First locally designed, manufactured thermal oxidizer unveiled
SUHAR: The first Thermal Oxidizer (TO) to be completely designed, engineered, manufactured, and tested inside the Sultanate of Oman was unveiled today. This step is a qualitative i…
Oman-Lebanon economic ties set to grow further
The two-day visit of Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to the Sultanate of Oman, which begins on Tuesday, aims to strengthen the fraternal relations and joint cooperation between the…
GCC corridors that work — and how Oman can link India, China and the CIS
The Gulf has proved a simple truth: when you connect ports, borders and markets with reliable “corridors”, trade and investment scale up. For Oman, the opportunity is to fuse our h…
The aftermath of misinformation is disastrous — how to combat the same?
The reactions I received to my last week’s article, ie, “facts vs forwards”, via the various platforms, be it on social media networks or directly from readers, were very interesti…
Pay attention to how you pay attention
“Attention is not neutral,” Antón Barba-Kay, a philosopher at the University of California, San Diego, writes in “A Web of Our Own Making: The Nature of Digital Formation.” “It is…
Transformative power of early childhood education
The leaders’ declaration adopted at the end of the recent G20 summit in South Africa reaffirmed the group’s commitment to tackling some of the world’s most pressing challenges, fro…
HM receives message from Saudi Crown Prince
Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik has received a written message from His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingd…
HM receives message from Saudi Crown Prince on Expo Riyadh 2030
Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik has received a written message from His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingd…
Sudan paramilitary seizes key oil field: engineer
Port Sudan, Sudan: An engineer at Sudan’s largest oil field said Monday that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces had seized the facility along the country’s southern border, for…
Syria marks one year since Assad toppled
DAMASCUS: Syrians marked the first anniversary of the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad and his iron-fisted rule on Monday, as the fractured nation struggles to find stability and reco…