DUBAI / WAM The UAE Ministry of Interior, represented by the General Directorate of Civil Defense in Dubai, has signed memoranda of understanding (MoU) and declarations of intent with national and international bodies dedicated to firefighting to establish the ‘World Fire Emission Reduction Alliance’. Aimed at forging an international coalition to reduce global carbon emissions stemming from fires, the alliance ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, held talks with President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, on bilateral relations and means to further develop them across various sectors for the benefit of the two brotherly peoples. This came during His Highness’s ...

BLOOMBERG Jefferies Financial Group is starting an investment-banking unit in Canada as part of an international expansion of its core Wall Street operations. The company will offer investment-banking and capital-markets services to its corporate, institutional and government clients in Canada, Jefferies said in a statement. The office in Toronto will employ more than 40 people across investment banking, equity research, ...