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One year ago, the United Nations adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), one of which aims for true gender equality by 2030. Empowering women...

Prospects for growth in global trade in 2016 and 2017 have been downgraded again. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) now expects that trade this year will...

The most dramatic economic effect of the United Kingdom’s Brexit vote has been the collapse of sterling. Since June, the pound has fallen by 16 per cent...

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...

Oman has always been a booming economy, but the country is beginning to see a lull in job creation during the last three years, despite a series of the...

It has gotten so bad for Donald Trump that even Laura Ingraham is distancing herself from him. Megyn Kelly, interviewing the radio host on Fox News right...

Now that it has been ratified by India and the European Union, the Paris climate agreement is set to enter into force. But the hard part is yet to come:...

October 24, 2016, should be a unique day in the history of polio. If all goes according to plan, it will be the last annual World Polio Day before the...

Economic forecasts for 2017 project continued frailty in the global economy, and subpar growth for most countries and regions. Obvious economic problems...

Somewhere in the autumn gales and rain squalls of the North Sea, Russia's only aircraft carrier is heading south to war. According to Russia's TASS...