Новости за 12.03.2021

AMMAN — The Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) on Thursday decided to increase the support directed to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to JD700 million up from JD500 million. 


WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will sign a massive $1.9 trillion economic stimulus bill on Thursday and later give a national address urging "hope" on the first anniversary of the start of the coronavirus pandemic.


UNITED NATIONS, United States — Millions of people around the world risk dying of hunger and the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change are increasing the threat, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday.

YANGON — 
Nine protesters were shot dead in Myanmar Thursday as the junta reacted to international condemnation of its crackdown by claiming ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi had accepted hefty illegal payments.

Diplomatic pressure has been building since the generals seized power on February 1, triggering daily protests around the country that they have struggled to quell.


LOS ANGELES — A prototype of the terrifying monster from "Alien," a mobster's three-piece suit worn by Al Pacino in "Scarface" and Harry Potter's wand are among 800 items from classic Hollywood movies up for auction next month in Los Angeles.


PARIS — As a digital collage by US artist Beeple sells for $69.3 million, we look at the five works by living artists that have fetched the most at auction.