Is loving food the secret to eating less of it?
PETE WELLSLosing weight and keeping it off are diabolically hard for many people. Nearly 2 in 5 Americans suffer from obesity. Around 1 in 8 are diabetic. In the United States, spe…
Top seeds shine as Oman Open badminton begins
Muscat, May 8The 2026 Oman Open Badminton Championship got off to an exciting start on Thursday at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Bausher, with a packed opening day featuring…
Brent holds near $100 as Gulf tensions rise
Oil edged higher and stocks slipped on Friday after the US and Iran exchanged fire in the Middle East, though many equity markets — particularly in Asia — remained on track for st…
Geo-Adventure Park, Wellness Retreat planned at Oman Botanic Garden
MUSCAT, MAY 8Plans are afoot to transform the Oman Botanic Garden Reserve into a major eco-tourism and experiential destination with the proposed development of an upscale Geo-Adve…
Toyota expects $4.3 bn hit from effects of war
TOKYO: Japan’s Toyota expects the effects of the Iran war to cost it about $4.3 billion this financial year, in one of the most significant warnings yet by a global company on the…
Hooked on your phone? Here’s how to break free
Nearly two decades after the arrival of smartphones, society is grappling with a problem that has grown worse over time: People love their phones so much that they can’t put them d…
Hantavirus risk to public ‘absolutely low’: WHO
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation insisted on Friday that there is a minimal risk from the hantavirus to the general public, as countries prepared to repatriate passengers stuc…
Villa crush Forest to reach Europa final against Freiburg
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom: Aston Villa reached their first European final for 44 years in memorable style with a 4-0 demolition of Nottingham Forest in the Europa League semifinal…
Palace overcome Shakhtar to reach historic final against vallecano
LONDON: Crystal Palace soared into their first European final on Thursday, completing an emphatic 5-2 aggregate win over Shakhtar Donetsk to give manager Oliver Glasner the chance…
When a mother faced death through writing
Sulaiman al MaamariThe writer is an Omani writer, poet and filmmakerOn August 9, 2024, social media circulated news of a tragic road accident involving an Omani family returning fr…