Vodafone Australia suffered a major nationwide outage today that may have affected millions of customers. Customers of Australia’s third-largest telecommunications company in Darwin, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Canberra reported having no service for several hours early this morning. At roughly 11am, Vodafone, which is owned by TPG Telecom, issued a statement saying it was […]
The leaders of the United States and Iran have signed a 14-point memorandum of understanding to end the war between their countries, as well as Israel’s military assault on Hezbollah in Lebanon. From the US point of view, the deal leaves a lot to be desired. Washington is giving up a lot for very little […]
Only a little more than a year into its second term and with Pauline Hanson turning politics upside down, the Albanese government finds itself in policy quicksand on three core issues: its budget tax reforms, its wrestle to curb the National Disability Insurance Scheme, and the electorally sensitive area of migration. On Thursday the government […]
Retirement planning might seem like a thoroughly modern concern, with pensions, investments and annuities forming part of today’s financial toolkit. But these financial tools are much older than they appear. In the later Middle Ages, people were already exchanging lump sums for steady income streams – and, in cities like Vienna, these arrangements underpinned entire […]
When an exam board for England, Wales and Northern Ireland recently clarified that students are now permitted to use gender-inclusive or gender-neutral forms in French, Spanish and German exams, it marked more than a technical adjustment to assessment criteria. These updates highlight an important fact about the nature of languages. They are not fixed systems […]
MUSCAT, JUNE 16 The Ministry of Social Development, in cooperation with the Oman Sociologists Association, on Tuesday held the scientific forum titled ‘Digital Citizenship: A Scientific Reading Between Reality and Future Prospects’, bringing together academics, researchers and specialists to discuss the growing importance of responsible digital engagement in an increasingly connected world. Held under the […]
There’s a new trend in horror fiction: the female cannibal. In Monika Kim’s The Eyes are the Best Part (2025), a college student eats the eyeballs of the men who fetishise her. In Delilah S. Dawson’s Bloom (2023), the love interest, who appears to be living a fantasy version of cottage life, is actually including […]
MANAMA: Omani researcher Alia al Saadi, from Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), won third place in the first edition of Ibn Khaldun Research Award, organised by Mustaqirah foundation in Bahrain. The award took the theme of ‘Family in the Digital Space’. Alia al Saadi merited 3rd place ranking due to her outstanding participation in a joint […]
Liver cancer is one of the fastest rising causes of cancer-related deaths in the UK, and the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. More than 6,000 people die from liver cancer in the UK each year. Its major drivers are largely preventable, but public awareness of the scale of the problem remains low. Most […]
MUSCAT: The National Committee for Road Safety held a meeting on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Lt Gen Hasan bin Mohsin al Shraiqi, Inspector General of Police and Customs and Chairman of the Committee. During the meeting, the fourth edition of the Traffic Safety Competition was reviewed, alongside traffic indicators and statistics, awareness efforts, and […]
