Traders urged to capitalize on Oman’s enhanced maritime links
Muscat: Oman runs 200 weekly maritime services to 86 commercial ports across more than 40 countries, according to Asyad, the
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Time for the great healing
By Dr Priti Swarup This is it. A tiny virus is what it took the whole world to realize where
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Pandemic money: Where is it coming from?
PARIS: The mammoth bailout sums unleashed to combat the 2008 financial crisis fuelled populist backlashes in many countries as taxpayers
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Free sanitizer with purchase deal!
A “coronavirus-proof” summer house in Turkey’s Aegean resort town of Didim is up for sale online, and the buyer will
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It’s Corona Time!
Relatively obscure singers were the first to react musically to the coronavirus with a small army of unknowns going viral
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India’s financial hub closes shops, Sri Lanka imposes 60-hour curfew
NEW DELHI/COLOMBO/MANILA: All shops and private offices in India’s financial hub Mumbai were ordered to be closed from Friday midnight
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Anxious Chinese urge kin to leave virus-hit Europe
BEIJING: Under pressure from anxious parents, Chinese citizens living in virus-hit Europe are flocking back home, with some even flying
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India hangs four over 2012 Delhi gang-abuse
NEW DELHI: India executed four men on Friday for the gang-rape and murder of a woman on a Delhi bus
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Virus deaths pass 10,000 as California shuts down
PARIS: More than 10,000 people have now died in a coronavirus pandemic that has swept from China throughout the world,
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Iran will win against ‘unwelcome guest’ COVID-19, says president
TEHRAN: Iran will weather the challenges of the coronavirus, said President Hassan Rouhani on Friday during a speech to mark
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UK health staff ‘terrified’ over lack of protective kit
LONDON: British doctors and health workers have raised the alarm about a lack of sufficient protective kit to treat potential
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Oil gains as Trump hints at intervening in Saudi-Russia price war
SINGAPORE: US crude oil prices rose over $1 on Friday, extending steep gains from the previous session, after US President
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Governments offer financial lifelines to airlines, at a price
SYDNEY/WASHINGTON : Shattered airlines were left counting the cost of government support as politicians in the United States and New
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Poll: Global economy already in recession on virus devastation
BENGALURU: The global economy is already in a recession as the hit to economic activity from the coronavirus pandemic has
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Tesla suspends production at US vehicle factory due to coronavirus
NEW YORK: Tesla Inc said it will suspend production at its San Francisco Bay Area vehicle factory on March 24,
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Apple limits online iPhone purchases to two per person
SHANGHAI: Apple Inc is limiting customer purchases of iPhones over its online stores in many countries including the United States
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Boeing eyes production pause as virus spreads
SEATTLE: Boeing Co is leaning towards a temporary work stoppage at its twin-aisle jetliner factories due to the spread of
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Walmart to hire 150,000 workers as shoppers surge
NEW YORK: Big-box retailer Walmart Inc said on Thursday it would hire more than 150,000 hourly workers in the United
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Could the Tokyo Olympics be postponed or cancelled?
Lausanne: The 2020 Olympics are due to open in Tokyo on July 24 but with coronavirus sweeping the world, there
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NBA tells teams to close training facilities
Los Angeles: With coronavirus cases mounting inside the NBA’s 30 organisations, the league informed teams to close their practice facilities
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‘Super Spreader’ NBA players test positive for coronavirus
New York: Two members of the Los Angeles Lakers have tested positive for the new coronavirus on Thursday as the
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