Новости за 29.07.2020

MECCA — Mask-clad Muslims began the Hajj on Wednesday, circling Islam's holiest site along socially distanced paths in the smallest pilgrimage in modern history as the Saudi hosts strive to prevent a coronavirus outbreak.

DUBAI — Saud Waled Ibrahim raps in a mixture of Arabic and English, a blend that has become a hallmark of a hip hop scene in search of its identity in the United Arab Emirates.

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden's vice presidential pick has been one of Washington’s best kept secrets but a supposedly accidental news publication by Politico and Biden’s own teasingly displayed notes are raising expectations that the winner is Kamala Harris.

AUBERVILLIERS, France — French police on Wednesday evacuated some 1,500 migrants from a camp north of Paris where crowded living conditions and a lack of water and sanitation exposed them to a high risk of coronavirus infection.

NEW YORK — General Motors reported a smaller-than-expected loss on Wednesday as strong pricing for some newer auto models partially mitigated the hit from much lower sales amid the coronavirus pandemic.

When shopping around for a new laptop computer many are lost between getting a machine based on an Intel i7 or an i5 processor. Except for the minority who does not have a budget problem, the majority must weigh things seriously and decide if the extra money spent on a superfast i7 instead of a reasonably-fast i5 is worth the investment.

ORLANDO — Four months after COVID-19 sent basketball into an unprecedented shutdown, the NBA takes a leap into the unknown on Thursday as the league bids to resurrect its season at Disney World in Florida.

AMMAN — Five COVID-19 cases, all from abroad, were recorded in the Kingdom on Wednesday, increasing the caseload to 1,187, according the health minister.

AMMAN —  Licensed banks in Jordan have increased domestic credit to the private sector from 14.8 per cent of GDP in 1965 to more than 78 per cent by the end of 2019, according to the Jordan Strategy Forum (JSF).

AMMAN — The 2020-2021 school year will start on September 1, Minister of State for Media Affairs Amjad Adaileh affirmed on Wednesday, stressing the resumption of educational activities as usual, in accordance with the Education Ministry's back-to-school plan. 

AMMAN - A Royal Decree was issued on Wednesday, calling for holding elections for the House of Representatives, in accordance with the law.

AMMAN — Six COVID-19 cases, all from abroad, were recorded in the Kingdom on Tuesday, increasing the caseload to 1,182, according to the government.

BEIRUT — Lebanon's premier condemned Tuesday a "dangerous military escalation" by Israel after a security incident at the border led Israel to fire artillery across the frontier.

CAIRO — Egypt's president said Tuesday that talks over Ethiopia's Nile dam would "drag on", but voiced hope for a negotiated settlement to the dispute.

MECCA — Pilgrims were quarantined Tuesday in the Muslim holy city of Mecca ahead of the dramatically downsized Hajj as Saudi authorities strive to prevent a coronavirus outbreak during the five-day pilgrimage.

PARIS — Governments across the world imposed new restrictions Tuesday in a bid to cool coronavirus hotspots as new infections shot up in some countries, sparking fears of a second wave.

AMMAN — Minister of Water and Irrigation Raed Abul Saud and Japan’s Ambassador to Jordan Hidenao Yanagi on Tuesday checked on the revamp of the Zai water purification station, which supplies Amman and Balqa governorates with 245,000 cubic metres of potable water.