MASIRAH: Specialists from the Environment Authority’s centre in the Wilayat of Masirah, Al Sharqiyah South Governorate, recently spotted a loggerhead female turtle during regular monitoring of the beach in Al Aijah area on the island. Ghassi bin Hamad al Farsi, Supervisor of the Environmental Monitoring Department at the Authority’s Environment Centre in Masirah, said that […]
In 1880, in the village of Chaironeia in central Greece, Greek archaeologists made a remarkable find: a largely undisturbed mass grave of 254 ancient soldiers, some of whom are buried arm in arm. The men in this grave were clearly a special group, and it has generally been assumed that they were the dead of […]
MUSCAT: The Social Protection Fund has set a date for the completion of the transfer of ownership of assets from several pension funds to the Social Protection Fund, as part of the implementation of the unified pension and social protection system in the Sultanate of Oman. Article 1 of Decision No (R/11/2026) stipulates that the […]
Prose poetry had a slow start in Australia. Long after 19th-century French poets, such as Aloysius Bertrand, Charles Baudelaire and Arthur Rimbaud, wrote groundbreaking works of prose poetry, including Gaspard de la nuit (1842), Le Spleen de Paris (1869) and Illuminations (1886), Australian poets remained suspicious of the form. Prose poetry departs from contemporary free […]
SUHAR: The activities of the Summer Program for Innovation and Artificial Intelligence in Al Batinah North Governorate commenced today at the Liwa Science and Innovation Center. Organised by the Directorate-General of Education in Al Batinah North Governorate, as part of the “Our Summer is Entrepreneurship and Creativity” summer centres in cooperation with the Office of […]
KHASAB: Musandam Governor’s Office organised on Sunday a workshop for the final review of the governorate’s strategic risk document. This comes within the framework of efforts aimed at enhancing institutional readiness and consolidating the risk management methodology, in preparation for approving the document in its final form to support the efficiency of decision-making and elevate […]
MUSCAT: The tenth edition of the “Basic Pillars Guiding State Public Policy” programme, titled “Economic Diplomacy,” commenced on Sunday at the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry. The programme features the participation of several officials and specialists from various government entities and will continue until the 25th of this month. The opening of the programme was […]
LONDON: Represented by the Directorate of Catering, the Royal Army of Oman (RAO) participated in the annual International Catering Exercise 2026 that was recently organised by the United Kingdom (UK) in Grantham town for six days. The RAO’s catering team won an overall 4th place in the catering corps competition, in addition to various first […]
MUSCAT, JUNE 21 Obtaining a password, security code, access token, or any other means of entry into an information system or website without legal authorisation constitutes a cybercrime punishable under Omani law, legal experts have stressed. With the rapid expansion of digital services and the growing reliance on electronic platforms across government institutions, businesses and […]
Australia’s new law on supermarket “price gouging” (also known as excessive pricing) starts on July 1 2026. It prohibits any very large supermarket with revenue exceeding A$30 billion – currently only Coles and Woolworths – from charging a price for a grocery product that is significantly excessive compared to the cost of supply, plus a […]
