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Let’s be honest: no one knows what is happening in the world economy today. Recovery from the collapse of 2008 has been unexpectedly slow. Are we on the...

Africa has changed remarkably, and for the better, since I first worked as a young doctor in Angola some 20 years ago. But no change has been more obvious...

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...

Some climate activists worry that Donald Trump’s presidential election will be the death knell for the global environment. That’s almost certainly...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has assiduously courted Russian President Vladimir Putin, meeting with him more than a dozen times in four years. This...

The biggest political surprise of 2016 was that everyone was so surprised. I certainly had no excuse to be caught unawares: soon after the 2008 crisis, I...

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...

The fall of Aleppo to forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al Assad is neither the end of the beginning nor the beginning of the end of Syria’s...

Around the world, several countries are currently undergoing “demonetisation,” or currency reforms in which the government removes banknotes of a...

When I was in Argentina last week, I was reminded of the devastating power of high inflation. Argentina’s annual inflation rate is now about 20 per cent,...