Новости за 14.10.2020

AMMAN — Outrage, fear and sadness gripped social media after a 16-year-old boy was brutally attacked by a group of men who gouged his eyes and chopped his hands in Zarqa on Tuesday.

AMMAN — The National Centre for Security and Crisis Management (NCSCM) on Wednesday announced exemptions for the 48-hour full lockdown, which begins on Friday, during which only authorised persons are allowed movement.

AMMAN — The government need to develop new mechanisms to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), help them survive, preserve their workforce and resume production rates achieved in the pre-COVID-19 period, President of the Jordan Chamber of Industry (JCI) Fathi Jaghbir said on Wednesday. 

MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday that Russia has registered its second coronavirus vaccine, while the country reported a record number of new infections.

PARIS — Deaths directly or indirectly attributable to the first wave of COVID-19 infections across 21 wealthy countries earlier this year exceeded government tallies by 20 per cent on average, according to a study published on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — As demands increase on their limited resources, governments will need to raise taxes on wealthier families and firms and target spending away from protecting "old jobs", the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday.

How fast can computer programmers develop and deliver software applications? Never fast enough in these trying times.

NAQURA, Lebanon — Lebanon and Israel, still technically at war, held unprecedented talks under UN and US auspices on Wednesday to settle a maritime border dispute and clear the way for oil and gas exploration within "reasonable time".

AMMAN — The Kingdom will witness a comprehensive curfew on next Friday and Saturday, the government announced on Tuesday. 

AMMAN — A total of 33 species, 39 per cent, out of the 85 assessed species in Jordan are considered threatened, according to the first “national red list” assessment book.

AMMAN — Owners of private schools are at a loss as distance learning places them in a difficult situation by obliging them to pay teachers’ salaries while parents demand tuition fee refunds.