Новости за 06.06.2020

WASHINGTON — Protesters streamed towards the White House and other Washington locations on Saturday for huge demonstrations over the death of George Floyd and issues of inequality for black Americans, as the movement triggered by his killing at police hands entered a second weekend.

RIO DE JANEIRO — President Jair Bolsonaro threatened Friday to pull Brazil from the WHO over "ideological bias," as his counterpart Donald Trump said the US economy was recovering from the coronavirus pandemic and Europe sought to reopen its borders.

AMMAN — The Ministry of Tourism on Saturday announced that the second phase of the "Our Jordan is paradise, our Jordan is fine" programme will be launched on June 20. 

AMMAN — Women's groups on Saturday welcomed a recent decision by the government to allow daycare centres for working mothers to reopen under strict health measures, but called on the Ministry of Social Development (MoSD) to ease restrictions on the centres.

AMMAN — This year, World Environment Day, which is marked annually on June 5, has the theme of biodiversity, a concern that is “both urgent and existential”, according to a UN Environment statement.

AMMAN — The novel coronavirus outbreak has dealt “a major blow” to the Kingdom’s agriculture sector through the exempting of registered foreign labourers and their families returning to their countries from residency fines or any other fees, according to sector representatives.

AMMAN — Royal Court Chief Yousef Issawi on Saturday visited the renovation  project of the “Umm Al Hussein” charity in Amman's Marka district, in implementation of directives issued by His Majesty King Abdullah during his surprise visit to the charity in June 2019.

TULKAREM, Palestinian Territories — Palestinians in the West Bank on Friday rallied to mark 53 years of Israeli occupation and protest against Israeli plans to annex part of the territory.