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world news Diahuebs 15 september 2022

Jordan responders rescue infant from collapsed building

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) nance technician.
— Jordanian teams on
Wednesday rescued an in- Rescue crews, meanwhile,
fant and were working to continued to dig through the
save others from the rub- ruins in hope of finding sur-
ble of a collapsed build- vivors. The Petra agency said
ing, as officials said they an infant had been rescued
had arrested three people and evacuated.
in connection to the disas-
ter. Brig. Gen. Hatem Jaber, di-
rector of the civil defense de-
State media said at least nine partment, said rescuers were
people were killed and others working on the assumption
remained missing Wednes- that everyone trapped inside
day, a day after the four-story is still alive. "We work with
building collapsed in Jordan's cautious optimism," he said.
capital, Amman. Authorities
said another 10 people were The building was located
injured. in Jabal al-Weibdeh, an old-
er district of the Jordanian
It remained unclear what capital that is popular among
caused Tuesday's collapse. wealthier residents and expa-
The country's prime minister triates but also includes some
has ordered an investigation. poorer areas.

The Amman public prosecu- charged with multiple counts to determine the cause of the State media identified the Jordan is a close Western ally
tor, Hassan Al-Abdallat, told of causing death and harm. collapse and identify those suspects as one of the build- that has long been seen as a
the official Petra News Agen- He said his office would responsible. ing's owners, its maintenance bastion of stability in the vol-
cy that three people had been form a technical committee contractor and its mainte- atile Middle East.

Kenya’s new president promises ambitious climate plan

phase out fossil fuels for rent devastating drought in
electricity by 2030. Africa severely undermines President Ruto will also take
hydropower, according to over Kenyatta's position as
Taking cues from the coun- Evans Mukolwe, Kenya's for- chair of the Committee of
try's revised commitments on mer Meteorological Depart- African Heads of State on
climate change submitted to ment head. He added that Climate Change, which is
the U.N., known as national- unless deliberate efforts are the continent's highest deci-
ly determined contributions, made to increase geothermal sion-making body on climate
President Ruto promised the and solar power, the Presi- issues.
country will have a full and dent's new goal may be dif-
just transition to electricity ficult to achieve. During the forthcoming
exclusively produced by so- U.N. climate conference in
lar, wind and geothermal en- Ruto, who won the August Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt this
ergy by 2030 that will ensure presidential elections, was November, Ruto said he will
all communities benefit from sworn in as Kenya's fifth lead the continent in negoti-
the move. President on Tuesday. He ating the delivery of finance
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) will be key to the govern- succeeds President Uhuru and technology to the conti-
— Kenya's newly elected ment's agenda and made The move, although wel- Kenyatta who stepped down nent to support nations deal-
president William Ruto an ambitious pledge to come, might have too tight of after serving the constitu- ing with the effects of climate
said that climate change ramp up clean energy and a deadline given that the cur- tional two-term limit. change.

WHO: COVID end ‘in sight,’ deaths at

lowest since March 2020

GENEVA (AP) — The stop COVID-19. agency issued a set of pol-
head of the World Health icy briefs for governments
Organization said In its weekly report on the to strengthen their efforts
Wednesday that the num- pandemic, the U.N. health against the coronavirus ahead
ber of coronavirus deaths agency said deaths fell by of the expected winter surge
worldwide last week was 22% in the past week, at just of COVID-19, warning that
the lowest reported in the over 11,000 reported world- new variants could yet undo where have cleared tweaked seniors" and "children hav-
pandemic since March wide. There were 3.1 million the progress made to date. vaccines that target both the ing fun" in neighborhoods
2020, marking what could new cases, a drop of 28%, original coronavirus and later emerging from the lock-
be a turning point in the continuing a weeks-long de- The WHO reported that the variants including BA.5. down.
years-long global out- cline in the disease in every omicron subvariant BA.5
break. part of the world. continues to dominate glob- Leaked directives from gov- The government has ordered
ally and comprised nearly ernment offices show that mass testing and district lock-
At a press briefing in Gene- Still, the WHO warned that 90% of virus samples shared workers are being ordered downs in cities across China
va, WHO Director-General relaxed COVID testing and with the world's biggest pub- to avoid negative informa- in recent weeks, from Sanya
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreye- surveillance in many coun- lic database. In recent weeks, tion and spread "positive en- on tropical Hainan island to
sus said the world has never tries means that many cases regulatory authorities in ergy" instead. One directed southwest Chengdu, to the
been in a better position to are going unnoticed. The Europe, the U.S. and else- state media to film "smiling northern port city of Dalian.