Новости за 04.02.2020

AMMAN — The number of people in quarantine at Al Bashir Hospital for possible exposure to coronavirus has reached 73, with two individuals isolated, Director of the hospital Mahmoud Zureikat said on Tuesday. 

GENEVA — Representatives of the warring parties in Libya meeting in Geneva have agreed on the principle of turning their shaky truce into a lasting ceasefire, the UN's Libya envoy said on Tuesday.

GENEVA/ BEIJING — The World Health Organisation said Tuesday that the outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus, which has spread from China to two dozen countries, does not yet constitute a "pandemic".

AMMAN — The Prime Ministry on Sunday issued the annual leave consolidation amendment for the Civil Service Law, which instates 30 days of annual leave with full pay for all categories of public sector personnel.

LONDON — Stock markets rallied strongly on Tuesday, as trading floors assessed the early impact of China’s deadly novel coronavirus on the economy.

AMMAN — To mark World Cancer Day, a Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) initiative observed annually on February 4, Sisterhood Is Global Institute (SIGI) on Tuesday issued a report revealing that 8,060 cancer cases were registered in Jordan from January to September 2019.

BEIRUT — Publications disappearing from newsstands, radio and TV channels struggling to stay on air: Lebanon's once-flourishing media is collapsing under the weight of the worst economic crisis in decades.

By Dalvin Brown 

Charlotte Pfahl, 68, prefers using an old-school mechanical key to access her New York City apartment.

So when her landlord modernised the building and installed a smart lock in 2018, she and several other residents over 65 were not thrilled about it.

A few didn’t own smartphones, so they were locked out of the entrance to elevators. Those who did have a smartphone had to keep it charged, otherwise they couldn’t gain access to the lobby where mail and packages were stored, said Pfahl, a retired lawyer. Читать дальше...