Technology DeepSeek valued at more than $50 bn after funding round:... Beijing: Investors have valued Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek at more than $50 billion in the company’s first fundraising round,...BY spsingh June 17, 2026 0 Comments
Business Oil slides on Iran supply hopes; bond yields pushed lower... Brent crude futures dove below $80 and are down more than a third from recent peaks following reports that the...BY spsingh June 17, 2026 0 Comments
International Why fatherhood matters more than ever before Long gone are the days of the distant dad. According to some estimates, the average time dads spend caring for...BY spsingh June 17, 2026 0 Comments
Business IMF commends resilience of Oman’s economy and reform momentum Muscat: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has commended the resilience of Oman’s economy and the continued momentum of its structural...BY spsingh June 17, 2026 0 Comments
Finance Central Bank of Oman announces fee waiver for local digital... Muscat: In line with the Royal Directives of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik to enhance the efficiency of government...BY spsingh June 17, 2026 0 Comments
International Levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in dolphins and whales are rising... Whales and dolphins inhabit some of the largest and seemingly most pristine environments on Earth, from tropical coastlines to Antarctic...BY spsingh June 17, 2026 0 Comments
International Down syndrome isn’t a tragedy — but misinformation about it... For more than a century, people with Down syndrome have been defined by what medicine says they cannot do. That...BY spsingh June 17, 2026 0 Comments
National Over 23.5 million young people constitute 38.2% of GCC population Muscat: The total number of young people aged 15 to 34 years in the GCC countries reached approximately 23.5 million...BY spsingh June 17, 2026 0 Comments
Technology Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok was used in strikes against... The June 15 brief defends the gas turbines used by a giant data center belonging to the trillionaire’s company xAI,...BY spsingh June 17, 2026 0 Comments
International Great Zimbabwe: debunking the myth of tyrants and forced labour For more than a century, Great Zimbabwe has stood at the centre of a powerful story about the Zimbabwe culture....BY spsingh June 17, 2026 0 Comments