Новости за 05.08.2021

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — The Israeli air force said it carried out air strikes on neighbouring Lebanon for the first time in seven years on Thursday, following a second day of rocket fire across the border.

Lebanon condemned the strikes as an "escalation" that could mark a change of tactics by Israel, while UN peacekeepers urged restraint.

"Earlier today [Thursday], rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israeli territory," the Israeli air force tweeted.

KOURKOULOI, Greece/
OREN, Turkey — Turkish coastguards evacuated hundreds of villagers from a smouldering power plant on Thursday and Greek firefighters battled a major blaze near the ancient Olympic site as a record heatwave wreaked havoc across Europe's southeast.

The two regional rivals have been united this week in their fight against disasters that officials and experts link to increasingly frequent and intense weather events caused by climate change.

AMMAN — HRH Prince Feisal, president of the Jordan Olympic Committee and member of the International Committee, on Thursday presented Jordanian karate player Abdulrahman Masatfa with the bronze medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

AMMAN — Eighteen COVID-19 deaths and 697 virus cases were recorded in the Kingdom on Thursday, increasing the coronavirus caseload to 775,251, the government announced.

AMMAN — Police on Thursday announced the arrest of a man connected to the murder of a physician in Zarqa, which occured Wednesday, official sources said. 

WASHINGTON — Neanderthals, long perceived to have been unsophisticated and brutish, really did paint stalagmites in a Spanish cave more than 60,000 years ago, according to a recently published study.

AMMAN — Abdul Rahman Al Masatfa has won Jordan’s second medal of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after clinching a bronze in the 67kg Karate competition, according to the Jordan Olympic Committee News Service. 

TOKYO — The USA suffered deep disappointment on the track at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday while Australian teen Keegan Palmer flew to a stunning skateboarding gold medal.