Новости за 16.06.2020

GENEVA — Israel's plan to annex nearly a third of the West Bank is a vision of "21st-century apartheid", a large group of independent United Nations experts warned Tuesday.

AMMAN — The Kingdom’s largest nature reserve, the Dana Biosphere Reserve in southern Jordan, has reopened after rehabilitating its facilities to receive visitors after the tourism sector ground to a halt as a result of precautionary coronavirus measures and lockdowns.

AMMAN — The Senate's Health, Environment and Population Committee and its Tourism and Heritage Committee on Tuesday signed two agreements with the Jordanian Healing and Health Bank.

AMMAN — Jordan dropped one place — from the 57th rank in 2019 to the 58th in 2020 — in the annual IMD World Competitiveness Ranking comprising 63 countries.

AMMAN — A “strategic plan for action” has been drafted for the clothing, footwear and jewellery sector by the Jordan Chamber of Commerce with the help of various stakeholders.

WASHINGTON — The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed a truly global economic crisis, but countries that rely on services like tourism are suffering the worst damage, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief Economist Gita Gopinath said on Tuesday.

AMMAN — Jordan on Monday received medical supplies, including COVID-19 test kits, from the UAE, as part of the two countries’ joint efforts to curb the spread of the pandemic.

AMMAN — Over 300 daycare centres have resumed work at 50 per cent capacity since the government allowed them to reopen earlier this month under strict health regulations. 

AMMAN — Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi  on Monday discussed boosting cooperation and solidarity in facing the coronavirus pandemic and its repercussions in a meeting with Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Raychelle Omamo that also covered regional issues, particularly the Palestinian issue.