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Building solar farms in the desert may have become a common practice, but one new solar plant unveiled on Monday in northern Jordan is anything but ordinary. This 12.9 megawatt plant made up of 40,000 solar panels will provide power to people living in the Zaatari refugee camp, victims of war whose lives were turned upside when the violence reached their doorstep. The solar power plant became the largest ever located inside a refugee camp
New Yorkers brave the rain for the opening of the world's largest 'Harry Potter' store in Manhattan, a three-story flagship shop whose opening was delayed one year due to the coronavirus pandemic. IMAGES
Amman (Jordan), Jun 19 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Andre Pain).- Three Palestinian women refugees in Amman remember the reasons that led them to flee to Jordan, on the occasion of World Refugee Day, which is celebrated on 20 June.FOOTAGE OF AL-BAQA'A REFUGEE CAMP IN AMMAN.SOUNDBITES OF:1. Halima Abdehadi Mhamed, 90:(00'36-01'01): "My name is Halima Abdehadi Mhamed. I am from Dhekreen. We left our village and arrived in Alkhalil (now Hebron), then from Akhalil we moved again to Karak (now in Jordan). After that from Karak to Ariha and later from Ariha to Baqa."2. Layla Said Ahmed Abu Kechek, 77:(02'02- 03'01): "My name is Layla Said Ahmed Fares Abu Kechek, I was born in 1943, I belong to the Abu Kechek family in the Jafa region. We left the village to go to TolKarem in 1948. I stayed there until 1960, when I went to Kuwait. I got married there and returned to Tolkaram to have my 3 children. We stayed in Kuwait until 1990. Our family is now scattered, we are everywhere, in the United States, in Saudi Arabia, in many parts of the world, we are all scattered now. "3. Hana Khalil Emselem Edieb, 86:(03'13- 04'21): "My name is Hana Khalil Emselem Edieb. -When did you leave? - In 1948.-Where did you go? - We left, we left. From Dawaimieh we went to al-Khalil, then to Dura. From Dura to Khijra, from Khijra to Hijra, from Fawar to Ariha. From Ariha to Karam (...) The tanks were in the market, and you know, they were firing their guns and those who were killed were killed. Then the Jews went to the mosque, about 1,000 people were praying.They stood at the door and started shooting at the people, you couldn't see any survivor. After that, those who died, died, and those who became displaced simply became displaced."
Amman, Apr 22 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Andre Pain) Workers of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) prepared on Wednesday medical supplies in the Wehdat refugee camp, southeast of Amman.FOOTAGE OF THE WORK AND TWO STUDENTS FOLLOWING ONLINE CLASSES.
One of the driest places on earth, the Atacama Desert in the Antofagasta Region in Chile, has been putting its high share of solar radiation to good use as it has become home to Cerro Dominador solar plant, the first of its kind in Latin America and one of the largest in the world.
This 30,000 square-foot building is Shanghai's new Starbucks Reserve Roastery, the largest Starbucks in the world. Seattle-based Starbucks opened the doors to its biggest ever shop in Shanghai on Wednesday, which features three brew bars, augmented reality tech, lavish design, and coffee, lots of coffee. The spacious 'reserve roastery,' which can serve up to 7,000 customers a day and up to 1,000 people at one time, is the second of its type in the world, after Starbucks opened its first version in Seattle in 2014.
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