Outgoing Starmer announces ‘record’ defence spending
LONDON: Outgoing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday that Britain would spend a “record” of almost £300 billion ($397 billion) over the next four years to modernise its…
Fresh Israeli strikes pound Gaza
GAZA CITY: Gaza health officials said Israeli strikes killed five people including a child in the Palestinian territory. A ceasefire is in place in the Israel-Hamas war, but it has…
Russia says shot down over 400 Ukrainian drones
MOSCOW: Russia on Tuesday said it shot down 419 Ukrainian drones over the country overnight, including in the Moscow region, where authorities said a six-month-old baby was killed….
Childhood was never meant to be scrolled
There was a time when summer meant boredom, imagination, slow afternoons and children learning what to do with themselves. Now, summer has become the season where the structure of…
EDF to invest in energy storage and solar projects
BUSINESS REPORTERMUSCAT, JUNE 30During the official visit of a high-level delegation from the Sultanate of Oman to France, three strategic agreements were signed in Paris in the pr…
Oman, French firm partner on smart meter manufacturing
BUSINESS REPORTERMUSCAT, JUNE 30Oman’s Platform for Smart Manufacturing (Ectron), a subsidiary of the National Energy Centre (NEC), has signed a strategic partnership with France’s…
SUEZ wins RO 900 million water services pact in Oman
BUSINESS REPORTERMUSCAT, JUNE 30On the occasion of the visit of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik to France, the Oman Water and Wastewater Services Company (Nama Water Services)…
Asyad—CMA CGM pact for $400m logistics terminal
BUSINESS REPORTERMUSCAT, JUNE 30Asyad Group, Oman’s global integrated logistics provider, and CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, headquartere…
India’s L&T to handle FEED for Meranti steel project in Oman
MUSCAT, JUNE 30The Minerals & Metals business of Indian engineering and construction conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has been selected by Meranti Green Steel to oversee the deli…
Bird flu cases rise in Nepal, only zoo shut
Nepal is battling a surge in bird flu cases, and has slaughtered more than 596,000 poultry and shut its only zoo, agriculture ministry officials said Tuesday.The Himalayan nation…