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Tuesday 05/December/2017 14:54 PM

China, the digital giant

China has firmly established itself as a global leader in consumer-oriented digital technologies. It is the world’s largest e-commerce market, accounting...

Saturday 02/December/2017 19:56 PM

Trump says Tillerson ouster is 'fake news'

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...

Saturday 02/December/2017 16:21 PM

The U.S. is exporting obesity

As U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration throws sharp elbows in trade negotiations and systematically rescinds regulations introduced by President...

Saturday 02/December/2017 15:58 PM

Trump’s missing North Korea strategy

U.S. President Donald Trump certainly has a point when he complains that he inherited the difficult problem in North Korea. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un...

Saturday 02/December/2017 15:33 PM

The limits of carbon pricing

In 2004, German households installing rooftop solar energy systems received a guaranteed price of €0.57 ($0.68) per kilowatt hour (kWh) generated. In...

Saturday 02/December/2017 15:14 PM

Four ways to beat HIV/AIDS

In the fight against HIV/AIDS, some stories illuminate the long road to global eradication more than others. In 2009, I heard one such story in Tanzania. I...

Saturday 02/December/2017 15:10 PM

The Right to Health Is Universal

Nov 29, 2017 On this year's World AIDS Day, millions of people with HIV still do not have access to life-saving treatment, while millions more do not...

Wednesday 29/November/2017 16:40 PM

Today’s rational exuberance

With share prices around the world setting new records almost daily, it is tempting to ask whether markets have entered a period of “irrational...