Messi against Salah in last-16 showdown
Kansas City: John WEAVER Lionel Messi’s Argentina face Egypt for a place in the World Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday as the maestro looks to reclaim the lead in a fiercely contested…
Spate of shark attacks gets more drones to Australia’s Beaches
Jason Iggleden sits in a weathered teal camping chair on a rocky outcrop overlooking Australia’s most famous stretch of coastline, Bondi Beach in Sydney. He peers at the screen of…
Spain edge Portugal to end Ronaldo’s World Cup dream
Spain defeated Portugal 1-0 on Monday to end Cristiano Ronaldo’s World Cup dream and reach the quarter-finals as the United States aimed to shrug off controversy surrounding reprie…
Trump-backed Balogun reprieve sparks FIFA crisis
WASHINGTON: FIFA President Gianni Infantino defended the governing body’s disciplinary process on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump hailed as “brilliant” its decision to su…
HUNTR/X, Bruno Mars, and Why Nobody Knows Asian Americans Won: Asian Americans at the Top of the World Charts
Spain win it late to bid farewell to Ronaldo at WC
Arlington: Substitute Mikel Merino scored a late winner to put Spain in the quarter-finals with a 1-0 victory over Portugal and end Cristiano Ronaldo’s World Cup career on Monday.T…
Don’t let AI shape humanity’s future: UN chief
GENEVA: The Sultanate of Oman on Monday took part in the first session of the United Nations Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance. The session, which kicked o…
Hamas dissolves Gaza govt, urges peace progress
GAZA CITY: Hamas announced on Monday the dissolution of the body that has governed the Gaza Strip for nearly two decades, clearing the way for a technocratic committee to administe…
Eight strategic research projects win funding to power Oman’s innovation drive
MUSCAT: The Research and Innovation Authority has announced the outcomes of the inaugural cycle of the ‘Collaboration Programme with Sultan Qaboos Academic Chairs’, which has resul…
State Council to discuss development projects today
MUSCAT: The State Council will discuss today, during its tenth session of the third regular annual sitting of the eighth term, the study submitted by the special committee on “Demo…