NEW YORK — General Motors (GM) reported higher profits Tuesday thanks to continued strength in North America that offset a loss in its China business, enabling the car maker to lift its forecast. GM, which has benefited from consistently strong demand from US consumers for pickup trucks and other larger vehicles, increased its range for 2024 net income by $300 million to between $10.1 and $11.5 billion. "The team is executing well and making progress across the board," GM Chief Executive Mary Barra said in a letter to shareholders. Net profits in the first quarter rose 24 per cent to $3 billi ..read more

MILAN — Inter Milan sealed the Serie A title on Monday after beating AC Milan 2-1 and creating an unassailable lead at the top of the league with their sixth straight derby victory. Goals from Francesco Acerbi and Marcus Thuram gave Inter a 17-point advantage over closest challengers Milan and secured their 20th league crown with five matches of the season remaining. Inter last won Serie A in 2021, followed by AC Milan in 2022 and Napoli last year. For Simone Inzaghi it was the first league title as a manager and on a cold, soaking wet evening at the San Siro he strode proudly in front of a c ..read more

AMMAN — The Jordanian Armed Forces — Arab Army (JAF), in cooperation with other countries, carried out on Tuesday seven airdrops on the North of the war-torn Gaza Strip. These airdrops were carried out in response to the humanitarian duty and as part of the ongoing efforts of Jordan to support the steadfastness of the Palestinians, and alleviate the repercussions of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. The operation involved the participation of one aircraft from the Royal Jordanian Air Force, one aircraft from Egypt, one aircraft from Germany, an ..read more

AMMAN — Experts stressed on Tuesday the importance of detecting cases of depression among children and adolescents at early stages and called for raising awareness among families about the signs and symptoms of depression.  A national study on the mental health status of children and adolescents in Jordan revealed that 16.6 per cent of children and 23 per cent of adolescents in Jordan suffer from symptoms of severe depression, while 24.5 per cent of children and 27.5 per cent of adolescents suffer from symptoms of pathological anxiety. The study, which covered Jordanian and refugee child ..read more

AMMAN — The settlement at Ain Ghazal Site is one of the largest Neolithic settlements known in the Near East and is situated on the western edge of the Wadi Zarqa, which, although dry today, was a permanent stream from at least late Pleistocene and early Holocene times until the mid-1950’s. Ain Ghazal is now part of north-eastern Amman. According to the American scholar Gary Rollefson, Ain Ghazal was “a Neolithic Manhattan”. Unfortunately, significant part of the site was destroyed during the construction of the Amman-Zarqa highway, the construction of railway and the sewer treatment plan. “T ..read more

NAIROBI — At least 16 people are dead and 28 missing in a new migrant boat disaster off the coast of the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, the UN’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday. The accident occurred about two weeks after another boat carrying mainly Ethiopian migrants sank off the Djibouti coast, claiming several dozen lives. “Tragedy as boat capsizes off Djibouti coast with 77 migrants on board including children,” the IOM said in a post on X, without specifying when the latest incident occurred. “At least 28 missing. 16 dead,” it said, adding that the loc ..read more

TAIPEI — Taiwan was shaken by dozens of earthquakes overnight and into Tuesday that left buildings swaying and some tilting, with the government saying they were aftershocks from a huge deadly quake that hit the island more than two weeks ago. The strongest, which the US Geological Survey measured at magnitude 6.1, hit around 2:30am (18:30 GMT) followed minutes later by a 6.0 tremor. Taipei’s Central Weather Administration put them at 6.0 and 6.3, respectively. Authorities said there were no casualties reported so far, but the non-stop shaking meant a restless night even for those in the capi ..read more

RAFAH, Palestinian Territories — Under a ceaseless storm of strikes in Gaza, a baby girl has survived insurmountable odds as the only member of her family left alive after she was delivered by Caesarian section as her mother lay dying. At just seven months pregnant, her mother, Sabreen Al Sakani, reached the emergency unit in critical condition after she was fatally wounded in the head and abdomen at the weekend. An Israeli air strike hit her family's house in the east of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, witnesses told AFP. "It's a miracle that she was still alive, despite her difficulties i ..read more

AMMAN — Newly deployed medical staff at the Jordanian field hospital in Gaza began on Sunday receiving patients from the war-torn strip. The new medical personnel have recently moved to the military field hospital in northern Gaza, dubbed "Gaza/78", which was established upon Royal directives. The hospital commander said that the facility reflects His Majesty King Abdullah's keenness and interest in providing medical care to Gazans, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. He added that the personnel on the first day dealt with hundreds of patients through fully equipped clinics. Patients and ..read more

AMMAN — German Special Envoy for Middle East Humanitarian Issues Ambassador Deike Potzel on Monday praised Jordan's humanitarian efforts in Gaza under the leadership of His Majesty King Abdullah. Potzel made her remarks during a meeting with journalists, on the sidelines of her fourth visit to Jordan since the start of the war on Gaza, to hold discuss with her Jordanian counterparts about increasing the flow of aid to Gaza, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.  She also highlighted Germany’s support for Jordan’s endeavours in Gaza, which include providing essential medical supplies a ..read more