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AMMAN — The Jordan Pharmacists Association (JPA) on Tuesday said that Jordanian foodstuff and medicines are safe and that the Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) is among the most important institutions which Jordanians trust. 

BEIJING — US Internet services company Yahoo said on Tuesday it has pulled out of mainland China, becoming the latest tech firm to withdraw as a crackdown by Beijing on the industry gathers pace.

WASHINGTON — Effective vaccines, without a needle: Since the start of the COVID pandemic, researchers have doubled down on efforts to create patches that deliver life-saving drugs painlessly to the skin, a development that could revolutionise medicine.

MADRID — Jurgen Klopp wants to say the right things when it comes to Atletico Madrid and Diego Simeone but there is always an itch he ends up scratching.

AMMAN — Water Minister Mohammed Najjar on Tuesday approved an agreement to implement the rehabilitation and expansion of Salt purification station with a value of some 29 million euros.

AMMAN — The European Union in Jordan and the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC), in cooperation with the embassies of Belgium and Spain and the Instituto Cervantes will celebrate comic art by organising the second edition of Comic Weeks under the theme of “Women in Comics”.

AMMAN — The National Council for Family Affairs (NCFA) announced the results of their study to evaluate elderly nursing homes in Jordan on Monday as part of their work regarding the issues of the elderly in cooperation with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

AMMAN — Jordan Tourism Board (JTB) Managing Director Abdul Razzaq Arabiyat said that the Kingdom was expected to receive six tourist flights from low-cost airlines on Monday.

MARIB, Yemen — At least 22 people were killed in a Houthi rebel missile strike on a mosque south of the strategic Yemeni city of Marib, officials said on Monday.

BEIRUT — Lebanon on Monday called for talks with Saudi Arabia to ease a spiralling diplomatic row sparked by remarks made by a Lebanese minister on the Yemen war.

By Ana Fernandez
Agence France-Presse

NEW YORK — "A colleague needs help to recover his bicycle!" says a message in the WhatsApp group of the Delivery Boys United, a team of food delivery workers in New York who are organising to defend themselves following attacks and thefts.

Vicente Carrasco, a 39-year-old from Mexico, formed the group in March after he was assaulted. They aim to protect themselves and their electric bikes, which cost around $3,000 and, along with their phones, are their livelihoods. Читать дальше...

TOKYO — Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida declared victory on Monday after his ruling coalition won a strong majority in national elections, vowing to boost the virus-hit economy and "take a leading role" in Asia's push towards carbon neutrality.

Refreshed to more closely integrate with the German manufacturer’s revised design language as exemplified by new S- and C-Class models, Mercedes-Benz’s mid-size premium E-Class saloon returns to high tax markets in E350 guise.