Luxembourg / AFP EU foreign ministers on Monday agreed to boost the bloc’s anti-people smuggling operation in the Mediterranean to include training of the Libyan coastguard and enforcing a UN arms embargo. Ministers also agreed to extend Operation Sophia’s mandate by one year, a statement said, as the European Union tries to stem a flood of migrants from North ...

  Oaxaca / AFP Unknown gunmen opened fire as police and teachers clashed in southern Mexico during a protest that left six people dead and more than 100 injured, authorities said. The violence erupted as police threw tear gas at the protesters to end a week-long barricade that was blocking a road in Asuncion Nochixtlan, a town in Oaxaca state, ...

  Nairobi / AFP A quiet protest movement is spreading in Burundi’s schools where hundreds of students have been suspended in recent weeks for defacing pictures of President Pierre Nkurunziza in textbooks. Scribbling on the presidential portraits contained in government-issue study guides is seen as an act of silent resistance against a regime that clings to power despite more than ...

  BLOOMBERG Global equities rallied and the pound strengthened the most since 2008 on signs the campaign for the U.K. to stay in the European Union was gaining momentum. The yen declined with U.S. Treasuries and gold as haven demand eased. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index headed for its biggest gain since August and emerging-market shares advanced for a second ...

  Bloomberg The turbulence sweeping global markets has reignited investors’ passion for gold. Global central bankers have sounded the alarm that a British exit from the European Union could be disruptive to the global economy. Anxiety about the June 23 vote contributed to more than $1 trillion of value being wiped from global equities last week as bullion futures reached ...

  Bloomberg British secession from the European Union is a market scenario that the region’s equity strategists are choosing not to factor into their forecasts — or at least, one they are expecting to have no catastrophic meaning for stocks. Even as global markets teetered last week and polls showed more U.K. voters leaning toward leaving the trading bloc, securities ...

  ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business Green is the new mantra for success in the boats and yacht industry. UAE, which is undergoing a considerable surge in the sea-tourism segment owing to its picturesque coastline, is gradually taking firm strides towards the eco-friendly marine solutions in the yachting world. According to reports, as eco-friendly generation is fast multiplying and it ...

    Dubai / Emirates Business The UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science has been on a research collaboration trip to Japan and China, in order to meet with eminent scientists and researchers in many scientific fields related to rain enhancement science, introducing them to the program and its goals, and the aspirations of the UAE leadership and government ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business The Dubai Foundation for Women and Children (DFWAC) launched the #BeMyVoice campaign to encourage the community in general and the media and social media influencers in particular, to support the victims of violence against women and children and shed light on their suffering, as well as spreading awareness on how to confront violence and prevent ...

  Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business Technological advances have given a boost to the digital signage industry in the Emirates, with the sector expected to reach $23.02 billion by 2023, according to a report by Global Market Insights Inc. “Digital World Computer Design LLC has been contributing to the Digital Printing industry for the last 10 years in Dubai. The ...