DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), a global top 10 International Financial Centre and the leading financial hub in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (Measa), signed individual memorandums of understanding (MoU) with two leading institutions to fuel the region’s insurance sector by upskilling talent as well as promoting efficiency and improvement. MoUs were signed with ...

Bloomberg US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo arrives in Ukraine this week to voice support for the embattled nation, a message muddled by Rudy Giuliani’s latest visit there in search of dirt on Joe Biden and by the pending Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Pompeo will “reaffirm US support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity” when he visits ...

Bloomberg The Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack that killed at least 14 Afghan soldiers on Monday, diminishing hopes for a nationwide ceasefire proposed by the US government. The insurgents attacked a checkpoint in the northern Jawzjan province, the province’s spokesman Abdul Marouf Azar said by phone. Five soldiers were wounded and two soldiers are missing, he said. Taliban spokesman ...