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Tuesday 31/January/2017 21:04 PM

Free WiFi for 1,000 Indian villages

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...

Tuesday 31/January/2017 14:48 PM

A climate change economist sounds the alarm

Some people who study climate change believe that addressing it later -- when economic growth has made humanity wealthier -- would be better than taking...

Tuesday 31/January/2017 14:35 PM

Three surprises in 2017

Economic pundits traditionally offer their (traditionally inaccurate) New Year predictions at the beginning of January. But global conditions this year are...

Monday 30/January/2017 23:45 PM

Germany in the age of Trump

Donald Trump is now the 45th President of the United States, and in his inaugural address he made it clear to the assembled US establishment that his...

Monday 30/January/2017 22:20 PM

An unstable economic order?

The retreat of the advanced economies from the global economy – and, in the case of the United Kingdom, from regional trading arrangements – has...

Monday 30/January/2017 22:15 PM

Playing with economic matches

At this time last year, the International Monetary Fund reported disappointing global GDP growth of 3.1 per cent in 2015, and promised that growth would...

Monday 30/January/2017 22:05 PM

A blunt and counterproductive travel ban

Some bold and simple policies have merit; Friday’s executive order that temporarily bans the citizens of certain countries from coming to the US, and...

Monday 30/January/2017 21:15 PM

Trump ban

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...

Monday 30/January/2017 14:42 PM

India's got a reputation problem

One of the least enviable jobs in the world at the moment has to be that of Indian finance minister. Arun Jaitley will present his fourth annual budget to...