ABU DHABI / WAM The Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) announced that financial markets will be closed from July 5-9, on the occasion of Eid Al Fitr. It will resume trading on July 10. The authority announced the holiday based on circular No. 25 of year 2016, issued by the Federal Government Human Resources Authority, after coordination with the financial …

  Since the Brexit vote, Europe’s populists — and the Scottish and Irish losers of the U.K. ballot — have had referendums on their mind. What if they, too, get lucky the way Brexiteers did? Simultaneously, there’s a predictable backlash against plebiscites from the intellectual elite: How can people be allowed to give binary answers in complex situations they don’t …

Britain’s epochal decision to leave the European Union prompted Australia’s political leaders to re-emphasise their economic security credentials ahead of the election on July 2. No doubt, Brexit weighs on cousin-state of Australia despite geographic distance. It is added to the list of scare campaigns by main parties to canvass votes through suggesting who could better weather the global uncertainty …