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Conan O’Brien to put his show to bed

Late-night talk show host Conan O’Brien will host his long-running nightly TBS “Conan” talkshow for the last time on June 24, WarnerMedia said on Monday, ahead of his shift to a new show on HBO Max.The final weeks of the TBS show will feature a line-up of special guests, culminating in an extended hour-long finale recapping his 11-year...

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Preserving scenes of Ramadhan rituals in Warli art
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Hard but sweet-smelling slog in Morocco’s Valley of the Roses
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Busy bees in Colombia get respite in bamboo hotels
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An Uzbek flavour to Iftar
FEATURES VIDEOS
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Beautiful beach of Qantab village from the sky
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Meet Mohammed al Hashami, founder of Gulf Bicycles
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As Oman celebrates World Water Day, Note It meets up with Zahir al Suleimani
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Oman’s own F+95 masks
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The changing age group of COVID19 victims and who is excluded from vaccination
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Understanding Covid-19 with Dr Ahmed Shahrabani
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Beautiful beach of Qantab village from the sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6B6HT4hzkw&ab_channel=OmanObserver

Meet Mohammed al Hashami, founder of Gulf Bicycles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ustjJtzHSgM&ab_channel=OmanObserver

As Oman celebrates World Water Day, Note It meets up with Zahir al Suleimani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGs_8NFKITw&ab_channel=OmanObserver

Oman’s own F+95 masks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1ug4jjk080&ab_channel=OmanObserver

The changing age group of COVID19 victims and who is excluded from vaccination
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Understanding Covid-19 with Dr Ahmed Shahrabani
LIFESTYLE
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Bill, Melinda Gates to divorce

Billionaire philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates have announced they are divorcing after 27 years of marriage, raising questions over how they will split their fortune and the direction of one of the world's most powerful charity...

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Meditation magnifies the spirituality of the holy month
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Youn Yuh-jung: S. Korea's first Oscar-winning actress
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Exercise and Eating to Stay Healthy During Covid-19
It was built in Lebanon "from start to finish", he said of the prototype, emblazoned at the front with a golden logo of the Dome of the Rock, the shrine in Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site.

Lebanon launches first electric car
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Rahma Haruna: Life revolved around a plastic basin
Opinions
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ALI AL MATANI A ‘watchful’ eye for better work...
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Prospects fading, Turkey hopes lockdown rescues tourism season
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Weekend hike at the Al Khoudh Trail
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How The Duke of Edinburgh helped shape the lives of more than 16,000 young people in Oman
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In Berlin, a coronavirus test before Ramadhan prayers
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Lamb mansaf recipe your family will definitely love
Arts
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International Art Residency Programme at Stal Gallery

Huge art show questions legend of Vermeer the lone genius

Seeking identity through art

‘Art doesn’t have to always be hung on walls’

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Golden chariot restored for Thai king’s ascent to heaven
Culture
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How long is the solar system’s longest day?

Swedish orienteering enthusiast finds Bronze Age treasure trove

Bugging out: EU approves beetle larvae as food

Scientists discover world's first pregnant Egyptian mummy

German shoppers sample burgers made of buffalo worms

Chinese communities worship ancestors on Tomb Sweeping Day
Photography
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Weekend hike at the Al Khoudh Trail
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How The Duke of Edinburgh helped shape the lives of more than 16,000 young people in Oman
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In Berlin, a coronavirus test before Ramadhan prayers
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Lamb mansaf recipe your family will definitely love
Travel
Weekend hike at the Al Khoudh Trail

For the uninitiated, it’s hard to imagine Al Khoudh as a hiking destination. Very close to the city, many have an impression that it’s just an industrial area if not an exclusive village for locals.But Wadi al Khoudh and its surrounding mountains are amazing short hike destination — one that you can accomplish in two or three hours (return...

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In London, rail-side gardening blossoms during pandemic

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Jabal Akhdhar farmers balance life between fasting and regular routine during Ramadhan

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Lockdown slump? Omani adventurer urges visit Snake Canyon, go on adventure

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Australia building world’s first platypus sanctuary

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Fashion
Esohe Ozigbo, a 15-year-old climate change activist, is seen during one of her campaign picking up refuse disposed carelessly in Lagos, Nigeria
Fashion from waste to fight pollution In a district of Lagos, Nigeria's megacity, a group of teenagers wade through a mass of plastic bottles, food containers and bags that have blocked a waterway. Wearing gloves and masks, they pick up the discarded...
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Fashion designer Alber Elbaz dies of Covid

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Weekend hike at the Al Khoudh Trail
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How The Duke of Edinburgh helped shape the lives of more than 16,000 young people in Oman
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In Berlin, a coronavirus test before Ramadhan prayers
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Lamb mansaf recipe your family will definitely love
Films/TV
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Conan O’Brien to put his show to bed

Netflix dominates cultural conversation

Nomadland’ wins big at Oscars

Unique Oscars to reunite stars as 'Nomadland' seeks the big prize
Books
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Solving crime and murder the Scotland Yard way

Solving life’s mysteries with ancient and modern wisdom

Love and heartbreak, Allahabad style

The knowledge deficit in the information age — and its consequences
Music
The Opera
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ROHM opens with visually stunning ‘Aida’

ROHM opens with Verdi’s magnificent opera, AIDA

ROHM to inaugurate legendary season

Turkish Deputy PM Visits National Museum, ROHM
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