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Monday 13/February/2017 14:50 PM

Global citizens, national shirkers

Last October, British Prime Minister Theresa May shocked many when she disparaged the idea of global citizenship. “If you believe you’re a citizen of...

Monday 13/February/2017 14:21 PM

Meet Facebook, your new financial regulator

Maybe it’s not so bad to have algorithmic overlords -- at least when they are pressured into protecting people rather than exploiting them. Earlier this...

Sunday 12/February/2017 21:28 PM

World Radio Day

Times of Oman designers depict a world around them through illustrations everyday, either to enhance the visual elements of a story or as a standalone...

Sunday 12/February/2017 15:46 PM

What India's Central Bank is really saying

The Reserve Bank of India has not exactly covered itself in glory since November 8, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi sprung the news on a startled nation...

Sunday 12/February/2017 14:40 PM

China needs a new grand strategy

The Cold War ended in December 1991, when the Soviet Union disintegrated. The post-Cold War era ended in November 2016, when Donald Trump won the United...

Sunday 12/February/2017 14:26 PM

Managing big data’s big risks

In the last 15 years, we have witnessed an explosion in the amount of digital data available – from the Internet, social media, scientific equipment,...

Sunday 12/February/2017 14:06 PM

Why Trump can’t bully China

As US President Donald Trump proceeds to destabilize the post-war global economic order, much of the world is collectively holding its breath. Commentators...

Saturday 11/February/2017 21:44 PM

Facebook safety check

Times of Oman designers depict a world around them through illustrations everyday, either to enhance the visual elements of a story or as a standalone...

Saturday 11/February/2017 16:13 PM

Machines can replace millions of bureaucrats

When it comes to robots displacing humans from the job market, government bureaucrats are generally not what springs to mind. The recent McKinsey report on...