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Saturday 19/August/2017 14:35 PM

A trip through Putin country

Russia’s Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) railway “can be hardly named as a popular tourist attraction,” says one tourist website of the some 2,000-mile...

Wednesday 16/August/2017 21:58 PM

Yawning really is contagious, says study

Times of Oman designers depict a world around them through illustrations everyday, either to enhance the visual elements of a story or as a standalone...

Wednesday 16/August/2017 14:29 PM

Is Trump killing the dollar?

For nearly a century, the U.S. dollar has been viewed as the financial world’s ultimate safe haven. No other currency has promised the same degree of...

Wednesday 16/August/2017 14:07 PM

A dangerous game of chicken

So far, the war between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un over the latter’s nuclear programme has been fought only in words....

Wednesday 16/August/2017 13:45 PM

We weep for you, Venezuela

Until recently, Venezuela – the birthplace of the “Liberator” Simón Bolívar – was a free and rather wealthy country, boasting the world’s...

Tuesday 15/August/2017 21:18 PM

Yoga can help to treat depression

Times of Oman designers depict a world around them through illustrations everyday, either to enhance the visual elements of a story or as a standalone...

Tuesday 15/August/2017 14:37 PM

Britain’s road to perdition

Full English Brexit is off the menu. Before leaving the European Union altogether, the British government now wants an “interim period,” in which the...

Tuesday 15/August/2017 14:20 PM

Can South Korea save the day?

As North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump’s war of words escalates, Independence Day celebrations – commemorating the Korean...