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NEW YORK — The New York judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial fined the former president on Tuesday for defying a gag order and warned that further violations could see him thrown in jail. Trump, 77, is accused of falsifying business records to reimburse his lawyer, […]

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged Israel not to invade southern Gaza's Rafah city, after the Israeli prime minister said an offensive would go forward regardless of a pending hostage deal with Hamas. With the war roiling the region, […]

JAKARTA — Microsoft's chief executive officer pledged a $1.7 billion investment in artificial intelligence and cloud computing to help develop Indonesia's AI infrastructure after a meeting with the archipelago's president on Tuesday.  Indonesia is Southeast Asia's biggest economy and […]

TOKYO — Fashion designer Yumi Katsura, who helped popularise Western bridal wear in Japan and who made a golden cape for Pope John Paul II, has died aged 94, her office said on Tuesday. Having studied haute couture in Paris, Katsura opened Japan’s first bridal salon in 1964 at a time […]

AMMAN — Week 18 of the Professional Football League kicks off Wednesday as teams enter the final stages of the competition with varying aims at both ends of the standings. This week Mughayer Sarhan play Sahab with the aim of further climbing up the rankings while Faisali have the chance to […]

AMMAN — Raed Omari has been officially named editor-in-chief of The Jordan Times as of April 1 following a decision by the board of directors of the Jordan Press Foundation (JPF), which also publishes Al Rai Arabic daily. Omari has been working at The Jordan Times since 2010, where he assumed […]

AMMAN — President of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), Musa Maaytah, during the weekly open dialogue at the Government Communication Ministry, reiterated the importance of shared responsibility to ensure the success of the electoral process in the Kingdom.  Speaking during the […]

AMMAN — The Ministry of Energy's fuel pricing committee on Tuesday decided to increase the prices of diesel, unleaded 90- and 95-octane gasoline, while maintaining the price of kerosene for May. Based on fuel price increases in the international market over the last month, the committee […]

PARIS — Two athletes sharing Olympic gold in a near-empty stadium in Tokyo caught the imagination of an expectant audience across the world, which was at the time ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic. Mutaz Ezza Barshim embraced his old friend Gianmarco Tamberi at the end of the men’s high […]

PARIS — The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, the world’s most famous portrait, could get a room of its own in the Louvre, the museum’s president said on Saturday. Such a move would give visitors, many of whom visit the Louvre for the iconic painting alone, a better experience, […]