Новости за 10.12.2020

AMMAN — In times of a pandemic, as many sectors are facing threat of closure and the impact of the crisis, Mercy Corps has launched a campaign titled “Ma’assal” to promote local businesses, according to a statement from the international humanitarian organisation.

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that Morocco is now the fourth Arab state this year to recognise Israel in a diplomatic breakthrough that also sees Washington backing Moroccan rule over the western Sahara region.

CAIRO — Residents of Egypt’s restive North Sinai region ran for their lives when a Daesh group affiliate occupied their villages. Now, they are returning to find their homes booby-trapped.

RAFAH, Palestinian Territories — There is only one known Iranian in Gaza — an ageing former bodyguard to longtime Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat who dreams only of returning home, but finds himself stuck in the enclave.

SANTA CRUZ, United States — Uber will sell off its air transport unit to flying taxi maker Joby Aviation, the company said, as it streamlines operations to navigate a ride-share market scuttled by the pandemic.

It was on several media channels this week. It was reported that back in May this year many Swedes had received chip implants inside their hand allowing them to be recognised by various digital systems, to effect payment or have access to restricted locations, without the need to bear any device (other than the implant), smartphone or card, or to go through a traditional fingerprint or a more recent iris scan.

AMMAN — Rasheed for Integrity and Transparency (Transparency International - Jordan) on Wednesday published the updated results of monitoring the Jordanian government’s implementation of its 11 commitments at the Anti-Corruption Summit: London 2016.

GENEVA — Despite calls for ceasefires and compassion amid the COVID-19 pandemic, violence and persecution have continued to force people from their homes, with record numbers now displaced, the UN said Wednesday.

BEIRUT — The overall death toll for Syria's civil war has crept up to 387,000 following the least deadly of 10 years of conflict, a monitor said Wednesday.

BERLIN/ BEIJING — Germany was battling a second virus wave much more deadly than the first on Wednesday with record fatalities, as Joe Biden pledged to inoculate 100 million people in his first 100 days as US president.

AMMAN — Hadeel Abu Soufah, a consultant and trainer on disability inclusion, said that persons with disabilities in Jordan should be “empowered, not treated as victims”.

AMMAN — The Court of Cassation has upheld a June 2020 Criminal Court ruling, sentencing two men to 10 years in prison each for robbing and murdering a taxi driver in Zarqa in April 2017.

AMMAN — The Ministry of Health on Wednesday capped the cost of COVID-19 treatment in private hospitals.