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Sunday 15/January/2017 14:22 PM

Adding jobs would be a steep climb for Trump

Donald Trump wants to be a great jobs president. But the forces that really affect employment are beyond his control -- and they are working against...

Saturday 14/January/2017 21:37 PM

Freezing Europe

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...

Saturday 14/January/2017 15:31 PM

Uncertainty fills the Taiwan Strait

The world's most dangerous flashpoint got much more dangerous on Thursday when China sent its lone aircraft carrier into the Taiwan Strait and Taiwan...

Saturday 14/January/2017 15:06 PM

Water as a force for peace

The changing of the guard on the 38th floor of the United Nations building in New York, with António Guterres taking over for Ban Ki-moon as UN...

Saturday 14/January/2017 14:28 PM

Looking back on Barack

Any assessment of Barack Obama’s eight-year US presidency should start at the beginning: his first inauguration, on January 20, 2009. The US economy was...

Saturday 14/January/2017 14:15 PM

Economic crises and the crisis of economics

Is the economics profession “in crisis”? Many policymakers, such as Andy Haldane, the Bank of England’s chief economist, believe that it is. Indeed, a...

Wednesday 11/January/2017 16:36 PM

Obama's farewell speech

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 11/January/2017 14:57 PM

China's currency policies need an overhaul

The irony of the yuan rally that took bears by surprise last week was that the surge came just days before China announced that its foreign currency...

Wednesday 11/January/2017 14:27 PM

Hoping for the best against Trump

Is there any reason for liberals to feel optimistic after a year of political disasters? Is there even a shred of silver lining to be found in the tatters...