Oman’s GDP up 2.44% to RO 20.66 billion in H1 2025
MUSCAT: Oman’s economy expanded in the first half of 2025 as non-oil activity strengthened and natural gas output surged, while inflation stayed low and the country maintained a he…
Oman’s Airport Cities to target $800 million in investments
MUSCAT: A trio of Airport Cities under early development at Muscat, Suhar and Salalah airports is projected to collectively attract over $800 million in investments by 2030, in lin…
Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton, 79, dead
Actress Diane Keaton, known for her Oscar-winning performance in 1977’s “Annie Hall” and her role in “The Godfather” films, has died at age 79.Details were not immediately availabl…
Meet the last newspaper hawker of Paris
Ali Akbar knows everyone and everyone knows him. The last newspaper hawker in Paris zigzags each day from cafe to cafe, shouting humorous headlines in the heart of the French capit…
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An aerial photograph shows the Sir Nigel Gresley steam passenger locomotive travelling along The Watercress Line, in Southern England. The Watercress Line runs along the edge of th…
Save & Sustain Green Ambassador Programme to launch next month
MUSCAT: Omani circular economy pioneer EFP Oman is set to formally launch its novel Save & Sustain Green Ambassador Programme, a one-year initiative officially endorsed by the Mini…
Workshop reviews tourism’s contribution to economy
Muscat: The regional workshop on “Measuring Tourism’s Contribution to the Economy,” organized by the Statistical Centre for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC-Stat), emphasized the…
Sur Industrial City to localize six projects in H1 2025
Sur: Sur Industrial City affiliated with the Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (Madayn), received (7) investment applications during the first quarter of 2025. It has loc…
Alabbar spotlights Oman’s Bar al Hikman as ‘natural Omani Maldives’
Muscat: Emirati businessman Mohamed Alabbar has cast a global spotlight on Oman’s Bar Al-Hikman, sharing aerial footage on X and calling the site “the authentic natural Omani Maldi…
Afghanistan claims 58 Pakistani soldiers killed in clashes; border closed
Pakistan closed border crossings with Afghanistan on Sunday, Pakistani officials said, following exchanges of fire between the forces of the two countries overnight in which Kabul…