Cirstea overpowers Wang to reach French Open quarters
PARIS: Romanian veteran Sorana Cirstea proved that dreams have no expiry as she beat China’s Wang Xinyu 6-3 7-6(4) at the French Open on Sunday to reach her first Roland Garros q…
MoH urges travelers to Congo and Uganda to adhere to Ebola protocols
MUSCAT: The Ministry of Health on Sunday urged all travelers arriving in and departing from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda to adhere to preventive health controls to r…
Pilgrims start returning home
MUSCAT: pilgrims have begun arriving home from the Holy Land after performing the Hajj pilgrimage for the 1447 AH season. The rest of the pilgrims will continue to arrive via air a…
A journey where humanity stands equal
There are journeys taken for adventure, journeys taken for ambition, and journeys taken in search of opportunity. However, the pilgrimage to Mecca is unlike any other journey on ea…
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