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Tuesday 27/December/2016 14:01 PM

If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?

How much is a child’s future success determined by innate intelligence? Economist James Heckman says it’s not what people think. He likes to ask...

Monday 26/December/2016 21:55 PM

China military drill creates tension

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 26/December/2016 15:24 PM

Putin's winning streak will be hard to extend

One might expect Russian President Vladimir Putin to take a victory lap after a lucky 2016. But at his traditional end-of-year press conference on Friday,...

Monday 26/December/2016 14:56 PM

Trump's win was unusual but not historic

Donald Trump's aides, understanding their leader, vie to be most ostentatious about calling his victory "historic." That claim deserves close...

Monday 26/December/2016 14:33 PM

When leaders are true to their lies

What does the Venezuelan domestic payments crisis have in common with the death of the North American Free Trade Agreement, announced by Wilbur Ross, US...

Monday 26/December/2016 14:14 PM

Economists versus the economy

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...

Sunday 25/December/2016 22:45 PM

The promise of digital health

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...

Sunday 25/December/2016 20:46 PM

Russia plane crash

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...