Новости за 28.05.2020

MARSEILLE — To greet friends and acquaintances by kissing, hugging and shaking hands is considered part of the essence of Mediterranean identity.

KABUL — Fourteen members of the Afghan security forces were killed in two separate attacks on Thursday in the first deadly assaults officials have blamed on the Taliban since the end of a three-day ceasefire.

CAPE TOWN — Sudan’s prosecution service on Wednesday announced that three senior members of former Sudanese president Omar Al Bashir’s ousted regime have contracted the coronavirus, reported press-monitoring organisation the Middle East Monitor.

BEIRUT — Lebanon's parliament on Thursday adopted a law to lift banking secrecy for public officials including over corruption or funding "terrorism", a lawmaker said, after months of protests in the crisis-hit country.

TEHRAN — Iran's newly formed parliament on Thursday elected former Tehran mayor Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf as its speaker, consolidating the power of conservatives ahead of next year's presidential election.

NEW YORK — Boeing has resumed production of the 737 MAX at a "low" rate following two deadly crashes that led to the aircraft's global grounding by regulators, the company said on Wednesday.

LONDON — Stock markets mostly rose and the dollar advanced on Thursday, gaining traction from optimism over reopening economies and a huge EU coronavirus recovery package, dealers said.

AMMAN — Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Hala Zawati on Thursday announced the arrival of a ship loaded with 50,000 tonnes of diesel, the first shipment under a tender to enhance the strategic stock of oil derivatives in the Kingdom.