Новости за 01.09.2020

BEIJING — Students in face masks returned to class Tuesday in Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the coronavirus first emerged last year, as the city opened schools and kindergartens for the first time in seven months.

TUNIS — Tunisian President Kais Saied’s pick for prime minister faces a confidence vote on Tuesday that could approve a new technocratic government or force fresh elections.

DOHA — Qatar resumed bus and rail services on Tuesday for the first time since March, with reduced capacity and tough restrictions to limit the risk of coronavirus spreading between passengers.

BEIRUT — Under pressure from its citizens and Western powers, the leaders of multi-confessional Lebanon have vowed to abandon a power-sharing system that is widely seen to plague political life.

PARIS — Hundreds of migrants pitched tents in central Paris on Tuesday to call attention to their plight on the streets, where they scrape by in often dire hygiene conditions.

NEW YORK — The battle for online supremacy is on as Walmart announced on Tuesday the coming launch of a membership programme that provides free delivery as the world’s biggest retailer takes direct aim at e-commerce behemoth Amazon.

SAN FRANCISCO — Futurist entrepreneur Elon Musk late Friday demonstrated progress made by his Neuralink startup in meshing brains with computers, saying the work is essential to the future of humanity.

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium — Red Bull team adviser Helmut Marko hit back at Lewis Hamilton’s criticism of Alex Albon and defended Red Bull’s driver line-up as a “good pairing” after the London-born Thai driver’s sixth-placed finish in Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix.

AMMAN — The US on Monday provided Jordan with $699.9 million, as part of the $845.1 million annual aid from Washington's assistance to Amman.

BEIRUT — Lebanon's under-fire political leaders Monday designated a new prime minister, the diplomat Mustapha Adib, to tackle the country's deep political and economic crisis, hours before French President Emmanuel Macron was due to visit.

JUBA — Sudanese leaders and rebel commanders agreed Monday on a "historic" peace deal, a crucial step towards ending 17 years of conflict in which hundreds of thousands of people were killed.

PORTLAND — President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden traded preelection barbs Sunday as violent clashes continued to roil the US city of Portland following the fatal shooting of a protester.

AMMAN — Activists and gender-based violence (GBV) specialists on Monday said there is an "urgent need" to establish a national network to unify the work of all entities dealing with domestic violence, especially during times of emergencies.

AMMAN — The government’s fuel pricing committee on Monday decided to raise the prices of a number fuel derivatives for September. 

AMMAN — The Labour Ministry has received 47,323 complaints related to wages and lay-offs since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Labour Minister Nidal Bataineh said on Monday.