It seems Halloween had a visitor from beyond our solar system. Astronomers at Arizona’s Lowell Observatory managed to snap what’s believed to be the first optical image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS after its fiery swing around the Sun — a cosmic trick-or-treater caught on camera by the 4.3-metre Discovery Telescope.Qicheng Zhang, a postdoctoral fellow at […]
Oman’s new payment system explained simply / AI-generated illustration The days of relying solely on international payment giants are ending in the Sultanate. Driven by the Central Bank of Oman (CBO), major local banks are launching the “Ma’al” Card, a groundbreaking national payment card designed to bring financial independence, unmatched cost savings, and a strong […]
The Trump administration said Monday that it would provide only half of the normal food stamp benefits for November by tapping into the programme’s contingency fund amid the government shutdown, but recipients were unlikely to see the payments immediately. Some $4.65 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme’s contingency fund will “be obligated to cover […]
UAE Flag Day unites nation with ceremonies and celebrations / AI-generated image UAE Flag Day, marked every year on November 3, is one of the most unifying national occasions in the country. It brings together Emiratis and expat residents to honour the UAE flag as a symbol of pride, heritage, leadership and national identity. While […]
US President Donald Trump (AP photo) US President Donald Trump, in his trademark candid style, weighed in on two of the world’s most powerful figures — Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping — describing both as “smart” and “strong,” and asserting that they’re “not to be toyed with.”Speaking to CBS News in a wide-ranging […]
Soldiers patrol in the courtyard of the Louvre museum after the heist French authorities have filed preliminary charges against four individuals in connection with the theft of crown jewels worth $102 million from the Louvre Museum, with investigators still searching for a fifth suspect believed to be the mastermind behind the heist.According to Paris prosecutor […]
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday aboard Air Force One that, for now, he was not considering a deal to allow Ukraine to obtain long-range Tomahawk missiles for use against Russia. Trump was cool to a plan for the United States to sell Tomahawks to NATO nations that would transfer them to Ukraine, saying […]
In most parts of the world, red is the colour of revolution — socialism, labour movements, and left-wing politics. From the Bolshevik flag to Britain’s Labour rose, red has long been the hue of the Left. Yet in the United States, it’s the conservative Republican Party that’s bathed in crimson. How did that happen? The […]
Notre-Dame Cathedral, freshly reopened after five years of restoration following the devastating 2019 fire, has now witnessed another historic moment: its first wedding in three decades, held in honor of one of its own craftsmen.Martin Lorentz, 29, a craftsman who spent three years reconstructing Notre-Dame’s medieval wooden framework, married his fiancée, Jade, on October 25 […]
Swift response as Nizwa wadi fire raises safety concerns / AI-generated illustration Friday, October 31, 2025, became a tense day for the residents and authorities in Oman’s Al Dakhiliyah Governorate. A fire broke out in the canyon-and-valley region of Wadi Al Abyad near Nizwa (in the Al Dakhiliyah Governorate of Oman). The flames began in […]
