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Wednesday 05/October/2016 15:26 PM

A virtuous cycle for conservation

Poor and rural people around the world rely on plants and animals for shelter, food, income, and medicine. In fact, the United Nations Sustainable...

Wednesday 05/October/2016 14:20 PM

Direct democracy strikes again

Once again, a referendum has turned a country upside down. In June, British voters decided to take their country out of the European Union; now, a narrow...

Wednesday 05/October/2016 14:07 PM

Safeguarding Ukraine’s progress

Ukraine’s immediate economic crisis has been resolved, but its economy remains fragile and still needs international support. If the new Ukrainian...

Wednesday 05/October/2016 14:02 PM

When globalisation eats its young

Evidence that globalisation is reversing continues to pile up: trade and international capital flows are sluggish, and migration is increasingly being...

Tuesday 04/October/2016 22:55 PM

Out of prison, out of work

About 7 million American men of prime working age (25 through 54) are not in the labour force, according to the Bureau of Labour Statistics. That means they...

Tuesday 04/October/2016 22:50 PM

The West on the brink

This year and next, voters in leading Western democracies will make decisions that could fundamentally change the West – and the world – as we have...

Tuesday 04/October/2016 22:45 PM

Is the Fed playing politics?

In his recent debate with his opponent Hillary Clinton, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pressed his claim that US Federal Reserve Chair Janet...

Tuesday 04/October/2016 22:20 PM

Haiti hurricane

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...