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 ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today met with His Excellency Azali Assoumani, President of the Union of the Comoros. His Excellency Assoumani is on a working visit to the UAE, during which he attended a ceremony marking the accession of the Comoros to the World Trade Organisation, which took place at the ...