Jordan News UpdatesThe UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said the world is facing an education crisis due to the COVID pandemic, that has left nearly 77 million children shut out of the classroom for the past 18 months.
Around 117 million students, representing 7.5 per cent of the total, are still affected by complete school closures in 18 countries.
The number of countries with partly open schools, has declined from 52 to 41 over the same period.
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A panel of expert outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted against broadly approving COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, but may vote on a narrower approval for older adults later on Friday.
The panel voted overwhelmingly against approving boosters for Americans age 16 and older.
But there was widespread support among panelists for a third dose for older Americans, who are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 and may be more likely to have waning immunity after the first rounds of shots. FDA officials said that a vote to recommend approval for such groups was possible later on Friday.
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Baghdad and Washington agreed on reducing the US combat troops in two military bases in Iraq by the end of September.
According to an Iraqi army statement on Friday, the decision was made during a meeting of the joint military committee in Baghdad on Thursday, which also considered shifting the international coalition in Iraq to a non-combatant role by the end of this year.
The troops will be reduced in the US bases in the western Anbar and northern Erbil provinces.
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The United Nations General Assembly spotlights climate change next week, with many countries hoping the world’s major economies offer details on how they’ll deliver the policies and finance needed to cut planet-warming pollution.
The annual U.N. meeting comes less than six weeks before leaders head to Glasgow, Scotland, to highlight the actions they’re taking to limit global warming. Developing countries are also likely to seek assurances that summit will proceed fairly given the challenges posed by COVID-19.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will host a gathering Monday with a few dozen heads of state to address how nations can enhance their climate goals ahead of Glasgow.
“It’s a sign from the secretary-general and others that we need to do everything we can,” said Pete Ogden, vice president for energy, climate and environment at the United Nations Foundation, a charitable organization that supports U.N. activities.
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Director of Jerash Public Hospital Sadiq Al-Otoum said, on Friday, that a man in his forties was found dead inside his vehicle in Umm Qantara in Jerash.
The body was transferred to the Forensic Medicine Department for autopsy to determine the cause of death, Al-Otoum added.
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