London: Doctors on Saturday praised “unprecedentedly strong responses” to an injection that eradicated entire tumours in otherwise treatment-resistant cancer cases during a trial. It shrank the tumours for 42% of patients in the study by the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), London. Scientists gave amivantamab to people with recurrent and/or metastatic head and neck […]
Muscat: As Oman India Fertiliser Company (OMIFCO) prepares to open its initial public offering to investors, one of the most important elements behind the company’s profitability lies outside the share offer itself: a long-term natural gas supply agreement with the Government of Oman. The agreement, signed in September 2025 and effective from July 15, 2025, […]
The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) has issued a regulation governing the practice of the ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ (BNPL) service to establish the necessary controls and procedures and ensure it is conducted in a disciplined and transparent manner. “The ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ service is considered one of the modern financing models that enables […]
The CEO of dating app Hinge recently suggested that generation Z, “struggling to have the confidence to put themselves out there”, needs AI to help them find love. Apparently, without AI tools, younger people will struggle to express who they really are. From the fascinating rise and uncertain social impact of AI relationship apps, to […]
ASTANA: The Sultanate of Oman and the Republic of Kazakhstan held a joint session of talks in the field of documents and archives during a visit by the delegation of the National Records and Archives Authority (NRAA) to Kazakhstan. The visit comes within the framework of participating in the 3rd Conference of Archivists. The Omani […]
Anthropic, the AI firm and rival of ChatGPT developer OpenAI, may soon become a publicly traded company, allowing people to buy shares in it. The company said on Monday it had confidentially submitted a draft registration statement for an initial public offering to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This means that business information […]
NEW YORK: As SpaceX prepares for its record-breaking $75 billion market debut, Wall Street traders, brokers and exchanges are racing to ensure their systems can handle the blockbuster initial public offering and avoid the chaos that marred other high-profile listings. The troubled 2012 debut of Facebook still weighs heavily. That listing was disrupted by technical […]
MUSCAT: Alizz Islamic Bank hosted a workshop on capacity building in climate finance for Omani banks at its headquarters on Tuesday. The event was organised by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, in cooperation with the Oman Banks Association. The workshop focused on global trends in climate finance, priority […]
The effective collapse of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) fighter jet programme is a major setback for European defence cooperation. France, Germany and Spain have spent nearly a decade trying to develop what was intended to become Europe’s premier next-generation combat aircraft, only for the programme to succumb to disputes over leadership, the distribution […]
MOHAMMED AL SAADI IBRA, JUNE 10 Mahmoud bin Yahya al Thuhli, Governor of Al Sharqiyah North, said that the total cost of strategic projects included in the governorate’s Tenth Five-Year Plan exceeds RO 183 million, spanning the health, roads, housing, industry, public services and recreation sectors. During a media briefing, the governor explained that among […]
