Новости за 09.11.2020

LONDON — European stock markets and oil prices rocketed on Monday on coronavirus vaccine hopes following successful trials.

A favourite among many driver learning centres in many parts of the world since its introduction, the Nissan Micra is renowned for its affordability, practicality, reliability and user-friendly accessibility.

AMMAN — The Higher Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (HCD) on Sunday launched a "Dos and Don'ts" guide designed to help people with disabilities cast their ballots in Tuesday’s parliamentary elections freely and independently.

AMMAN — With one day left for the parliamentary elections, around 3,500 men and women finished a training course conducted by a local organisation to start monitoring the election from a gender-perspective.

AMMAN —  The National Centre for Human Rights (NCHR), in cooperation with the Judicial Council (JC), supported by the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR), on Sunday held a training course for new Jordanian judges, titled: “International Human Rights Conventions and Fair Trial Guarantees”.

MINSK — Police in Belarus on Sunday detained more than 500 people during the latest in weeks of unprecedented demonstrations against President Alexander Lukashenko, as the opposition reached out to US President-elect Joe Biden.

CAIRO — French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was in Egypt on Sunday hoping to ease tensions following the publishing of controversial cartoons of Prophet Mohammad that sparked ire in the Arab world.

ANKARA — The son-in-law of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan resigned on Sunday as finance minister, citing health reasons in a statement on his verified Instagram account.

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s former foreign minister Gebran Bassil on Sunday said the United States had urged him to sever ties with Shiite movement Hizbollah before targeting him with sanctions over alleged corruption.