Muscat: Oman Airports has been recognised as the Best Airport Management Company for Operational Excellence – Middle East 2025 at the Global Brands Magazine (GBM) Awards 2025, marking another international achievement for the Sultanate’s aviation sector. The award recognises Oman Airports’ outstanding performance in enhancing operational processes and improving the passenger experience, outperforming several leading […]
MUSCAT: The Ministry of Labour on Saturday announced the availability of 1,222 job opportunities in the public sector. These include 1,107 positions for Bachelor’s degree holders and those with post-secondary diplomas qualifications, and 115 positions for those with general education diploma (GED) certificates and lower qualifications. This is part of a plan based on the […]
MUSCAT: Oman awarded 74 government contracts worth a combined RO 734.00 million during the first seven months of 2026, led by major healthcare and transport projects, while issuing a further 60 tenders valued at an estimated RO 365.00 million as it accelerated infrastructure spending under Oman Vision 2040. The Public Authority for Projects, Tenders and […]
CINCINNATI — The E.W. Scripps Company has completed its previously announced acquisition of WTVQ, the ABC affiliate in Lexington, Kentucky, from Morris Network, Inc. for $15.8 million. The acquisition creates a duopoly in Lexington with Scripps’ existing NBC affiliate, WLEX, strengthening the…
Muscat: Since its launch 20 years ago, the Al Mouj Muscat project has attracted RO880 million in foreign direct investment, while its total revenues have exceeded RO1 billion, with daily transactions averaging around RO385,000. An economic study conducted by a specialized company to measure the project’s economic and social impact revealed that Almouj, Muscat’s contribution […]
The World Gold Council’s Q2 2026 Gold Demand Trends report reveals that total gold demand was flat year-on-year at 1,269t, as the gold price eased from the record highs seen at the start of 2026. This pushed demand for H1 2% higher year-on-year to an estimated 2,522t worth US$380bn. Investment in gold ETFs, bars and coins dropped […]
Four bodies, including that of the Sultanate of Oman’s Everest climber Nadhira al Harthy, have been recovered following an avalanche below Camp III on Broad Peak (8,047m) in Pakistan’s Karakoram, authorities said, as a search mission continues for the remaining climbers unaccounted for since the disaster struck the mountain on Thursday. ” The Alpine Club […]
MUSCAT: Crusoe, the US artificial intelligence infrastructure company in which Oman Investment Authority (OIA) retains a stake, plans to pair a modular data centre with an advanced nuclear reactor at Idaho National Laboratory in 2027 under a proof-of-concept project with Austin-based Aalo Atomics. Aalo will initially supply power to a Crusoe Spark modular data centre […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Wink, one of the AI-powered product brands belonging to Meitu, today announced the expansion of its creative toolkit, bringing together AI video enhancement, AI image enhancement, video editing, and content cleanup into a connected workflow that helps users improve…
The 48-year-old Nadhira al Harthy was the second person from the Sultanate of Oman and the first Omani woman to climb Mount Everest. She passed away while on a mission following an avalanche below Camp III on Broad Peak (8,047m) in Pakistan’s Karakoram, authorities said, as a search mission continues for the remaining climbers unaccounted […]
