Новости за 03.03.2020

LOS ANGELES — The Recording Academy’s board of trustees voted on Monday to formally terminate President and CEO Deborah Dugan barely seven months after she took the job, the aftermath of a dramatic meltdown between Dugan and the Grammy Awards organisation that erupted just 10 days ahead of the January 26 Grammy ceremony.

ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Monday that "millions" of migrants will soon head for Europe, drawing a sharp rebuke from EU leaders over his efforts to pressure them into greater assistance with the Syrian conflict.

AMMAN — The Kingdom has registered its first coronavirus case after a Jordanian citizen arriving from Italy tested positive for the virus, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported on Monday.

CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced to death an ex-special forces officer turned militant and 36 other terrorists over several terror attacks, including an assassination bid on a former interior minister.

AMMAN — On Monday, an agreement was signed in Amman between the Sahara Forest project and the Aqaba Development Corporation, the development branch of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA), in the presence of ASEZA Chief Commissioner Naif Bakhit and Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen.

AMMAN — Talks between the Saudi embassy in Amman and the Jordan Society of Tourism and Travel Agents (JSTA) reached fruition on Monday as the Saudi authorities approved empty buses to enter its territory to bring Jordanians who performed umra (the lesser Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca) back to Jordan. 

AMMAN — The government on Monday launched a programme titled "System for Developing the Achievement and Follow-up of Governmental Performance" in partnership with the Public Performance Development Department of the Prime Ministry, the Planning Ministry, the Civil Service Bureau (CSB) and Delegation of the European Union to Jordan represented by its M&ETA Jo2025 project, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

AMMAN — The UNESCO Amman office and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) on Monday hosted a launch event in Petra commemorating the initiation of a new project for protecting cultural heritage in the area. 

WASHINGTON — Pete Buttigieg on Sunday ended his campaign to be the Democratic nominee — giving a major boost to fellow centrist Joe Biden.