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Sunday 07/February/2016 20:32 PM

German aid for Omani innovators

Muscat: When Oman-born Zièd Bahrouni read an article about the Sultanate’s ambition to become an innovation hub in the Gulf region, he was inspired to...

Sunday 07/February/2016 15:59 PM

Populists threaten Western governments

The first challenge to the Western hegemony that followed the collapse of Communism in Europe was the emergence of the so-called BRICS countries – Brazil,...

Sunday 07/February/2016 15:26 PM

UN group's unjustified protection of Assange

In an astonishing report, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has accused Sweden and the UK of arbitrarily detaining Wikileaks founder...

Sunday 07/February/2016 15:06 PM

Calculating the price tag of the Zika virus

People are scrambling as the scary, mosquito-borne virus Zika winds its way through 26 (and counting) countries and territories in the Americas.The...

Sunday 07/February/2016 14:42 PM

Democratic Party is pushing away its future

The 2016 McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Celebration in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Friday night was a surreal event -- a cross between a fundraising dinner, a...

Saturday 06/February/2016 22:10 PM

The limits of German power

In the two years since Germany’s president, foreign minister, and defence minister signalled that their country would take on a larger role in...