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MUSCAT: The 40,000+ strong Filipino community in Oman is in an uproar after the state-owned Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) issued a memorandum increasing the premium contribution...

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WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is planning to fix a flaw that a security firm said may have left more than half a billion iPhones vulnerable to hackers. The bug, which also exists on...

DUBAI: Qatar Airways on Tuesday said mid-level employees and above will have their salaries halved for at least three months but that staff would be back paid when the airline could afford...

She opened her kitchen. Not in a literal way but symbolic that if somebody is hungry, she can prepare a meal for them and hand-deliver it if necessary. "If you are concerned about you or your child...

DUBAI: Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways has the full support of its state shareholder as it plans a partial resumption of passenger flights from May 1, its chief executive Tony Douglas said on...

GENEVA: The number of new cases of COVID-19 is easing in some parts of Europe, including Italy and Spain, but outbreaks are still growing in Britain and Turkey, the World Health Organization (WHO)...

MUSCAT: Thought you've missed the supermoon? Officially, for Muscat, the GCC and Middle Eastern states, the supermoon is actually happening tonight, April 8. And it is the biggest supermoon of...

MANILA (Reuters) - Coronavirus testing is expected to increase substantially in coming days in the Philippines, where the high number of deaths relative to confirmed cases reflects lower testing so...

DETROIT: Ford Motor Co said on Monday it will produce 50,000 ventilators over the next 100 days at a plant in Michigan in cooperation with General Electric’s healthcare unit, and can then build...

The International Monetary Fund expects the pandemic will cause a global recession in 2020 that could be worse than the one triggered by the 2008 financial crisis. The depth of a recession, how long...

COVID-19 has now infected people from 182 countries and territories with a death toll of 21,873 as of March 25. Italy, Spain and China respectively take the top 3 with the most number of deaths....

Muscat: You don't have to see or meet your food delivery guy when you order food but rest assured that food handling security measures in place are topnotch. This was the assurance of two of...

MUSCAT: To better respond to the coronavirus pandemic, the General Administration of Medical Services of the Royal Oman Police organised two awareness lectures attended by the two units of the Police...

You will hear the murmur of the waves, but you will never hear them crash the same way when the beach is littered with rocks and stones. The water ebb and flow erasing whatever foot or animal prints...

Iconic mountain? Check. Remote location? Check. Abandoned village? Check. Terraced gardens? Check. If you’ve seen photos of Peru’s Macchu Picchu taken in 1912 after a major clearing operation and...

The seagulls flutter with ease despite the strong wind coming from the sea. They were hovering several metres above the fishermen playing tug of war with their nets as the men hauled school after...

Everyone knows of Suhar. Who wouldn’t? It was once the capital of the country before the advent of Islam. Formerly called Majan, even today, Suhar has been identified as one of the most...

The Great White Pelicans usually don’t go to Salalah. But in 2018, they made a stopover, and the sighting sent Dhofar-based birdwatchers into a shooting frenzy thinking they only have two days...

Muscat, dec 22 - Jeep has always been a classic for me. The fondest memory I have of being in one was driving with my father off-road on slippery slopes of rugged mountains while the storm poured in...