Новости за 05.01.2024

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom — Liverpool lead the way in a tantalisingly poised Premier League title race heading into 2024 with just six points separating the top five.

LOS ANGELES — Fantasy musical “Wonka” bounced back to the top of the North American box office this New Year’s weekend as an otherwise pallid film year came to an end, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported.

ROME — Italian journalists boycotted a prime ministerial press conference on Thursday over a proposed change in the law they say would hinder reporting on arrests of politicians and other high-profile individuals.

AMMAN — Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi said on Thursday that Jordan continues its efforts to halt the brutal Israeli aggression against the people of Gaza. He also emphasised the Kingdom’s commitment to confront illegitimate Israeli actions, unlawful practices, settler terrorism in the West Bank, and extremist agendas targeting Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon.

AMMAN — Zarqa Free Zone witnessed an increase in the number of cleared vehicles by the end of 2023, reaching 74,000 vehicles, marking a 37 per cent hike compared with 54,000 vehicles in 2022, President of the Jordan Free Zone Investor Commission (JFZIC) Mohammad Bustanji announced on Thursday. 

A Neolithic village Dhra is located at the southern end of the Dead Sea area, near Wadi Karak, in southern Jordan. The site was occupied in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic at around 9,500BC, covering an area of one hectare. 

WASHINGTON — Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched an explosives-laden sea drone that detonated in international shipping lanes on Thursday, their first use of such a weapon in recent months, a senior US military officer said.

TEHRAN — The Daesh group said on Thursday that it carried out twin bombings which killed at least 84 people at a memorial ceremony in Iran for slain Revolutionary Guards general Qassem Soleimani.