Новости за 19.02.2020

RIYADH — Claims that Yemeni rebels shot down a Saudi warplane have spotlighted the increasingly potent Houthi arsenal — cause for alarm in Riyadh as fighting escalates amid faltering efforts to end the five-year conflict.

AMMAN — As part of a programme supporting households with a 30 per cent subsidy for installing solar cell systems and heaters, the Jordan Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Fund (JREEEF) at the Energy Ministry signed a number of cooperation agreements on Wednesday. 

AMMAN — The University of Jordan’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre (UJIEC) held an Industrial Innovation Hackathon from Sunday to Tuesday, with the aim of discovering the creativity of participants, encouraging local innovation, attracting innovative mindsets and linking entrepreneurs to investors and supporting institutions.

AMMAN — Since the end of December 2019 up until Wednesday, seven people were detained for the exploitation of child beggars and were referred to police stations, according to the Ministry of Social Development 

BEIRUT — A woman whose kick to the groin of a Lebanese ministerial bodyguard made her an instant protest icon was summoned to court on Wednesday and will face trial in November.

AMMAN — On Wednesday, the Information and Research Centre-King Hussein Foundation (IRCKHF) hosted a panel of experts to discuss and evaluate the situation and sustainability of Civil Society Organisations (CSO) in 2019.  

SAN FRANCISCO — A multibillion dollar dispute between Facebook and US tax authorities over profits shifted to an Irish subsidiary began playing out in front of a judge on Tuesday.

PARIS — Switching in old age from a bland, unvaried diet to a Mediterranean mix of fresh veggies, fruits and fish restores a balance of intestinal bacteria linked to good health, researchers said on Tuesday.