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 …