Новости за 25.08.2020

AMMAN — The government on Wednesday announced that the 2020/2021 academic year for all educational institutes in the Kingdom will commence on time under strict health protocols to ensure the safety of the students and school employees alike.

KHARTOUM — Sudan said Tuesday it cannot form diplomatic relations with Israel now, dashing hopes for a speedy breakthrough during a visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

CHARLOTTE — US Republicans launched their national convention Monday with a full-throated endorsement of President Donald Trump's record and laid out a bleak vision of how American life would change for the worse under a Joe Biden administration.

AMMAN — Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Wissam Rabadi on Tuesday met with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Jordan head Ensherah Ahmed and discussed the challenges facing the Kingdom as a result of hosting a large number of Syrian refugees.

AMMAN — A possible shut down of some economic sectors and imposing comprehensive curfews alongside other measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus will further burden the national economy, according to the Amman Chamber of Commerce’s (ACC) board of directors.

HASAKEH, Syria — Outside her home in northeast Syria, Sheikha Majid said her life had become an endless quest for fresh water, three weeks into the latest supply cut by Turkish forces.

LAGOS — The World Health Organisation (WHO) is set to certify on Tuesday that the African continent is free from wild polio, four years after the last cases appeared in northeastern Nigeria.

SHUBRA BELOULA, Egypt — At midnight, Eman Mehanna switches on her headlamp and begins her day's work picking jasmine flowers, as their powerful fragrance wafts far across the fields in Egypt's fertile Nile Delta.

PARIS — Transparent facemasks and shields are costly compared with classic counterparts, but could prove a boon for the deaf and hard of hearing battling to communicate in the coronavirus era.

NEW YORK — World No. 1 Novak Djokovic battled through neck pain on the way to a 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 victory over Ricardas Berankis at the Western & Southern Open, where second seed Dominic Thiem crashed out.