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Tuesday 19/July/2016 20:58 PM

Omanis return from Turkey

Muscat: After the return of 71 Omani families and tourists home, less than 400 are still in Turkey and according to the Omani Embassy in Turkey, they are...

Tuesday 19/July/2016 20:44 PM

Rain in Oman

Muscat: Heavy rain fell in different parts of Oman on Tuesday, a weather enthusiast said quoting residents.

Tuesday 19/July/2016 17:24 PM

The failure of free migration

The horrendous attack by a French-Tunisian man on a crowd in Nice celebrating Bastille Day, which killed 84 and injured hundreds more, will give National...

Tuesday 19/July/2016 17:15 PM

Obama’s last hurrah

Barack Obama was just beginning to enjoy himself. He’d been itching to throw himself into the 2016 presidential race and do what he could to ensure that...

Tuesday 19/July/2016 17:05 PM

Has China reached peak urbanisation?

The skylines of some of China's biggest cities sprout from land that was farmed less than a generation ago. For the government, they're a soaring...

Monday 18/July/2016 16:52 PM

Beware of robots telling you how to vote

Voting is partially a social endeavour, in which people consider the opinions of others when making up their own minds. Increasingly, though, they're...

Monday 18/July/2016 16:40 PM

In sea dispute, China can choose its history

An old saying tells us that those who can't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. In China these days, a more relevant adage might be: Those who...