Новости за 21.12.2021

AQABA — Alaswaq Al Oula Company, a “Jordanian Duty Free” company is implementing a project titled Fountain Complex in Aqaba, which will be officially launched in 2022.

AMMAN — The capital Amman has witnessed an 81 per cent increase in the rates of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) air pollution in 2021, according to a report released by the Greenpeace MENA organisation on Friday.

AMMAN — The Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ), in cooperation with the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, on Monday launched a JD21 million soft financing scheme targeting micro enterprises.

By Tony Gamal-Gabriel and Mohammed Salim
Agence France-Presse

MOSUL, Iraq — Left in ruins by extremists, Iraq’s once-celebrated Mosul museum and its 2,500-year-old treasures are being given a second life thanks to restoration efforts backed by French experts.

Ancient artefacts in the museum were smashed into little pieces when Daesh group fighters seized the northern city of Mosul in 2014 and made it their seat of power for three years.

“We must separate all the fragments... It’s like a puzzle... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK — Tech giant Oracle will buy Cerner, which makes software that hospitals use for digital recordkeeping, for $28.3 billion, the companies announced on Monday.

NEW YORK — US prosecutors urged a New York jury to convict Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking minors on Monday, stating in closing arguments that the British socialite was a “sophisticated predator who knew exactly what she was doing”.

GENEVA — The World Economic Forum (WEF) said on Monday it "will defer its annual meeting in Davos... in the light of continued uncertainty over the Omicron" variant of coronavirus.

KHARTOUM — A Sudanese protester was shot dead during a "savage" crackdown on mass pro-democracy rallies on Sunday, medics said, and 125 others were injured according to the health ministry.

BRUSSELS — The European Commission on Monday authorised a vaccine from US company Novavax as its fifth official jab for use across the European Union, hours after the EU medicines watchdog gave approval.