Новости за 03.01.2024

AMMAN — Head of the Lower House Women and Family Affairs Committee Zeina Bdoul called for supporting workers in the tourism sector, especially women, and building their capabilities in the tourism industry.

AMMAN — The French nobleman, archaeologist and orientalist Louis Felicien de Saulcy(1807-1880) left the first detailed account about Khirbat Faris, a site on the Karak Plateau, with ceramics from the Nabataean and Middle Islamic periods. Saulsy visited the site in 1851 while in 1896 Alois Musil(1868-1944) described the site as “ a well preserved tower and ruined houses”. The American scholar Nelson Glueck (1900-1971) also studied the site of Khirbat Faris.

AMMAN — The Court of Cassation has upheld a June Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a man to 12 years in prison after convicting him of attempting to murder a taxi driver in Amman in January 2022.

SEOUL — South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was recovering in intensive care after he was stabbed in the neck on Tuesday by a man who pushed through a crowd pretending to be his supporter, his party said.

WASHINGTON — The US aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, deployed to the eastern Mediterranean after the October 7 sudden attacks, will return to the United States "in the coming days", the navy said on Monday.

PARIS — After more than two years HSBC transferred on Monday for an undisclosed amount its retail banking network in France to My Money Group, controlled by US private equity fund Cerberus.

BRISBANE, Australia — Rafael Nadal won his first match back from a year-long injury layoff when he defeated former US Open champion Dominic Thiem at the Brisbane International on Tuesday, calling it an “emotional and important day”.