Новости за 09.09.2021

MONZA, Italy — Like any ageing champion, Lewis Hamilton faces a most demanding and potentially unsettling season when fellow-Briton George Russell replaces Valtteri Bottas as his Mercedes teammate next year.

AMMAN — Going back to school amid the pandemic has provoked a mix of emotions from parents, teachers and students.

AMMAN — The National Electric Power Company (NEPCO) on Thursday announced that its losses in 2020 amounted to JD61.7 million compared with JD275,000 in profits in 2019. NEPCO’s accumulated losses have reached JD4.982 billion. 

AMMAN — The Court of Cassation on Thursday upheld a July State Security Court (SSC) ruling against Bassem Awadallah and Sharif Hassan Bin Zeid, who were each sentenced to 15 years in prison on sedition charges.

AMMAN — The British Council and British Embassy on Thursday launched their UK-Jordan Centenary Climate Competition for Young Learners and Young Adults with the theme “Climate change – Jordan and the next one hundred years”.

LONDON — British airline EasyJet on Thursday announced it had rejected a takeover approach, reportedly from rival Wizz Air, and revealed a $2.0-billion lifeline as the battered aviation sector looks to recover.

AMMAN — The Ministry of Environment on Wednesday formed a technical committee to adjust the boundaries of Dana Biosphere Reserve. 

BEIRUT — The Syrian army on Wednesday entered part of a southern city retaken from holdout rebels under a ceasefire deal brokered by government ally Russia, official media and a war monitor said.

KABUL — A new Taliban interim government drawn exclusively from loyalist ranks formally began work Wednesday, with established hardliners in all key posts and no women — despite previous promises to form an inclusive administration for all Afghans.

GENEVA — The vaccine-sharing facility Covax said Wednesday it should be able to provide COVID jabs to no more than 20 per cent of people in poorer countries this year, far fewer than anticipated.