ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE President, awarded His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Order of the Union, and awarded committee members, other Ministers, and senior officials the Order of Zayed II First Class, in recognition of the committee’s pivotal achievement in the UAE’s removal from ...

WORLD CAPITALS / WAM Gold prices remained steady on Thursday, and have held ground so far this month, as traders await a key US inflation reading due later in the day. Spot gold was steady at $2,035.78 per ounce, as of 0419 GMT. US gold futures edged 0.1% higher to $2,044.20. Spot silver edged 0.1% higher to $22.48 per ounce, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Agricultural trade reforms at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) are essential to meet global food security, climate and biodiversity goals, Don Farrell, Australia’s Minister for Trade and Tourism, told the Emirates News Agency (WAM). “Agricultural reform is important to Australia. We think that free and fair trade in agriculture helps lift people out of poverty around ...