In periods of international tension, it is usually the loudest voices that dominate the headlines. Yet history rarely turns on noise alone. More often, stability has depended on quieter actors — countries willing to keep channels open when others stop listening, and to preserve space for diplomacy precisely when it appears to be failing. Few […]
MANAMA: Prince Salman bin Hamad al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, received on Wednesday Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al Busaidy, Foreign Minister, along with the Foreign Ministers of the GCC. This took place within the framework of the foreign ministers’ participation in the 167th session of the GCC Ministerial […]
Around 13,000 years ago, as the world was emerging from the grip of the last ice age, much of the North Atlantic region plunged back into near-glacial conditions. Sea ice expanded across the North Atlantic, reaching as far south as the Shetland Islands. Glaciers began to regrow in the Scottish Highlands, while winter temperatures across […]
MUSCAT, JUNE 10 The China Energy Engineering Corporation (CEEC) Shanxi Institute, a leading international engineering and infrastructure contractor, has announced that its Oman subsidiary has been awarded the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for the Mawarid Wind Turbine Manufacturing Project at the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD) in southeastern Oman. As EPC general […]
MUSCAT, MAY 23 Oman’s banks must move beyond digital transformation and build trusted, AI-enabled financial ecosystems as technology reshapes competition, customer behaviour and the delivery of financial services, the CEO of the Oman Banks Association (OBA) said last week. Speaking at the New Age Banking Summit Oman, Mustahil bin Ahmed al Mamari said the banking […]
CHICAGO: Treatments based on the same mRNA technology that delivered COVID-19 vaccines to market in record time are showing lasting benefit against the deadly skin cancer melanoma and early promise in pancreatic and brain cancers once considered impervious to immune system assault. The apparent breakthroughs in cancer vaccines – deemed one of the fastest-growing segments […]
Language rarely changes overnight. It shifts gradually, almost slowly, until one day we realise the conversations around us sound different from those of a generation ago. Sit in a café, scroll through social media, or listen to a group of young professionals discussing their latest project, and a familiar pattern emerges. Arabic flows naturally through […]
Muscat: As temperatures across Oman continue to soar, with Fahud recording 48°C in the past 24 hours and several locations crossing 46°C, one place remains a refreshing exception. While much of the Sultanate endures intense summer heat, Jabal Shams — Oman’s highest peak — recorded a minimum temperature of just 15.3°C, according to the Civil […]
After the mainstream parties suffered big losses in Britain’s local elections in May, they might be wondering how they can win back voters in left-behind parts of the country. Labour’s Pride in Place scheme – £5.8 billion to be shared between some of the UK’s most deprived communities – doesn’t seem to have won the […]
MUSCAT: The total value of government treasury bills allocated this week reached RO 61.4 million, according to the Central Bank of Oman (CBO). In a statement issued on Monday, the CBO said the treasury bills have a maturity period of 91 days. The average accepted price stood at RO 99.047 per RO 100, while the […]
