Новости за 23.06.2021

(MENAFN - Gulf Times) The US Supreme Court yesterday ruled in favour of a Pennsylvania teenager who sued after a profane social media post got her banished from her high school’s cheerleading squad in a closely watched free speech case, but it declined to outright ban public schools from regulating off-campus speech. The justices ruled 8-1 that the punishment that Mahanoy Area School District officials gave to the plaintiff, Brandi Levy, for her social media post — made at a local convenience store in Mahanoy City on a weekend ... Читать дальше...

(MENAFN - Gulf Times) Reuters/Barcelona US technology entrepreneur John McAfee apparently hanged himself in his prison cell on Wednesday after the Spanish high court authorised his extradition to the United States, his lawyer told Reuters. Known for his eccentric behaviour and videos, McAfee, 75, was a pioneer of anti-virus software and indicted in Tennessee on tax evasion charges. He also was charged in a cryptocurrency fraud case in New York. Spain's high court agreed to extradite McAfee to the United States... Читать дальше...

(MENAFN - The Peninsula) Doha: Ministry of Interior (MoI) officials have intensified efforts to take action against individuals violating various Covid-19 precautionary measures in the country and have reported 308 violations in the country.  266 were booked for not wearing masks in public and 40 people for not maintaining a safe physical distance.  The Ministry also referred two for not installing the Ehteraz application  The officials referred them to the Public Prosecution for violations.  Till... Читать дальше...

(MENAFN - Jordan News Agency) Ottawa, June 23 (Petra) -- Ontario's Minister of Health, Christine Elliott, announced that 76.5 percent of the province's population will be vaccinated with at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccines, and 26 percent of its population will be vaccinated with two doses."Ontario will move to the second stage of reopening the province on July 2, after the noticeable decrease in the number of Copvid-19 infections and expediting the vaccinations," Elliott said Wednesday in a statement.Today... Читать дальше...

(MENAFN - Gulf Times) * 30 days to go before the opening of Tokyo Olympics * Organisers vow to put on ‘safe and secure’ Games * Decision on night spectators to come by mid-July Alcohol, high-fives and talking loudly will be banned for the reduced numbers of Olympic ticket holders allowed into venues as organisers conceded a ‘sense of celebration’ would be limited at a Games already postponed by a year due the coronavirus. Organisers have pushed ahead with preparations for the Olympics, still called Tokyo 2020... Читать дальше...

(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) JEDDAH, June 23 (KUNA) -- The Saudi-led coalition supporting legitimacy in Yemen declared on Wednesday the interception and destruction of four booby-trapped drones launched systematically and deliberately by the "terrorist" Houthi militias to target some Saudi residential areas.The coalition affirmed that the Houthi militias target continually and deliberately civilians and residential areas, noting that the coalition air defense thwarted all hostile attempts against the Kingdom... Читать дальше...

(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) VIENNA, June 23 (KUNA) -- The OPEC basket of crudes went up 68 cents during trading sessions to close at USD 73.13 per barrel (pb) on Tuesday, compared with USD 72.45 on last Monday, said the organization Wednesday.The annual price of the OPEC basket in 2020 was at USD 41.47 pb.The current oil prices are relatively high, compared to the prices two years ago, due to the advanced vaccinations campaigns against the Corona virus.OPEC+ members assured, at the conclusion of meeting earlier this month... Читать дальше...

(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT, June 23 (KUNA) -- National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim arrived Wednesday to the Belgian capital, Brussels, for a two-day visit; during which he will meet as a representative of Arab parliaments, European Parliament President David Sassoli and Belgian Parliament Speaker Eliane Tello.Al-Ghanim's meetings with senior officials in the European Parliament and the Belgian Parliament came as a representative of the Arab geopolitical group to discuss developments... Читать дальше...

(MENAFN - Jordan News Agency) Amman, June 23 (Petra) -- A Cabinet session, chaired by Prime Minister Bishr Khasawneh, on Wednesday approved a bill to repeal law of the National Microfinance Bank's (NMB) of 2021.The bill aims comes due to the existence of a standard legal and regulatory framework for the microfinance sector in the Kingdom under the umbrella of the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) and to remove distortions in this sector and unify the legal provisions governing its work and to abolish... Читать дальше...

(MENAFN - The Peninsula) Doha: Minister of Public Health HE Dr Hanan Mohammed Al Kuwari said that the restrictions targeted those who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 will remain in place, as well as regular testing so long as the world did not yet reach a vaccination level that says the virus has been eliminated. The Minister was speaking at "The Economics of Ecology and Public Health" session at the Qatar Economic Forum, Powered by Bloomberg. She stressed on the importance of testing as... Читать дальше...