Новости за 17.02.2021

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — A first batch of coronavirus vaccines, enough to inoculate 1,000 people, arrived in Gaza on Wednesday, Palestinian and Israeli officials said, after Israel blocked a shipment earlier this week.

TOKYO — Japan launched its coronavirus vaccination programme on Wednesday, five months ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, as the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported a fall in new cases around the world.

AMMAN — The Kingdom’s chemical and cosmetic exports during the first 11 months of 2020 grew by 22 per cent.

AMMAN — The number of human trafficking cases investigated in 2019 reached 205, according to the annual report of the National Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) on the situation of human rights in Jordan for the year 2019.

AMMAN — The Spanish embassy in Amman on Tuesday held an online symposium “Women in Science in the Middle East: A Jordanian perspective”, featuring Jordanian scientists Rana Dajani and Lubna Tahtamouni.

TRIPOLI — Libyans marked 10 years on Wednesday since the start of the uprising that toppled longtime ruler Muammar Qadhafi, ending a long-lived dictatorship but throwing the country into a decade of violent lawlessness.