Новости за 16.11.2020

UM RAQUBA, Sudan — In a sun-baked and dusty wasteland in remote eastern Sudan, crews are labouring to rebuild a refugee camp for the 25,000 people who have fled heavy fighting in neighbouring Ethiopia’s Tigray region.

AL HOL CAMP, Syria — More than 500 Syrians, some related to alleged DAESH group members, quit the overcrowded Kurdish-run camp of Al Hol in the northeast of the war-torn country Monday, Kurdish officials said.

TOKYO — Japan's economy exited recession in the third quarter, growing a better-than-expected 5 per cent, government data showed on Monday, following a record contraction.

Something of an eye raiser when first launched as a small, upright sub-compact — front driven and seemingly on stilts — the Mercedes-Benz A-Class was a departure for the much celebrated luxury saloon and truck manufacturer back in 1997. Since then, the A-Class graduated to a lower-riding, bigger and more up-market and conventional Volkswagen Golf and Audi A3 rivalling C-segment hatchback by 2013.

The floral impulse of the Indian Coral Jasmine to bloom only at night, spreading sweet fragrances, arouses my curiosity.

BERLIN — Germany warned on Sunday that its anti-coronavirus measures were likely to last four or five more months, as Greece announced a new ban on gatherings and Mexico surpassed 1 million infections.

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Israeli forces said they struck Hamas positions on  Sunday morning following an alleged rocket attack from the Gaza Strip overnight.

MINSK — Belarusians took to the streets of the capital Minsk on Sunday in a fresh demonstration against strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko as anger mounted over the recent death of an opposition activist.

KALBAJAR, Azerbaijan — Azerbaijan said on Sunday it had agreed to extend a deadline for Armenia to withdraw from a disputed district as part of a peace accord that ended six weeks of fierce fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

AMMAN — The Jordan Society of Tourism and Travel Agents (JSTA) on Sunday that said a number of tourism and travel businesses have informed the society of their intention to shut down their doors and lay off employees prior to the end of 2020. 

AMMAN — Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian on Sunday held discussions focused on efforts towards resolving regional crises, counterterrorism and fighting the culture of hate.

PARIS — Energy firms are undertaking financially risky natural gas extraction projects from the Arctic to Africa made feasible by government-backed loans and guarantees, jeopardising efforts to curb global warming, experts say.

KHARTOUM — Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok welcomed rebel leaders to the capital Khartoum on Sunday, as crowds celebrated what they hoped was the end of war following a landmark peace deal.

ALGIERS — Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, hospitalised in Germany since late last month after contracting the novel coronavirus, has finished treatment and is undergoing tests, the Algerian presidency said on Sunday.

SIWA, Egypt — Tucked away in Egypt’s Western Desert, the Shali fortress once protected inhabitants against the incursions of wandering tribes, but now there are hopes its renovation will attract ecotourists.

BERLIN — Britain's Prince Charles on Sunday said bonds between his country and Germany would "remain strong" as he visited Berlin against a backdrop of increasingly tense Brexit talks.

By Abeer Jabaji

Personal Development Coach and Classical Homeopath

How many times have we given up on our dreams because of our own self-sabotaging beliefs? “Oh, I don’t have the money for it,” or “I don’t have the time!” “I don’t know how to start”. “I have my job and I am too old to start again!” Sounds familiar?

We had so many dreams and aspirations when we were young. We wanted to make them all come true. As time passed, we put them on the shelf to collect dust. Sometimes we would visit them or daydream about them... Читать дальше...

Swing Time

Zadie Smith

UK: Penguin/Random House, 2017

Pp. 453

Despite covering a lot of ground geographically and thematically, British author Zadie Smith’s “Swing Time” is from start to finish the story of a deep, but contentious friendship between two brown-skinned girls growing up in 1980s-90s London. They meet at age seven, when their mothers enrol them in dancing school. As hinted by the book title — the name of a 1936 film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, both are obsessed with music and dance. Читать дальше...

AMMAN — In efforts to activate the role of local organisations in supporting the government, the Jordanian National NGOs Forum (JONAF), consisting of over 40 local organisations from around the Kingdom, came up with a plan to address the second wave of COVID-19 and its exacerbated ramifications on health, economy and social aspects of life. 

AMMAN — On   World Diabetes Day, which annually falls on November 14, physicians renewed their calls on the public to follow a healthier lifestyle as more than two million Jordanians are diagnosed with the chronic illness.