

IDOMENI, Greece — Migrants cradling young children blocked a Greek motorway on Wednesday demanding onward passage to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, part of a growing bottleneck of refugees stranded by new border controls that have put Athens on a collision course with its EU peers.

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump inched closer to the US Republican presidential nomination as his odds shot to a record high on global betting websites on Wednesday and he won his first endorsement from a member of Congress.

BEIJING — China's overcapacity in heavy industries is wreaking "far-reaching" damage on the global economy, with steel production "completely untethered" from market demand, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China said this week.

DUBAI — Like the prototype drone of Emirati student Talib Alhinai, the ambitions of young people across the Gulf Arab states need to soar if they, and their economies, are to prosper in the age of cheap oil.

AMMAN — Jordan Investment Commission (JIC) President Thabet Al Wir on Wednesday said the commission has prepared necessary arrangements to acquaint Georgian sovereign funds with high-value added investment opportunities in the Kingdom.

ALEPPO — Hardened after years of war, Syrians are struggling to believe that the ceasefire deal announced for this weekend will put an end to their country's cycle of violence.

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday left on a working visit to the US and is scheduled to hold a summit meeting with US President Barack Obama on Wednesday at the White House, a Royal Court statement said. 

AMMAN – Municipalities owe the Social Security Department (SSC) only JD4 million in unpaid subscription fees after dues went down from JD19 million last year, SSC Spokesperson Musa Sbeihi told The Jordan Times Tuesday.