9 things to increase longevity
How you treat your body and brain in your midlife years, loosely defined as 40 to 60, can hugely influence how you age in the decades to come.The seeds for many age-related disease…
Revisiting Spain’s colonial legacy through a different lens
In his book ‘Motherland: Dismounting the Black Legend from Bartolomé de las Casas to The Catalan Separatism’, Argentinian author Marcello Gullo Omodeo dismantles South America’s hi…
WHY THE WORLD CANNOT IGNORE ITS MOUNTAINS
The taps of South Asia are running dry, and the disaster is unfolding not in our cities, but in the silent, melting heights of the Hindu Kush Himalaya. Referred to as “The Third Po…
OIA-backed Crusoe to pilot nuclear-powered US data centre
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…
Stocks climb on strong tech results, AI optimism
Global stocks rallied on Friday as robust results from Amazon and Microsoft reassured bruised investors to return to AI trade, while currency traders stayed alert to intervention…
30,000-hectare land restoration project to spur Dhofar’s bio-economy
MUSCAT: An ambitious land restoration programme being developed by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in partnership with Oman’s Environment Authority aims to transform 30,00…
Hamas agrees to disarm: what are the challenges ahead?
Hamas said on Friday it agreed to a deal to end the war with Israel that included provisions addressing its weapons and the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip…
Kuwait’s army destroys drones that entered its airspace
Kuwait’s army destroyed drones that entered its airspace on Friday morning, the armed forces said on X, adding that there was material damage due to falling debris but no…
Investor shares his playbook after a 29x exit in Africa
Ibrahim Sagna, executive chairman of Silverbacks Holdings, discusses the firm’s origins and how it picks its investments.
Preparations in Oman were key to Nadhira al Harthy’s achievements
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…