Oman Tech & STEM: Youth Centre launches “Oman Orbit,” a two-week satellite tech camp with ETCO SPACE, training participants on CubeSat subsystems, wireless and GPS experiments, Earth observation analysis, and graduation projects. AI & Education: Oman is seeing young innovators use AI and data science to build practical learning tools, including an education platform “Elmfy” piloted beyond Oman. Research Skills: Oman’s Research and Innovation Authority will honour up to 100 postgraduate researchers trained in advanced statistical analysis and AI-enabled research analytics at a Research Skills Forum closing ceremony. Youth Diplomacy: Registration opens for the 4th Young Ambassadors Programme in Muscat, offering UN-style simulations, workshops with UNITAR, and leadership training. Sports Tech Pathway: Oman women’s cricket squad heads to Hangzhou for the Belt & Road Women’s T20I tournament, aiming to climb rankings and test development talent at senior level. Engineering Growth: NESPAK reports a record 180 new engineering projects (172 national, 8 international) including BESS consultancy and Oman road/power work. Geopolitics Impacting Tech & Markets: Trump again threatens to bomb Oman over Strait of Hormuz plans, as oil and bond yields rattle global markets and tech stocks slide.