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Jordan, Syria talk expedited implementation of economic cooperation agreements
Ammon News
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August 16, 2025
Ammon News - Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Yarub Qudah discussed in Damascus a number of issues aimed to enhance Jordanian-Syrian economic cooperation. The minister's talks also came to follow up on implementation of joint agreements...
East Amman Investors Launch Employment Support Unit
Jordan News
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August 17, 2025
The East Amman Industrial Investors Association has unveiled an upgraded employment support unit at its Marka headquarters, in collaboration with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), aiming to boost workforce development and...
Jordan wants to expand trade with Syria
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN) Jordan is actively expanding trade with Syria, with 200–250 Jordanian trucks crossing daily carrying local products and transit shipments, Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Yarub Qudah said on Monday. The surge in exports has also...
Jordan sends new relief convoy, conducts joint airdrop to Gaza
Xinhua News Agency
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AMMAN, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Jordan on Friday dispatched its 190th relief convoy to the Gaza Strip and carried out a multinational airdrop operation, delivering 43 truckloads and 82 tonnes of food and humanitarian supplies, the state-run Petra news...
US blocks Gazans from medical care visas
Israel Hayom
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August 16, 2025
Andrew Miller, a former senior State Department official specializing in Israeli-Palestinian affairs during the Biden administration, explained that Gaza residents could only obtain US visas by appearing at embassies in Jerusalem, Cairo, or Amman...
Jordan Davis Leans into Personal Stories and Creative Risks on ‘Learn The Hard Way’: ‘I Still Have Something to Prove’
Billboard
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August 15, 2025
When it came time to make his third studio album, Learn the Hard Way, out today (Aug. 15) on MCA Nashville, ACM and CMA award winner Jordan Davis tells Billboard he “wanted to take some chances.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news The...
New White House travel ban on Gaza sparks concerns for children in Bay Area for medical treatment
ABC7 News - California
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August 17, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Last week, three children arrived at San Francisco International Airport from Gaza for life-saving medical treatment. But now, there are concerns they could be sent back. Dr. Mohammad Subeh, a Bay Area emergency medicine...
Ireland will oversee two or three more medical evacuations of sick and injured children from Gaza
Irish Mirror
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August 17, 2025
Ireland will oversee two or three more medical evacuations of sick and injured children from Gaza as part of its promise to treat 30 paediatric patients from the war-torn territory. The Department of Health expects 18 more Palestinian children to...
Cabinet approves vocational training, data protection, and investment initiatives
Ammon News
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August 20, 2025
Ammon News - The Cabinet, chaired Wednesday by Prime Minister Jafar Hassan, approved key measures covering vocational training and skills development, personal data protection, medicinal plant regulation, and investment projects. Vocational and...
Qatar urges Gaza ceasefire after 'positive response' from Hamas
The Daily Citizen - Arkansas
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JERUSALEM (AP) — A key mediator on Tuesday stressed the urgency of brokering a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip after Hamas showed a “positive response” to a proposal from Arab countries, but Israel has yet to weigh in as its military prepares an...
Jordan Peterson Diagnosed With Chronic Condition After Exposure to Mold
Newsweek
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August 14, 2025
By Jordan King is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her current focus is on religion, health, food safety and population. She has covered the persecution of religions in the global south, fertility and birth rate issues around the world,...
Jordan’s double standard on humanitarian aid to Sweida
Ynet
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August 14, 2025
As the tragic events in Syria’s Sweida province escalate, where members of the Druze community are enduring brutal assaults by extremist militias led by interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, neighboring countries face a profound moral and political...
Tristan Rogers, who played super spy Robert Scorpio on 'General Hospital,' dies at 79
WKBT - Wisconsin
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Tristan Rogers, who played legacy character Robert Scorpio on ABC's "General Hospital," died Friday at age 79, less than a month after he made a special appearance on the soap opera. "The entire 'General Hospital' family is heartbroken to hear of...
Rapper Sean Kingston sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for $2.3 million fraud scheme
9News
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August 15, 2025
Rapper Sean Kingston was sentenced to three and a half years in prison after being convicted of a $US1.5 million ($2.3 million) fraud scheme in which he leveraged his fame to dupe sellers into giving him luxury items that he then never paid for....
What did Sean Kingston do? Rapper sentenced to 3.5 years in jail for fraud scheme
Hindustan Times
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August 15, 2025
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Rapper Sean Kingston was sentenced to three and a half years in prison Friday after being convicted of a $1 million fraud scheme in which he leveraged his fame to dupe sellers into giving him luxury items that he then...
Singer Sean Kingston sentenced to 3.5 years for $1M fraud scheme
New York Daily News
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August 15, 2025
Months after being convicted of a high-end fraud scheme in South Florida, Grammy-winning singer Sean Kingston was sentenced on Friday to three-and-a-half years in prison and three years of supervised release. Kingston had asked if he could...
Sean Kingston sentenced to 3.5 years in prison after $1M fraud scheme conviction
Page Six
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August 15, 2025
Sean Kingston has been sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison for his role in a $1 million fraud scheme. On Friday, before US Judge David Leibowitz handed down Kingston’s sentence in a South Florida courtroom, the Jamaican rapper,...
There were 21 more active legal licenses in Kings County in July compared to previous month
NYC Gazette - New York
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August 15, 2025
Abraham Gitelis - 2025 Aicha Elola Brooklyn Defender Services 2025 Alejandro Andre Rosa Guzman - 2025 Alexander John Speir Kings County District Attorney's Office 2025 Alexis Lauren Richer Administration for Children's Services 2025 Alia Jahnel...
Rapper Sean Kingston sentenced to prison for $1 million fraud scheme
WCMH - Ohio
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August 15, 2025
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Rapper Sean Kingston was sentenced to three and a half years in prison Friday after being convicted of a $1 million fraud scheme in which he leveraged his fame to dupe sellers into giving him luxury items that he then...
Qatar urges Gaza ceasefire: Urgency comes after Hamas’ ‘positive response’ to a proposal
The Marietta Times - Ohio
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Palestinians rush to collect humanitarian aid packages from the United Arab Emirates, airdropped by parachutes into Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) JERUSALEM (AP) — A key mediator on...