Money will not be revolutionised…
What does the future hold for money and payment systems? While it will surely feature unprecedented technologies, foreseeing the full picture requires historical context. Tradition…
Stars turn out for Armani’s final collection in Milan
Hollywood stars Cate Blanchett, Glenn Close and Richard Gere turned out Sunday for the Giorgio Armani show in Milan, the final collection the Italian designer worked on before his…
Free Picasso park to open in Paris in 2030
A park featuring Picasso sculptures is to open to the public in central Paris in 2030, with free entry, the head of the city’s Picasso Museum told AFP on Sunday.The garden, about t…
Ritus Liyan (Mundane Rites) 2: Mentorship as Curation
Bids opened for supervision of MBD area beautification
Muscat: The Muscat Municipality has opened bids for the consultancy Services for the supervision of the “beautification of MBD Area” Project on September 28. It also opened bids fo…
Voting begins to select topics for ‘Together We Advance’ Forum
Muscat – Voting began today to select the topics to be addressed by the fourth edition of the ‘Together We Advance’ Forum 2026. The forum is organized annually by the General Secre…
Stocks rise, dollar dips and gold roars higher; investors eye US govt shutdown
Global stocks rose on Monday while the dollar eased as investors braced for a possible shutdown of the U.S. government, which could in turn delay publication of the September payro…
MOCIIP issues notice on money-laundering, terror financing
The Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Investment Promotion (MOCIIP) has called on all licensed establishments in the precious metals and precious stones trade sector to immediate…
Gold prices hit another record high in the GCC
Gold prices in the Sultanate of Oman have surged to new levels, with 22-karat gold touching RO44.9 per gram and 24-karat gold inching towards the half-century mark at RO48.1 per gr…
Eight dead and 17 missing as Typhoon Bualoi hits Vietnam
NGHE AN/HANOI: Typhoon Bualoi tore through Vietnam’s coast on Monday, killing eight people and leaving 17 others missing as strong winds and rain damaged houses, knocked out power…