London / AFP European stocks and the dollar slid on Thursday after the Federal Reserve held interest rates and indicated it would take a slow, measured approach to any hikes. Markets also digested a barrage of company results, including from Britain’s Lloyds Banking Group, Rolls-Royce and Royal Dutch Shell, as well as France’s Carrefour, BNP Paribas and Renault, and …

  Tokyo / AFP Tokyo shares fell on Thursday as a Bank of Japan (BoJ) policy meeting kicked off, with markets waiting to see if policymakers unleash a fresh round of stimulus to kickstart sluggish growth. The gathering is the BoJ’s first since Britain’s shock vote to quit the European Union hammered financial markets and sparked a rally in the …

  ABU DHABI / WAM Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the Crown Prince’s Court has launched an education initiative to be included in school curricula and courses in the form of a subject entitled, “Moral Education”, in cooperation and …