Jordan
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Experts examine Jordan’s renewable energy challenges, regional transition
AMMAN — Institute Français Proche Orient, in partnership with the Centre for International Studies (CERI), Sciences Po, the Council for British Research in the Levant – Amman Institute, and the Arab Centre for Research-Amman, has recently organised a conference entitled “Energy Across Scales: City, Transition, Region”. The conference’s public sessions explored three main themes: energy in the urban context, covering…
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Jordan, China sign MoU to enhance environment, climate change cooperation
AMMAN — The governments of Jordan and China, on the sidelines of His Majesty King Abdullah’s visit to China, have signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in environment and climate change. The signing took place among several agreements aimed at expanding bilateral partnership across various sectors during the visit, which featured a meeting between King Abdullah and Chinese President…
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Children from Gaza, cancer centres join 2,600m2 ‘Canvas of Hope’
AMMAN — More than 1,000 children from cancer treatment centres, refugee communities, Gaza medical evacuation programmes and low-income families across Jordan spent three days this week painting a 2,600-square-metre canvas in what organisers described as “one of the largest participatory children’s artworks in the Middle East”. The “Canvas of Hope” event ran from Sunday to Tuesday at the Dunes Club…
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20 sick children return to Gaza after treatment in Jordan
AMMAN — A number of sick children and their companions returned to the Gaza Strip on Wednesday through the King Hussein Bridge after completing treatment at hospitals in the Kingdom under the “Jordanian Medical Corridor” initiative, which was launched to provide medical care to 2,000 children from Gaza. The returning group included 20 children accompanied by 48 family members, according…
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Energy Ministry, ADFD sign agreements to supply gas to Muwaqqar, Rawda industrial estates
AMMAN — Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Saleh Kharabsheh on Wednesday signed contracts for the implementation of pipeline projects to supply natural gas to Al Muwaqqar and Al Rawda industrial estates, funded by the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD). TAQA Arabia CEO Pakinam Kafafi signed the contract for the Al Muwaqqar project, while Petrojet Chairman Walid Lotfy signed…
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Preparatory works begin for Amman Cable Car project
AMMAN — The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) have begun preparatory works in downtown Amman as part of the Amman Cable Car project, aimed at boosting tourism and connecting key sites and landmarks. In a joint statement, the ministry and GAM said that the buildings covered by the preparatory and removal works are not…
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Traffic department expands use of smart traffic lights
AMMAN — The Central Traffic Department (CTD) said that it is addressing traffic flow between secondary and main roads by installing smart traffic lights at locations experiencing heavy traffic and a higher risk of accidents, CTD Director Brig. Gen. Raed Assaf said on Wednesday. In remarks to Al Mamlaka, Assaf said that the location near Al Nahda Bridge towards the…
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Jordan condoles Nepal over flood victims, as hundreds reported missing
AMMAN — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday expressed condolences to the government and people of Nepal over the victims of the devastating floods that swept the Himalayan nation. The ministry’s spokesperson Fouad Majali expressed Jordan’s solidarity with Nepal and its sympathies to the families of the victims. Hundreds of tourists in Nepal, many of them foreigners, have gone…
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Gov’t signs $300m financing agreement, $40 million contract with ADFD
AMMAN — The Ministry of Planning and Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) on Wednesday signed a $300 million financing agreement to support the Kingdom’s general budget, as well as a $40 million contract to construct and equip a number of public vocational and technical schools. The agreement was signed by Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Zeina Toukan and…
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Safadi, Palestinian vice president condemn Israeli settler terrorism, settlement expansion
AMMAN — Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and Palestinian Vice President Hussein Al Sheikh on Monday discussed developments in the occupied Palestinian territories. The talks, held in Amman, focused on the dangerous deterioration in the occupied West Bank and the consequences of continued Israeli measures, including settler terrorism, settlement expansion and land confiscation, according to a Foreign…
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