6.07 magnitude quake strikes India’s Andaman Islands
An earthquake of magnitude 6.07 struck India’s Andaman Islands, the German Research Centre for Geosciences, GFZ, said on Sunday. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), GFZ sa…
What is the COP30 climate summit, and why does it matter?
Every year, the U.N. climate conference conjures hundreds of headlines on global efforts to spare the world from climate catastrophe. This year’s begins on Monday in the Brazilian…
Nearly 1 million evacuate as super typhoon approaches Philippines
Nearly 1 million people fled their homes in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Fung-Wong on Sunday brought severe winds and torrential rain, almost a week after another powerful typ…
US grounds MD-11 cargo planes after deadly crash
The US civil aviation regulator ordered Saturday that all MD-11 cargo planes remain grounded for inspections, after one of them was involved in a deadly crash in Kentucky this week…
Bids invited to develop national AAM master plan
Muscat: The Ministry of Transport and Communications and Information Technology (MTCIT) has floated a tender to conduct a consultancy study for developing the national Advanced Air…
Pfizer to acquire obesity drug startup Metsera
Obesity drug developer Metsera said Friday that it had agreed to a deal to be acquired by Pfizer, which had been locked in a bidding war for the company with Novo Nordisk, the Dani…
UPS, FedEx ground MD-11 cargo planes
UPS and FedEx, two of the world’s largest cargo airlines, said late Friday that they had grounded their MD-11 planes, days after one of the planes was involved in a deadly crash in…
Jamaicans have been turning to solar. It paid off after the storm
The morning after Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica, Jennifer Hue, a retired tax auditor living close to hard-hit Treasure Beach, woke up to devastation. Her mango, breadfruit…
Oman fully committed to realise net-zero strategy
SÃO PAULO: The Sultanate of Oman affirmed its commitment to achieving environmental and climate goals, stressing that climate change presents a major economic and developmental opp…
Royal Hospital performs first robotic surgery
MUSCAT: The Royal Hospital has successfully performed its first robotic surgery, a step that embodies the future vision of the health sector towards excellence and the adoption of…