Oman plans to levy a 4 per cent fee on customers at hotels as the country is tackling the economic impact of the new coronavirus and a fall in oil prices, according to a government minister. “An ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Oman’s total cases near 20,000 as health ministry records 1,067 new ones
Oman recorded 1,067 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, raising the total to 19,954, the health ministry announced on Thursday. Most of the newly recorded cases are non-Omanis and 342 are ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: Oman reports 1,067 new cases, 6 fatalities
Oman has confirmed 1,067 new cases of the novel coronavirus, taking to 19,954 the country's overall infections, Health Minister Dr Ahmad Bin Mohammad Al Said reported Thursday. The minister said the ... ( read original story ...)
OFID, Oman launch partnership to drive ambitious development plans
VIENNA - The OPEC Fund for International Development, OFID, and the Sultanate of Oman have launched a new strategic partnership to help drive development in line with the country’s ambitions to become ... ( read original story ...)
Chloe Collins who was held in Oman, now in quarantine after returning to SA
The case involving Chloe Collins, 23, from Kraaifontein, was widely known in South Africa, with many calling for her release. Collins’s family spokesperson and chief executive of Carolissen Attorneys, ... ( read original story ...)
Food projects backed by OFIC top $1bln in Oman
New investments in projects spearheaded by Oman Food Investment Holding Company , the government’s food sector investment and development flagship, total around $ 1billion, unde ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Metals Giant Cuts Oil Team in Singapore After Few Months
Amer International Group Co., the Chinese metals giant founded by copper tycoon Wang Wenyin, laid off the two employees it hired this year to set up an oil trading desk in Singapore, according to ... ( read original story ...)
Fed will ‘keep foot on the gas’ until jobs return: Bank of Singapore
Bank of Singapore's Gareth Nicholson largely concurs with the U.S. Federal Reserve's dovish stance and suggests high-yield products as a possible investment play given the current rates environment. ( read original story ...)
Oil Traders Lose Asian Forum as Singapore Event Goes Virtual
Fortunes have been made -- and lost -- in the oil market this year on an unprecedented scale, but it looks like the world’s traders will have to forgo their last chance to get together and celebrate ... ( read original story ...)
European Court Rules Against France in Israel Boycott Activist Case
The EHCR said there was little scope in European conventions for restrictions on political speech and that its very nature was to be controversial and virulent as long as it did n ... ( read original story ...)