Новости за 08.12.2020

MADRID — Lionel Messi’s rivalry with Cristiano Ronaldo has enthralled football for the better part of a decade, and the pair will duel for potentially the final time when Barcelona host Juventus in the Champions League on Tuesday.

LONDON — Stock markets dipped on Tuesday in cautious trade amid vaccine rollouts and US stimulus hopes.

AMMAN — The UN children's agency Monday appealed for $2.5 billion in new funds for 39 million children in the Middle East and North Africa impacted by war, poverty and the coronavirus pandemic.

PARIS — Plans by Iran to install advanced centrifuges at its main nuclear enrichment plant in Natanz are "deeply worrying", France, Germany and the UK said on Monday.

DAMASCUS  — Strolling through the alleyways of war-torn Syria's capital, Rania Kataf snaps photos of the city's famed houses, capturing their nooks and crannies for posterity.

AMMAN — The steering committee of the European Union-funded programme “Support to the Rule of Law in Jordan” (ROL Programme), held its fifth meeting remotely, chaired by the ministries of Justice, and Planning and International Cooperation, to discuss the programme’s direct budget support, achievement of indicators and impact of COVID-19 on its progress. 

AMMAN — With the aim of encouraging motorists to stop littering, Future Pioneers in cooperation with Ministry of Local Administration and Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GlZ), has launched a campaign titled “Keesk Bsayartk” (means litterbag is in your car) 

AMMAN — For decades, scholars have linked the biblical tradition about the beheading of John the Baptist with the material evidence found at the site overlooking the Dead Sea, according to a Hungarian archaeologist .

PARIS — Holders France was handed an awkward draw in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup on Monday, with Ukraine and Bosnia and Herzegovina standing in its way on the road to the finals in Qatar, while England will face Robert Lewandowski and Poland in its group.