Opinion

Monday 08/January/2018 14:40 PM

China’s soft and sharp power

China has invested billions of dollars to increase its soft power, but it has recently suffered a backlash in democratic countries. A new report by the...

Sunday 07/January/2018 21:13 PM

Winter storm hits U.S. East Coast

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 07/January/2018 15:34 PM

Supporting Turkey’s refugee response

Turkey’s crackdown on press freedom and political dissent is of great concern to many, for good reason. But as regrettable as the government’s...

Sunday 07/January/2018 15:08 PM

A good German idea for 2018

By 2016, almost all Europeans had realized that radical policy and institutional reforms were essential to revive the European project. Yet serious reform...

Sunday 07/January/2018 14:39 PM

Resuscitating Africa’s health care

In late October, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) confirmed what many had long suspected: millions of dollars...

Saturday 06/January/2018 15:36 PM

The return of the newspaper

Social media are no longer the new kid on the block, but in 2016, platforms like Twitter and Facebook looked poised to nudge traditional newspapers into...

Saturday 06/January/2018 15:23 PM

There’s a better way to unite Europe

The European political year, grinding back into gear for 2018, is full of doubt, even woe. In the continent’s major countries politics are stuck, or...