DUBAI / WAM Mariam Hareb Almheiri, Minister of State for Food Security, concluded her trip to Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, by meeting with high-level federal government officials and visiting innovative private sector food production facilities to discuss important issues relating to future food security. Alongside, Dr Obaid Al Hayeri Salem Al Katbi, UAE Ambassador to Australia, and representatives ...

Bloomberg As the European Union tries to resolve differences over Kosovo and welcome new members from the former Yugoslavia, one hopeful may have a tougher issue to overcome. Serbia, the largest of the six Balkan countries the bloc says could join from 2025, is being forced to choose between the benefits of the world’s No. 1 trading alliance and loyalty ...

Bloomberg Kofi Annan, the soft-spoken Ghanaian diplomat who served as the first United Nations secretary-general from sub-Saharan Africa, has died. Annan died on Saturday after an unspecified short illness, according to a statement from his family and the Kofi Annan Foundation. He was 80. “Kofi Annan was a global statesman and a deeply committed internationalist who fought throughout his life ...