Survivors aid search for two missing in Laos cave
From their shared hospital room, several survivors freed from a semi-submerged cave in Laos after more than a week underground are advising rescuers on how to find the last two mis…
Cancer jabs destroy whole tumours in treatment-resistant cases
London: Doctors on Saturday praised “unprecedentedly strong responses” to an injection that eradicated entire tumours in otherwise treatment-resistant cancer cases during a trial…
CANYON ADDICT IN THE AL HAJAR MOUNTAINS
Exploring the fantastic wadis of Oman with my climbing mentors, Patrick and Nathlie Cabiro, more than 20 years ago sparked an addiction within me. Since then, I have ventured into…
‘Robots need clothes’: humanoids hit catwalk in Seoul
There were no exposed robots in sight at a fashion show held in Seoul with a high-tech twist, where pairs of people and humanoids hit the catwalk in matching outfits.A tasselled bl…
Inca child mummy returned to indigenous community in Argentina
The mummy of a child from the Inca period, discovered frozen in 1905 on a mountain in northwestern Argentina, has been returned to an indigenous community after spending 119 year…
Ocean Life
People watch the carcass of a female whale, weighing over 12 tonnes and measuring 10 metres in length, lying on the beach at Rivedoux, off France’s western Atlantic coast. — AFP
India issues rules of origin for Oman CEPA
MUSCAT, MAY 31India has formally notified the rules that will govern the determination of origin of goods traded under the India-Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (…
HM, French President discuss regional developments
Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik and President Emmanuel Macron of the French Republic, discussed during a telephone call on Sunday the latest developments in the region…
Oman swelters as temperatures edge toward 50°C
Muscat: Oman is witnessing one of its harshest early summer heat spells, with temperatures in several parts of the country soaring close to the 50°C mark. According to data release…
Europe’s green jet fuels see upside in Iran war
Brussels, Belgium: Umberto BACCHI At a plant near Frankfurt, in Germany, hydrogen and CO2 sourced from a chlorine factory and a biogas facility nearby are piped into a reactor and…