If you are reading this column, the world still exists. This should come as a relief to anyone who has been reading the commentary about the U.K.’s allegedly terrifying and catastrophic vote to leave the European Union. The vote could lead, some forecasters say, to a global recession (one that, knowing today’s press, will inevitably be called a “Brecession”). ...

  Three Amigos summit that will bring three American leaders together — US President Barack Obama, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — in Ottawa, is set to avail a strategic pledge to have their countries produce 50% of their power by 2025 from hydropower, wind and solar and nuclear plants, carbon capture and storage, ...

  Robert Farley SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS Cold War politics made for strange bedfellows. Albania and the People’s Republic of China became fast friends, because of a shared aversion to the Soviet Union. The United States developed a cordial relationship with Romania, despite the brutality of the CeauÈ™escu government. Both China and the United States became far too defensive of ...