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Muscat: The role of scientific research in supporting economic development was one of the items on the agenda of a meeting of the Education and Research...

Muscat: A new container terminal at Duqm port, which will have an annual capacity to handle two million twenty-foot equivalent units (TUEs), will be ready...

Muscat: The MSM30 Index ended the session at 4,993.16 points, up 0.16 per cent. MSM Sharia Index ended at 707.19 points, up 0.40 per cent. United Finance...

Muscat: Oman’s central bank raised OMR15 million by way of allotting treasury bills on Tuesday. The treasury bills are for a maturity period of 182 days,...

London: More than $200 billion of investment in liquefied natural gas is needed to meet a boom in demand by 2030, Royal Dutch Shell, the world's top LNG...

Mexico City: The US negotiator for regional content requirements in autos flew back to Washington from a NAFTA round in Mexico on Monday to talk with car...

Berlin/Frankfurt: Automaker Geely's purchase of a $9 billion stake in Mercedes maker Daimler rekindled fears in Germany on Monday of its highly-prized...

Washington: Sales of new US single-family homes fell for a second straight month in January, weighed down by steep declines in the Northeast and South,...

Cape Town: South Africa's incoming Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said on Tuesday that the budget tabled by his predecessor last week might not prevent...

Jakarta: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday the global economy was showing broad-based growth, but the...