Новости за 08.07.2020

BEIRUT — A Lebanese businessman jailed in the United States over allegations of funding Shiite movement Hizbollah arrived back in Beirut on Wednesday, his family said, after he was granted early release from prison due to poor health.

LONDON — Chinese telecoms giant Huawei urged Britain on Wednesday not to rush into taking any costly decision to phase out its equipment from the UK’s 5G network because of US sanctions.

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MILAN — Juventus wasted the chance to move 10 points clear at the top of Serie A as the defending champions blew a two-goal lead to lose 4-2 at a Zlatan Ibrahimovic-inspired AC Milan on Tuesday, after second-placed Lazio’s shock defeat at Lecce.

AMMAN — Aqaba was one of the ancient centres of metallurgy, the process of working metals into tools, according to a German archaeologist.

AMMAN — The Kingdom will resume importing Iraqi crude oil within the next two days, Energy Minister Hala Zawati announced on Tuesday.

TSUNAGI, Japan — Japan will deploy more troops to search for survivors of devastating floods and landslides that have killed at least 52 people in the southwest of the country, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Tuesday.

ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Tuesday that recent domestic unrest would not derail his plan to start filling a mega-dam on the Blue Nile River this month, despite objections from downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan.

AMMAN — The Kingdom on Tuesday registered two new COVID-19 cases, among them no local cases, increasing the caseload to 1,169, according to the government.

AMMAN — The foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, France and Germany on Tuesday urged Israel to abandon plans to begin annexing settlements in the West Bank, warning such an action could have "consequences" for relations.