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UN says 800,000 have fled fierce fighting in Rafah
RAFAH, Palestinian Territories — Heavy clashes and bombardment rocked the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Saturday, as the United Nations said 800,000 people had been forced to flee an Israeli assault on Hamas fighters. Israel's military said (...)
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18 May 2024
Sudan paramilitaries say to open 'safe passages' out of key Darfur city
PORT SUDAN, Sudan — Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have announced their willingness to open safe passages out of the former haven city of El Fasher in Darfur, which has been gripped by fighting for weeks. The RSF, battling the (...)
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18 May 2024
Zelensky expects Russian offensive in northeast Ukraine to intensify
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told AFP in an exclusive interview he expects Russia to step up its offensive in the northeast and warned Kyiv only has a quarter of the air defences it needs to hold the front line. (...)
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18 May 2024
JFA calls for sanctions on Israeli football teams
AMMAN — The Jordan Football Association (JFA) has called on FIFA to impose sanctions on the Israeli teams, following Israel’s aggression against Gaza. The call was made by Samar Nassar, JFA secretary-general, during a speech at the FIFA (...)
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18 May 2024
Rediscovering Black Desert: New insights on Neolithic innovation
AMMAN — Before the mid-1970’s, the Black Desert area had not been enough explored, noted the scholar Zeidan Kafafi at the lecture “Road of the Rising Sun”, organised on Wednesday by the CBRL Amman Institute. Jawa, a fortified Bronze Age site in (...)
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18 May 2024
JOPACC reports 20.14 million CliQ transactions in Q1 2024
AMMAN — The rapid penetration of digital payments in the Kingdom, reflects a growing demand that is boosting financial inclusion across the Kingdom. During the first quarter of 2024, the instant payment service, CliQ, recorded 20.14 million (...)
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18 May 2024
Cassation Court upholds over three-year sentence for drug dealer
AMMAN — The Court of Cassation has upheld a July 2022 State Security Court (SSC) ruling, sentencing a drug dealer to over three years in prison after convicting him of possessing illegal narcotics in Amman in January 2022. The court declared (...)
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18 May 2024
Lawyer denies charges in Trump ‘fake electors’ case in Arizona
LOS ANGELES — A lawyer who was the architect of a plan to subvert the 2020 election and return Donald Trump to the White House denied all charges against him when he appeared in an Arizona court on Friday. John Eastman is the first of 18 people (...)
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18 May 2024
China offers to buy up commercial housing to boost property market
BEIJING — China cut the minimum down payment rate for first-time homebuyers recently and suggested the government could buy up commercial real estate, in some of Beijing's most ambitious moves yet to lift the ailing housing market out of an (...)
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18 May 2024
Attiyah and Bernacchini romp to emphatic Jordan Rally victory
DEAD SEA — Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah and Giovanni Bernacchini finished the Jordan Rally in cruise control to kick-start the defence of the Qatari’s regional rally championship title at the Dead Sea on Saturday. On the 233rd event in the history (...)
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18 May 2024
S.Africa tells UN court Israel 'genocide' hit 'new and horrific stage'
THE HAGUE — South Africa accused Israel Thursday at the top UN court of stepping up what it called a genocide in Gaza, urging judges to order a halt to the Israeli assault on Rafah. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) heard a litany of (...)
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17 May 2024
Alleged gunman charged with Slovak PM’s attempted murder
BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia — Authorities charged an alleged gunman on Thursday with the attempted murder of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, saying the shooting was sparked by the election win last month of a Fico ally. The premier’s condition (...)
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17 May 2024
Biden makes new outreach to Black voters as support slips
WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden will try to shore up his support among vital Black voters with a days-long series of events starting on Thursday, including a visit to Martin Luther King’s former university. Democrat Biden relied on (...)
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17 May 2024
Toshiba to cut up to 4,000 jobs in Japan
TOKYO — Troubled Japanese industrial giant Toshiba said on Thursday that it plans to cut up to 4,000 jobs domestically as part of a restructuring programme. The announcement follows the delisting of the firm's shares in December after being (...)
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17 May 2024
Violin village: Artisanal hub in Bolivian Amazon
URUBICHÁ, Bolivia — Nestled in the Bolivian Amazon, the small, majority-Indigenous town of Urubicha has become an unexpected hub of violin makers, also known as luthiers. Out of a population of some 8,000 people, most of whom are native (...)
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17 May 2024
Fernandes will leave if he feels unwanted at Man Utd
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom — Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes said he will stay at Old Trafford as long as he is wanted as speculation mounts over the Portuguese midfielder’s future. Fernandes, 29, has been linked with a move to Bayern (...)
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17 May 2024
JAF conducts three airdrops to southern Gaza
AMMAN — The Jordanian Armed Forces–Arab Army (JAF), in cooperation with other countries, carried out on Thursday three airdrops to the southern of the Gaza Strip. With the ongoing war and escalating conflict, Gaza has become a battleground, (...)
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17 May 2024
Banks association discusses Kingdom's credit rating upgrade
AMMAN — The Association of Banks in Jordan on Tuesday, organised a briefing to discuss the recent upgrade of Jordan’s long-term local and foreign currency issuer ratings to Ba3 by Moody's Ratings, reflecting stable financial prospects. The (...)
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17 May 2024
Jordan pavilion launches at SIAL food exhibition in Canada
AMMAN — Jordanian Ambassador to Canada Sabah Rafi inaugurated on Wednesday the Jordanian pavilion at the SIAL Canada food exhibition in Montreal. In a statement by the Jordan Exporters Association, which coordinated the participation, Rafi, (...)
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17 May 2024
Israeli forces kill 3 in West Bank — Palestinian authorities
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — Israeli forces shot and killed three men during clashes in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said early Thursday. Several others were injured during the confrontation between Israeli forces and (...)
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17 May 2024
Palestinians mark 'Nakba' anniversary as thousands flee Gaza's Rafah
RAFAH, Palestinian Territories — Tens of thousands of civilians fled the southern Gaza city of Rafah ahead of a threatened Israeli ground offensive, as Palestinians on Wednesday mark the anniversary of their Nakba or catastrophe of 1948. During (...)
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16 May 2024
Slovakia PM suffers life-threatening wounds in assassination attempt — govt
BRATISLAVA — Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico was battling life-threatening wounds on Wednesday after officials said he was shot multiple times in an assassination attempt condemned by European leaders. The Dennik N daily said its reporter (...)
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16 May 2024
