Fans bid farewell to Japan’s only pandas
Tokyo – Panda lovers in Tokyo said goodbye on Sunday to a hugely popular pair of the bears that are set to return to China, leaving Japan without the beloved animals for the first…
New initiative launched at Davos to restore degraded land
DAVOS: The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Secretariat and the UNCCD COP16 Presidency, led by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, have announced the official l…
US storm leaves 230,000 without power, forces thousands of flight cancellations
WASHINGTON: More than 4,000 flights were canceled in the U.S. on Saturday ahead of a monster winter storm that had already cut power to more than 230,000 customers as far west as T…
Oman to join Artemis space agreements
Muscat- The Sultanate of Oman and the United States of America held the third strategic dialogue at the Diplomatic Club in Muscat today.The Omani side was headed by Sheikh Khalifa…
How is Muscat ranked among the best for Quality of life?
The latest Quality of Life Index released by Numbeo for 2026 has rated Muscat very high, with a score of 189.22 across various parameters. It is ranked 58th globally and in first i…
Nature’s Super Feather
THACA, N.Y. — Vanya Gregor Rohwer slid open a drawer to display the rich pink spread wing of a roseate spoonbill, one of thousands of mounted wings at the Cornell University Museum…
Man City back on track with win over Wolves, Liverpool gloom deepen
LONDON: Manchester City returned to winning ways with a 2-0 defeat of bottom club Wolverhampton Wanderers moving them four points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal on Saturday…
India’s Bollywood bets big on ‘event cinema’
Mumbai – India’s Bollywood is moving decisively towards a cinema of scale and confrontation — where patriotism, spectacle, and ideological clarity increasingly trump nuance and na…
Airlines reroute, cancel flights in the Middle East
Airlines have been rerouting and cancelling some flights across the Middle East as tensions ramp up between Iran and the United States, with President Donald Trump saying on Thur…
Mbappe double powers Real Madrid past Villarreal to top of LaLiga
VILLARREAL, Spain: Kylian Mbappe struck twice in the second half as Real Madrid secured a 2-0 victory at Villarreal on Saturday, climbing above Barcelona to take provisional pol…