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A word of caution first. I am not an oil expert, but perhaps am one of the readers, who developed an interest in the subject. As we enter 2016, the one...

At his annual year-end press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin was as informal, audacious, and offensive as his favourite American presidential...

In recent years, there hasn't been much to like about the European Union, with its low growth, high unemployment, political squabbles, xenophobia,...

Twenty years ago, Dutch journalist Sheila Sitalsing sat down with a demographer at the country’s statistics office to talk about how aging would change...

To most of us, 93-to-1 odds would make for a clear-cut bet. To physicists? Not so much. On December 15, the New York Times reported that Santa may have...

Gunfire and blasts were heard on Sunday at an Indian Air Force base that was attacked by militants a day earlier, and TV channels reported two gunmen were...

Around 160-km from Muscat, the ancient city of Nizwa still retains its charm of the old with cramped by-lanes, mud structures and forts. Times of Oman...

If you get involved in online debates about economic history, it won’t be long before someone tells you that the West is rich because it stole the...

Is $250,000 a year in household income “middle class”? That sort of income puts a family in the top 5 per cent of American earners, which seems like an...