uqm Launches Design Competition for Trees Park.
DUQM: The Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD) and Tatweer Duqm have launched a design competition for the “10,000 Trees Park”, inviting students from engineering colleges to subm…
Oman trainees explore Taiwan’s chip sector
When Nibras al Farsi was selected for semiconductor training, the field was largely unfamiliar to him.A communications and electronics engineering graduate from the University of T…
A secret garden for pomegranate season
Hidden between two cliffs on Al Jabal Al Akhdhar, it is not a place one simply finds on Google Maps. From the road above, patches of green can be seen far below, divided into plots…
A lasting Dolly Parton legacy: childhood literacy
To nine-year-old Zenaida, it was not Dolly Parton’s storied country music career that made her so remarkable.It was the entertainment icon’s beloved Imagination Library book donati…
After 30 years, Tupac Shakur’s killer found guilty
Former Los Angeles gang member Duane “Keffe D” Davis was found guilty on Monday of the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, closing one of America’s most notorious cold cases nearly…
Galliano pulls Met Gala exhibit
Top fashion designer John Galliano announced on Monday he was cancelling an exhibition of his work that was to kick off New York’s Met Gala next spring, following criticism from do…
US pounds Iran, Tehran strikes back at bases in biggest exchange since July
WASHINGTON/CAIRO: Iran and its Arab neighbours were plunged back into war on Wednesday by the biggest exchange of fire between Tehran and Washington since July, with U.S. forces s…
From street names to supply chains, Canadians pull away from US as rift grows
OTTAWA: For more than 20 years, Diane Hosker has lived on Trump Avenue in Ottawa’s leafy west end, a neighborhood with New York City -themed street names including Central Park,…
“Walk with Hope” with OCA in October
The Oman Cancer Association (OCA) announced the 22nd Annual Walkathon, one of the Sultanate of Oman’s leading community-based health awareness events. The walkathon will take place…
‘Good chance that trapped workers are still alive in Nepal hydropower plant’
Nepal: There is a high chance that dozens of workers may be found alive after a week trapped in an underground chamber at Nepal’s Rasuwagadhi hydropower plant following deadl…