Новости за 13.07.2021

AMMAN — As Eid Al Adha draws near, the Kingdom’s livestock merchants say that the amount of live sheep and cattle in the local market is sufficient.

AMMAN — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) have  launched the second phase of a project that aims to scale up innovation in water management for climate security in Mafraq. 

WASHINGTON — The United States saw its biggest surge in inflation in more than a decade last month, government data said on Tuesday, hitting consumers and challenging the White House and Federal Reserve (Fed) narrative that the price spike will fade in the coming months.

By Beiyi Seow with Lianchao Lan in Shanghai
Agence France-Presse

BEIJING — China's economic growth slowed in the second quarter as the country's army of consumers remained hesitant to splurge and exports were dented by disruptions, according to an AFP poll of analysts.

The world's second largest economy has staged a rapid recovery from last year's pandemic-induced slump, but the investment and manufacturing rebound fuelling it now seems to be fading — and other drivers are not picking up fast enough. Читать дальше...

By Andrew Marszal
Agence France-Presse

LOS ANGELES — Two years ago, after a blistering and unprecedented streak of billion-dollar-grossing movies, the Marvel superhero films took what was meant to be a short hiatus.

When that big-screen break — involuntarily extended by the COVID-19 pandemic — finally ended with the release of “Black Widow”, Hollywood will be watching closely to see if Marvel still has its mojo.

“I would say it is in flux, at a pretty crucial turning point,” said Kendall Phillips... Читать дальше...

BEIRUT — The judge investigating last year's deadly Lebanon port blast on Monday rejected a request by MPs for more evidence before immunity for three ex-ministers can be waived, a judicial source said.

KABUL — The top US general in Afghanistan relinquished command on Monday at an official ceremony in the capital, the latest symbolic gesture bringing America's longest war nearer to its end.

SAN ANTONIO DE LOS BAÑOS, Cuba — Thousands of Cubans across the country took part in rare protests Sunday against the communist government, marching through several towns chanting, "Down with the dictatorship" and "We want liberty".

AMMAN — Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA), in a press statement on Monday, announced it had received more than 2.3 million tourists in 2019, which contributed JD2.9 billion to the national economy, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

AMMAN — Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Maha Al Ali on Monday visited Baghdad to follow up on the implementation of the economic outcomes of the trilateral summit that was held between His Majesty King Abdullah, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi in Iraq on June 27.