Local

Government allows hard-hit sectors to deduct 30% of workers’ salaries based on mutual agreement

By Bahaa Al Deen Al Nawas - May 31, 2020

AMMAN — Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Omar Razzaz on Sunday issued an announcement stipulating that the “most-damaged” economic sec ...

Debates spring up over university fees as Kingdom hears reports of online summer semester

By Maram Kayed - May 31, 2020

AMMAN — News reports that the summer semester will be taught online at Jordanian universities have sparked debates online over whether fees ...

Chinese gov’t grants Kingdom $750k in medical supplies for coronavirus response

By JT - May 31, 2020

AMMAN — The Jordanian government on Sunday received $750,000 in medical supplies from the Chinese government in support of the Kingdom's ant ...

Region

Iran suggests up to 225 killed in November protests

By AFP - May 31, 2020

TEHRAN — Iran's interior minister has suggested that up to 225 people were killed in November protests sparked by a petrol price hike, ISNA ...

Masks and no ablution: Saudis flock to reopened mosques

By AFP - May 31, 2020

Somalia blast kills at least ten on minibus

By AFP - May 31, 2020

In Sudan, traced Bashir regime assets 'tip of iceberg'

By AFP - May 31, 2020

UN extends S. Sudan arms embargo through May 2021

By AFP - May 30, 2020

World

World virus cases top 6 million as Brazil toll surges

By AFP - May 31, 2020

PARIS — The number of coronavirus cases worldwide has topped six million as the disease spread rapidly across Latin America and political le ...

Journalists covering US protests find themselves under attack

By AFP - May 31, 2020

For Russia, SpaceX success is 'wakeup call'

By AFP - May 31, 2020

Mumbai ambulance start-up joins coronavirus battle

By AFP - May 31, 2020

Paris reopens square at fire-scarred Notre-Dame Cathedral

By AFP - May 31, 2020

Business

US stocks end mostly up as Trump stops short of tariffs on China

By AFP - May 30, 2020

NEW YORK — Wall Street finished mostly higher on Friday as US President Donald Trump stopped short of threatening tariffs on China, though E ...

Production of embattled 737 MAX has resumed —Boeing
Stock markets shrug off US layoffs

Features

Japanese bathhouses awash with post-lockdown customers

By AFP - May 31, 2020

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Masazumi Kato sighed deeply as he lowered himself into a tub at a public bathhouse in a Tokyo suburb, enjoying a return to ...

Gilead is rotting
Coronavirus hopes and fears centre on 'immunity'

Sports

Atalanta coach Gasperini reveals he had coronavirus at Valencia game

By AFP - May 31, 2020

MILAN — Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini revealed Sunday he thought he would die as he suffered coronavirus symptoms when the Italian tea ...

Formula One season to open in Austria
Premier League football clubs vote to resume contact training

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