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Monday 26/December/2016 15:24 PM

Putin's winning streak will be hard to extend

One might expect Russian President Vladimir Putin to take a victory lap after a lucky 2016. But at his traditional end-of-year press conference on Friday,...

Monday 26/December/2016 14:56 PM

Trump's win was unusual but not historic

Donald Trump's aides, understanding their leader, vie to be most ostentatious about calling his victory "historic." That claim deserves close...

Monday 26/December/2016 14:33 PM

When leaders are true to their lies

What does the Venezuelan domestic payments crisis have in common with the death of the North American Free Trade Agreement, announced by Wilbur Ross, US...

Monday 26/December/2016 14:14 PM

Economists versus the economy

Let’s be honest: no one knows what is happening in the world economy today. Recovery from the collapse of 2008 has been unexpectedly slow. Are we on the...

Sunday 25/December/2016 22:45 PM

The promise of digital health

Africa has changed remarkably, and for the better, since I first worked as a young doctor in Angola some 20 years ago. But no change has been more obvious...

Sunday 25/December/2016 20:46 PM

Russia plane crash

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...

Sunday 25/December/2016 14:56 PM

From Russia with unrequited love

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has assiduously courted Russian President Vladimir Putin, meeting with him more than a dozen times in four years. This...

Sunday 25/December/2016 14:18 PM

The crisis of market fundamentalism

The biggest political surprise of 2016 was that everyone was so surprised. I certainly had no excuse to be caught unawares: soon after the 2008 crisis, I...

Saturday 24/December/2016 21:44 PM

Christmas 2016

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...