Новости за 09.08.2020

AMMAN — Six cases of COVID-19, including five local infections, were registered in the Kingdom on Sunday, increasing the caseload since the outbreak of the pandemic to 1,252, according to the Health Ministry.

AMMAN — As the Kingdom on Saturday registered nine new cases of COVID-19, including four local infections, Health Minister Saad Jaber said that Defence Order No. 11, which commits people to wearing gloves and face masks while in public, will be implemented.

WASHINGTON/ RIO DE JANEIRO — The United States has registered over five million cases in the coronavirus pandemic, Johns Hopkins University's real-time tally showed Sunday, as well as over 162,000 deaths as the country struggles to control the disease.

LONDON — The British government on Sunday appointed a former marine to lead efforts to tackle illegal migration in the Channel ahead of talks with France on how to stop the dangerous crossings.

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius — A ship that ran aground off Mauritius leaking tonnes of oil into the ocean is cracking, the prime minister said on Sunday, threatening an even greater ecological and economic disaster for the island nation.

CAIRO — Egyptian mother-of-three Menna said she was caught off guard when a bulldozer clearing space for a controversial highway flattened much of a mausoleum that doubled as her home in a sprawling cemetery.

Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

UK: Corsair, 2019

Pp. 368

Having published three books about her life as a wildlife scientist, American zoologist Delia Owens turns to fiction with an evocative novel, set in the coastal marshlands of North Carolina. If you think that marsh is synonymous with swamp, think again: “Marsh is not swamp. Marsh is a space of light, where grass grows in water, and water flows into the sky… Swamp water is still and dark, having swallowed... Читать дальше...

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Hundreds of thousands of children returned to school in Gaza Saturday after a five-month suspension aimed at reining in the spread of the novel coronavirus in the crowded Palestinian territory.

BEIRUT — Several thousand protesters gathered in central Beirut on Saturday to vent their anger at a political elite they blame for a deadly explosion that turned the city into a disaster zone.

BEIRUT — Syria's capital is facing a "terrible" spike in COVID-19 infections, with hospitals packed, patients scouring Facebook for advice and medics fearing the virus is spreading faster than clinics can test for it.

UNITED NATIONS, United States — The UN Security Council is set next week to roundly reject a US resolution to extend an Iranian arms embargo, diplomats say, setting up a lengthy showdown with repercussions for the Iran nuclear deal.

VENTIMIGLIA, Italy — Sudanese migrant Soulaimen has been sleeping on the beach in the Italian border town of Ventimiglia for 10 days now.

AMMAN — The Jordan Strategy Forum (JSF) has launched the third version of its regular series about “Jordan’s Product Space”. 

AMMAN — Jordan registered three local  COVID-19 infections on Friday — a lawyer in Irbid and two people who came in contact with him, following weeks of registering very few local infections, according to the National Epidemiological Committee.

AMMAN — The occurrence of new local COVID-19 cases calls for further commitment and “seriousness” in enforcing Defence Order No. 11, which commits people to wearing gloves and face masks while in public, Minister of State for Media Affairs Amjad Adaileh said on Saturday.