LEO Development announces strategic partnership with Rove
MUSCAT: For the first time in Oman, LEO Development announced strategic Partnership with Rove – the Emaar Properties and Dubai Holding JV – to bring lifestyle hospitality to Oman.T…
Canadian PM’s warningto a world losing its rules
At this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered what many commentators have called one of the most compelling speeches of the gathering,…
OIA steps up investments in non-energy sectors
MUSCAT: Oman Investment Authority (OIA) is increasingly channelling capital into high-potential non-energy sectors — from logistics and manufacturing to tourism and digital industr…
Death toll from heavy Japan snow hits 30
Unusually heavy snow killed at least 30 people in Japan in the past two weeks, officials said on Tuesday, as the government deployed troops to help clear huge drifts that left resi…
China to ban hidden car door handles, setting new safety standards
China will ban hidden door handles on cars from next year over safety concerns, phasing out the minimalist design popularised by Tesla.The new rules could prompt carmakers globall…
Fire breaks out in Tehran shopping centre: Reports
A large fire broke out in a shopping centre in the west of the Iranian capital, state media reported on Tuesday, adding that firefighting teams were at the scene to ext…
Does intermittent fasting live up to the hype?
In 2013, a British journalist and a doctor introduced an obscure dietary protocol to the wider culture. The idea was simple: Two days a week, eat almost nothing — fewer than 600 ca…
When the doctor needs a checkup
He was a surgical oncologist at a hospital in a Southern city, a 78-year-old whose colleagues had begun noticing troubling behavior in the operating room.During procedures, he seem…
In the AI era, Microsoft expects water use to soar
In 2020, Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president, outlined an ambitious plan to conserve water at the company’s growing fleet of data centers that power the internet. He pledged to cut u…
One year into Trump’s trade experiment
Over the past year, President Donald Trump carried out what was essentially a grand experiment with the U.S. economy, by raising tariffs to levels not seen in a century. It was an…