Tokyo / AFP Surging flood water and mud brought by a devastating typhoon killed nine people in an elderly care home in northern Japan, officials said on Wednesday, after the third storm in two weeks ripped through the country. The bodies were discovered in a riverside care complex half buried in mud, uprooted trees and rubble after Typhoon Lionrock tore …

  Washington / AFP Donald Trump announced he will travel to Mexico on Wednesday to meet with the country’s president just hours ahead of his much-anticipated Arizona speech on immigration. The Republican presidential nominee’s surprise trip south of the border comes as debate about his immigration policies is reaching fever pitch. Although his visit holds potential political peril, Trump could …

  Dubai / WAM Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), has recorded strong growth in H1, 2016, becoming the number one financial centre in the Middle East and Africa, with 143 new companies licensed, including 39 leading financial firms. The DIFC has registered significant growth in workforce to over 21,000 professionals across more than 1,500 firms and continued infrastructure development including launch …