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Saturday 11/February/2017 15:43 PM

Adapting to the new globalisation

Around the world, countries are rethinking the terms of engagement in global trade. This is not all bad; in fact, acknowledgement of globalisation’s...

Saturday 11/February/2017 15:17 PM

The next phase of climate action

Last November, while much of the world was trying to unpack Donald Trump’s election as US president, the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 22)...

Wednesday 08/February/2017 21:32 PM

Ending peace talks

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 08/February/2017 15:19 PM

Don't sell the euro short. It's here to stay

“Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated,” the gray-haired but entirely ambulant Mark Twain is alleged to have said while on a European speaking...

Wednesday 08/February/2017 14:56 PM

Smartphones have an unexpected new rival

Last week, an Indian government official announced that iPhones will start rolling off an assembly line in Bangalore by the end of April, targeted at local...

Wednesday 08/February/2017 14:28 PM

How economic populism works

Now that populists are coming to power in the West, a conflict over intellectual ownership of their approach is brewing. Writers like John Judis claim that...

Wednesday 08/February/2017 14:14 PM

Brexit in a brave new world

When it comes to bilateral trade, gains and losses are distributed asymmetrically between the larger and the smaller economy. In the best of times, that...

Tuesday 07/February/2017 20:54 PM

Fukushima radiation

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...