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Tuesday 24/January/2017 22:05 PM

China’s debt-trap diplomacy

If there is one thing at which China’s leaders truly excel, it is the use of economic tools to advance their country’s geostrategic interests. Through...

Tuesday 24/January/2017 21:45 PM

Breaking the WHO’s glass ceiling

This year, the World Health Organisation will elect a new Director-General. Last September, WHO member states nominated six candidates for the position:...

Tuesday 24/January/2017 21:35 PM

A new deal to save Europe

“I don’t care about what it will cost. We took our country back!” This is the proud message heard throughout England since the Brexit referendum last...

Tuesday 24/January/2017 20:57 PM

Two bears

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 24/January/2017 15:27 PM

Abandoning trade will make the poor poorer

Without question, the most exciting economic story of the past half century has been the dramatic, and probably unprecedented, decline in global poverty. In...

Monday 23/January/2017 22:25 PM

Connectivity and the modern refugee

They were fresh off the boat, the group of refugees I met this time last year. They had fled their homes in Syria, travelled halfway across Turkey, and...

Monday 23/January/2017 20:35 PM

Fog alert in UK: 100 flights cancelled

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...

Monday 23/January/2017 14:50 PM

Companies are not charities!

The deliberations at the gathering chaired by His Excellency the Minister of Manpower, as well as the ideas proposed by members of the Shura Council,...

Monday 23/January/2017 14:24 PM

It's time for Asia to step up

Every new occupant of the White House has his -- still, unfortunately, “his” -- way of looking at the world. America’s allies, friends and rivals have...