Local

UNICEF hands over donation of PPE supplies to assist Jordan’s COVID-19 response

By JT - Jun 03, 2020

AMMAN — UNICEF has donated medical supplies comprising personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Ministry of Health in support of Jordan’s ...

Abul Saud, Italian envoy discuss cooperation on Kingdom’s 'National Water Carrier' project

By JT - Jun 03, 2020

AMMAN — Minister of Water and Irrigation Raed Abul Saud on Wednesday met with Italian Ambassador to Jordan Fabio Cassese to discuss cooperat ...

Lockdown brings benefits of cycling to fore as World Bicycle Day marked amid pandemic

By Maria Weldali - Jun 02, 2020

AMMAN — In celebration of a means of transport that has emerged as a tool of resilience and “acknowledging its uniqueness, longevity and ver ...

Region

Sudan protesters rally one year after bloody crackdown

By AFP - Jun 03, 2020

KHARTOUM — Sudanese protesters took to the streets of Khartoum Wednesday, angrily demanding justice for scores of pro-democracy demonstrator ...

Joy in Gaza as mosques reopen after pandemic closure

By AFP - Jun 03, 2020

S. Arabia seeks to raise $2.3b in Yemen donor conference

By AFP - Jun 02, 2020

Palestinian family mourns son killed by Israeli forces

By AFP - Jun 02, 2020

Yemen: World’s worst humanitarian crisis

By AFP - Jun 02, 2020

World

Italy reopens to tourists from Europe

By AFP - Jun 03, 2020

ROME — Italy reopened to travellers from Europe on Wednesday, three months after the country went into coronavirus lockdown, with all hopes ...

Global vaccine group urges virus solidarity ahead of summit

By AFP - Jun 03, 2020

Poles to vote on June 28 in presidential election

By AFP - Jun 03, 2020

Trump threatens military mobilisation against violent US protests

By AFP - Jun 02, 2020

Italian president warns coronavirus crisis 'is not over'

By AFP - Jun 02, 2020

Business

Stocks rally on swift recovery hopes

By AFP - Jun 03, 2020

LONDON — Growing optimism about a swift global economic recovery pushed equity markets higher on Wednesday, as investors took heart from fur ...

France slams Ryanair ‘blackmail’ over job ultimatum
Emirates could take four years to return to normal — chief

Features

The future of working and learning from home

By Jean-Claude Elias - Jun 03, 2020

Long before the COVID-19 crisis, working from home by smartly using a computer and the Internet was a system that had already been adopted b ...

As doctors go virtual, pandemic turbocharges telemedicine
Ford F150 Lariat Sport Special Edition: A faithful foul-weather friend

Sports

Quarantine can’t quash Hong Kong golfer Tiffany’s driving ambition

By AFP - Jun 03, 2020

HONG KONG — After just three tournaments this year, a chance of Olympic glory postponed and two weeks alone in quarantine, golfer Tiffany Ch ...

Formula One unveils eight-race schedule in Europe from July 5
Sancho nets hat-trick as Dortmund keep title hope alive

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