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        <title><![CDATA[Asian stocks surge on Iran hopes and Samsung deal]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Shares surged in Tokyo, Seoul and other Asian markets Thursday, fuelled by hopes of a Middle East peace accord and by negotiations averting a planned strike at Samsung Electronics....]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 05:47:25 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Samsung is set to be hit by a major strike on Thursday]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[SEJONG: Samsung Electronics' union plans for 48,000 workers to walk off the job on Thursday after efforts to clinch a deal on bonus payments fell through, threatening the health of...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:38:40 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[OIA divestments exceed RO 2.8 billion]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[MUSCAT, MAY 18Oman Investment Authority’s (OIA) divestment programme generated returns exceeding RO 2.8 billion by the end of 2025, reflecting the sovereign wealth fund’s strategy...]]></description>
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            <media:title>The programme, launched in 2022, completed 24 divestments by the end of 2025.</media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 13:26:04 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[69 million barrels of Oman Crude traded in a week]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Dubai: Gulf Mercantile Exchange (GME) today announced the highest weekly trading volume in the history of the exchange, with more than 69052 contracts traded during the week of 11...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 07:58:33 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[OIA posts record RO2.9bn profit in 2025]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Oman Investment Authority posted a record profit of RO2.9 billion in 2025, marking one of the strongest performances since its establishment and reinforcing the growing global stan...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 07:00:49 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Inflation in Oman climbs 3.2% in April]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[MUSCAT: Inflation in the Sultanate of Oman rose by 3.2 per cent in April 2026 compared to the same month last year, according to data released by the National Centre for Statistics...]]></description>
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            <media:title>The average inflation rate during the January-April 2026 period increased by 2.6 per cent.</media:title>
            <media:text>The average inflation rate during the January-April 2026 period increased by 2.6 per cent.</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 13:28:01 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[India scrambles to steady rupee as oil shock bites]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Mumbai: Anuj SRIVAS India is scrambling to salvage a sinking rupee as surging oil prices linked to the Middle East conflict threaten to disrupt the world's fastest-growing major ec...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 06:06:30 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oman’s digital insurance premiums rise 35.5% in 2025]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Financial Services Authority (FSA) revealed that the insurance sector in the Sultanate of Oman recorded positive financial performance during 2025, reflecting the sector’s cont...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 10:30:35 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[AI and oil are moving global markets]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence has been propelling financial markets around the world this year — but not the stocks that you may have expected.True, Nvidia, the world’s most valuable pub...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 07:34:22 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trump-Xi talks: Five things investors want]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Trump’s visit to China to meet Xi Jinping could set the groundwork for future cooperation – or not – in the years ahead for the world’s largest two economies, and global investors...]]></description>
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            <media:title>/FW1FP/Sonali Paul</media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 07:41:32 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Steel tariffs are harming tin can makers, lifting food prices]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[YORKVILLE, Ohio — The simple tin can is proving to be one of the toughest tests for President Donald Trump’s tariffs.Just over a year ago, Trump imposed high tariffs on steel to tr...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 06:06:10 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Calbee, crunched by Iran-related ink shortage, switches to monotone packaging]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[TOKYO  - Japan's top ⁠maker of snacks has landed on a creative solution to conserve oil-derived ​input materials: it will switch ​its brightly coloured packaging to black and white...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:42:57 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oil soars as Trump rejects Iran&#039;s terms]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Oil prices rose on Monday after US President Donald Trump rejected Iran's terms for ending the war in the Middle East, while stocks were mixed.Trump's repudiation of Iran's respon...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 09:13:09 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[FSA engages retail investors to strengthen Oman capital market]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ MUSCAT: Financial Services Authority held a meeting with active individual investors in the Muscat Stock Exchange as part of efforts to strengthen engagement with market participa...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 16:00:46 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Strait of Hormuz remains effectively blocked]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Traffic in the Strait of Hormuz remained throttled Saturday, after naval skirmishes between U.S. and Iranian forces in recent days heightened tensions in the vital shipping route.F...]]></description>
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            <media:title>SKOREAUS-ISRAEL-IRAN-WAR-OIL</media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 05:24:10 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oil prices rise as US, Iran test truce with strikes]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Oil prices climbed, and stocks across Asia fell on Friday after the United States said it had struck Iranian military sites in retaliation for Iran firing on U.S. warships in the S...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 08:47:22 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Consumers aren’t cutting back on fast food]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Consumers have continued to pick up chicken nuggets, tacos, and coffee from some of the nation’s largest restaurant chains despite concerns that higher gas prices from the war with...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 21:25:18 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[CMA CGM confirms a vessel attacked in Hormuz]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[French  shipping group CMA CGM said on Wednesday ​that one of ​its vessels, the  San Antonio, had been the target of an attack while transiting the  Strait of Hormuz, resulting in...]]></description>
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            <media:title> A Gambia-flagged tanker vessel anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. </media:title>
            <media:text> A Gambia-flagged tanker vessel anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. </media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 07:23:07 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[New regulations for setting up gas stations come into effect]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Muscat: The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion (MOCIIP) will start implementing the provisions of the new regulations for gas stations issued by Ministerial Re...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 09:15:27 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[OPEC+ to make decision on oil production quotas]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Vienna: Seven OPEC+ members are meeting Sunday to make their first decision on oil-production quotas since the United Arab Emirates' departure from the cartel, which added to the s...]]></description>
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            <media:title>FILE PHOTO: COP29 climate summit in Baku</media:title>
            <media:text>FILE PHOTO: COP29 climate summit in Baku</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 05:28:40 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Where in the world is all that gold stored?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[LONDON:  The increasing popularity of gold has created a tension for countries buying more of it as a hedge against global risk: Its utility depends on where it is stored.Two of th...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 06:33:43 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trump says will raise US tariffs on EU cars to 25%]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Washington: President Donald Trump said Friday that he will hike US tariffs on cars and trucks from the European Union next week, charging that the bloc is not complying with an ea...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 20:51:30 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oil surges to four-year high, stocks slip after Trump blockade warning]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Oil prices soared more than five percent to a fresh four-year high Thursday while stocks fell after Donald Trump warned the US blockade of Iranian ports could last months as peace...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trump warns Iran blockade could last months, sending oil soaring]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump said that a US naval blockade against Iran could last months, leading oil prices to spike to their highest level in more than four years which held into Thur...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:57:49 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Indian rupee hits new low; offers above Rs246 vs Oman rial]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Muscat: The Indian rupee breached the Rs 95 per dollar-mark to hit a record-low on Thursday, April 30, 2026 as global crude oil prices rise amid the delay in the settlement of the...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:41:28 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Safe haven gold loses charm during war]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[London  - Gold is seen as a safe haven asset in times of volatility but investment volumes fell in the first quarter, industry data showed Wednesday, as the Middle East war forced...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:27:30 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is OPEC, and how does it operate?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The OPEC oil cartel has long sought to control the price of oil by effectively controlling a big chunk of the world’s supply of crude. But its influence has been waning for years.O...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 05:24:44 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oil prices rise over Iran stalemate]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Stocks fell and oil prices rose on Tuesday as investors assessed the stalemate in the Iran conflict and news the ​United Arab Emirates was cutting ties with OPEC, while concerns th...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:43:19 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[UAE to leave OPEC and OPEC+ oil producer groups]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday it ​was quitting Opec and Opec+,  dealing ​a heavy blow to the oil exporting groups and their de facto  leader, Saudi Arabia, at a time whe...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oil prices hit a two-week high as Strait of Hormuz shipments lag]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Oil prices ​climbed about 3% to a two-week high on Monday as peace talks between the U.S. and Iran stalled and shipments through the Strait of Hormuz remained limited, keeping glo...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:04:50 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Prime assets anchor Oman property market shift]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Oman’s real estate sector is entering a more mature and disciplined phase, underpinned by structural reforms, evolving investor preferences and steady non-oil economic growth. The...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:51:31 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Consortiums vie for key livestock biosecurity PPP project in Oman]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[MUSCAT, APRIL 27 A number of local and international consortiums are competing for a concession to deliver Oman’s first integrated biosecurity project for the livestock sector, lau...]]></description>
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            <media:title>The biosecurity project, featuring three modern Animal Quarantine Centres, will handle in excess of two million animals annually.</media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:47:44 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oil jumps, stock futures slip as US-Iran talks stall]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Oil climbed on Monday while U.S. stock futures slipped as stalled U.S.-Iran peace talks prolonged the disruption of Middle East energy exports, unsettling markets and policymakers...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oman marks World Intellectual Property Day]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BUSINESS REPORTERMUSCAT, APRIL 25The Sultanate of Oman joins countries around the world in celebrating World Intellectual Property Day (WIPD), which falls on April 16 each year. Th...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:48:44 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Markets shrug off war, pushing record highs]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Stock markets are looking past the US-Iran war, and you should too to grow and preserve your investments, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial adviso...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 07:58:06 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oil extends gains, stocks sink as peace talk hopes fade]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Oil prices extended gains Friday and stocks struggled as investors worried about a lack of progress in ending the Middle East crisis, with Tehran keeping the Strait of Hormuz clos...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:43:19 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oman&#039;s crude prices up $7.25 on Wednesday]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Muscat - The price of Oman crude for June delivery on Tuesday reached $99. 26The price of Omani oil witnessed a decrease of $7. 25 compared to Tuesday's price of $92.01, while Bren...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oil, stocks fall as traders weigh outlook]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hong Kong - Oil prices fell along with stocks on Wednesday as investors assessed the chances of US-Iran peace talks after Donald Trump extended his ceasefire at the eleventh hour b...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oman showcases products at Asia food expo]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE: The Sultanate of Oman is taking part in the Food and Hospitality Asia exhibition, with a delegation of Omani companies representing the food, beverage and hospitality se...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oman&#039;s crude prices drop by $5.50 on Tuesday]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Muscat - The price of Oman crude for June delivery on Tuesday reached $92.01The price of Omani oil witnessed a decrease of $5. 50 compared to last Monday's price of $97. 51.Global...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Tim Cook Will Step Down as Apple CEO]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Apple on Monday named insider John Ternus as ⁠its next CEO, ⁠tasking the long-time hardware chief to ‌steer the ​company ⁠after ​Tim Cook, as ‌the iPhone maker ​gears up for an ind...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oman&#039;s crude drops below $100]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Muscat - The price of Oman crude for June delivery on Monday reached $97.51The price of Oman oil today witnessed a decrease of $4. 40 compared to last Friday's price of $101. 91.It...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oil prices bounce back on Iran war escalation]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hong Kong -   Oil prices jumped, and stock futures ​fell on Monday as rising tensions in ​the Middle East kept shipping in and out of the Gulf to a minimum, though traders held out...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Reopening Hormuz would ease the oil crisis, but only so much]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Shipping companies are facing confusion and uncertainty about the status of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow passageway through which a significant share of the world’s energy flow...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wall St futures firm on Mideast hopes]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK: U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Thursday as investors grew more confident that tensions in the Middle East may have peaked, while a wave of solid earnings eased...]]></description>
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