DUBAI / WAM Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, the Dubai Autism Centre launched its 18th one-month-long Autism Awareness Campaign coinciding with World Autism Awareness Day celebrated on April 2, under the slogan “Trusting Parents, Empowered Kids”. Hisham Abdullah Al Qassim, Chairman of …

WORLD CAPITALS / WAM Gold prices rose to a record high on Monday, as a softer US inflation reading cemented bets that the Federal Reserve would deliver its first interest rate cut of the year in June. According to Reuters, spot gold was up 1.2% at $2,258.12 per ounce, as of 0529 GMT, after hitting an all-time high of $2,265.49 …

BANGKOK / WAM Asian shares were mixed on Monday, with Shanghai gaining 1 percent after surveys showed improvements in manufacturing conditions in China, according to an Associated Press (AP) report. Sydney and Hong Kong were closed for the Easter Monday holiday. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.4 percent, to 39,803.09, after a Bank of Japan quarterly survey on business conditions showed …