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Google to invest $6.4bn

The investment is its biggest-ever in Germany.

Pfizer poised to buy Metsera

The pharma giant improved its offer to $10bn.

Ozempic maker lowers outlook

The company posted tepid Q3 results.

Kimberly-Clark to buy Kenvue

The deal is valued at $48.7 billion.

BYD Q3 profit down 33%

This was a 33% year-on-year decrease.

Kimberly-Clark to buy Kenvue

The deal is valued at $48.7 billion.
  • Kenvue's Tylenol painkiller has faced Trump administration allegations of links to increased autism risks.
  • Texas-based Kimberly-Clark makes a wide range of paper and cloth products, with brands such as Huggies, Kleenex and Kotex.

OpenAI signs $38 bn infrastructure deal with cloud giant AWS

Under the seven-year agreement, OpenAI, which is partly owned by AWS's archrival Microsoft, will gain access to computing resources including...
  • The deal will also give access to tens of millions of more conventional CPUs that will be used for the everyday deployment of so-called agentic AI.
  • OpenAI will immediately begin utilizing AWS computing, with all capacity targeted to be used before the end of 2026, and the ability to expand further in the coming years.

Trump says Russia, China have secretly tested nuclear weapons

President Donald Trump alleged Sunday that countries including Russia and China have conducted underground nuclear tests unknown to the public,...
  • "Russia's testing, and China's testing, but they don't talk about it," he told CBS's "60 Minutes" program, in an interview released Sunday
  • "I don't want to be the only country that doesn't test," he said, adding North Korea and Pakistan to the list of nations allegedly testing their arsenals.

OPEC+, including Saudi Arabia and Russia, agree further hike to their oil production

The 137,000-barrels-per-day hike will apply from December and remain at that level for the following three months, signifying a "pause"...
  • The 137,000-barrels-per-day hike will apply from December and remain at that level for the following three months, signifying a "pause" in what had been regular hike since April
  • The announced increase, which tallied with analyst expectations, has been seen as a bid by the key members of OPEC+ - known as the Voluntary Eight - to gain greater market share

Syrian leader to discuss sanctions, reconstruction in US visit: FM

Syria's president will discuss issues including lifting remaining sanctions, reconstruction and counter-terrorism when he becomes the country's first leader to...
  • Ahmed al-Sharaa is expected in the US capital in early November, Syria's top diplomat Asaad al-Shaibani told a panel at the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain
  • On Saturday, US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said Sharaa was heading to Washington "hopefully" to sign an agreement to join the US-led alliance against the Islamic State

Death becomes a growing business in ageing, lonely South Korea

Busan, South Korea -- Rows of coffins line a university classroom in the South Korean port city of Busan, ready...
  • Single-person households now account for around 42 percent of all homes in Asia's fourth-largest economy.
  • A new profession has emerged reflecting that statistic: cleaners who are called in to tidy up homes after their occupants, most of whom lived alone, have died.

Hundreds in south Lebanon mourn Hezbollah members killed in Israeli attacks

Nabatieh, Lebanon -- Hundreds of people gathered in south Lebanon's Nabatiyeh on Sunday to mourn five Hezbollah members killed in...
  • On Saturday, an Israeli strike killed four people in Kfar Rumman, Nabatiyeh district, the Lebanese health ministry and the Israeli military said.
  • The men's coffins were draped in Hezbollah's flag while mourners threw petals and chanted "death to Israel, death to America".

Iran vows to rebuild nuclear sites ‘stronger than before’

"By destroying buildings... we will not be set back," said Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in a visit to the country's...
  • Pezeshkian's comments came as Oman, Iran's traditional intermediary, urged the two countries on Saturday to resume talks.
  • Oman hosted five rounds of US-Iran talks this year. Just three days before the sixth round, Israel launched its strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities.

High price of gold inspires new rush in California

El Dorado Hills, United States -- Matt James has collected gold nuggets for years from the hills and riverbeds of...
  • Though the value has fluctuated, it has effectively doubled in the last two years, reaching an all-time high of more than $4,380 an ounce in October.
  • The Gold Rush transformed California, known as the Golden State, and many towns in the Sierra Nevada are working to keep that moment in history alive.

OPEC+ looks set to further hike oil output

Since April, the V8 group -- comprising Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman...
  • As in previous months, the V8 group is likely to cite "low oil inventories" worldwide to justify a further increase in production quotas.
  • In late October, pressure on Russian oil supplies mounted after the United States hit the country's two biggest oil producers -- Rosneft and Lukoil -- with sanctions.

Trump warns Israel not to ‘interfere’ in Syria, days after deadly operation killed 13 people

"It is very important that Israel maintain a strong and true dialogue with Syria, and that nothing takes place that...

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Trump pushes Ukraine to accept his plan for ending the war ahead of Nov 27 deadline

"He'll have to like it, and if he doesn't like it, then you know, they should just keep fighting," Trump...

UAE says will invest up to $50 billion in Canada

The fresh North American investment pledge came after UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan promised in May to pump...

COP30 deal under threat as nations clash over fossil fuels

The draft text unveiled by COP30 host Brazil made no mention of "fossil fuels" or the word "roadmap" that President...
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Iran says no access to bombed nuclear sites without IAEA deal

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the UN's nuclear watchdog would not be given access to Iranian nuclear sites...
  • The interview with the Khabar Online news agency was conducted before the International Atomic Energy Agency adopted a resolution Thursday demanding access to the sites
  • In mid-June, Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign against Iran, triggering a 12-day war that the US briefly joined with strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities

Qatar fears collapse of Israel-Hamas ceasefire after new Gaza strikes leave five Palestinians dead

The new strikes came the morning after one of the deadliest days in the Gaza Strip since the truce began...
  • Qatar, a key mediator in the Hamas-Israel war, condemned the latest air strikes as "a dangerous escalation that threatens to undermine the ceasefire agreement,"
  • Israel has carried out repeated strikes against what it says are Hamas targets during the ceasefire, resulting in the death of over 312 Palestinians, Gaza health ministry said

AMD, Cisco, and HUMAIN partner to build 1 GW AI infrastructure in Saudi

Washington, DC., US – AMD, Cisco, and HUMAIN, a PIF-backed company delivering full-stack AI solutions, have announced plans to establish...
  • The joint venture, which will begin operations in 2026, will combine HUMAIN’s advanced data centers with AMD and Cisco technologies.
  • AMD and Cisco will act as exclusive technology partners, contributing their products and services to develop up to 1 GW of AI infrastructure by 2030.