Новости за 23.04.2016

AMMAN — The Status Quo of Tobacco Control in Jordan Report and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have indicated that 32.2 per cent of students between the ages of 13 and 15 currently use some kind of tobacco. 

TRIPOLI — Western ambassadors on Friday condemned "unacceptable threats" that they said were blocking a vote of confidence by lawmakers in a UN-backed Libyan unity government.

AMMAN — The UN decision to appoint Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour as a member of the High-Level Panel on Water is a result of the fruitful efforts of Jordan in the sector, Water Minister Hazem Nasser said Saturday. 

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — As peace offerings go, prefabricated metal huts on a sand dune may seem unimpressive, but they are what the Islamist Palestinian movement Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, has chosen.

AMMAN — The number of Libyan and Yemeni visitors to the Kingdom for medical tourism has dropped by almost 80 per cent over the first quarter of this year, a sector leader said on Saturday.

AMMAN — The Housing Bank for Trade and Finance (HBTF) announced on Saturday in a press statement that it will be distributing cash dividends at a rate of 32 per cent as endorsed by the shareholders during an ordinary general assembly meeting. 

AMMAN —  Arab Potash Company (APC) will be distributing JD100 million in cash dividends to shareholders at a rate of 120 per cent, as authorised by shareholders during an ordinary general assembly meeting.  

AMMAN — An Arab industrial delegation on Saturday had a first-hand look at the Jordanian experiment of industrial estates and efforts exerted by the Jordan Industrial Estates Company (JIEC) in providing an investment-attracting environment.

LONDON — US President Barack Obama implored young British people on Saturday not to pull back from the world, a day after sparking a row by bluntly telling Britain it should remain in the European Union to preserve its remaining global clout.

UNITED NATIONS — The historic agreement on climate change marked a major milestone on Friday with a record 175 countries signing on to it on opening day. But world leaders made clear more action is needed, and quickly, to fight a relentless rise in global temperatures.