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BYD logs record EV sales in 2025

It sold 2.26m EVs vs Tesla's 1.22 by Sept end.

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.
  • A speeding car rammed into an oil tanker, causing the tanker to explode into a ball of fire on the...

    A video posted to the Makkah region’s official Twitter account showed cars driving by a raging fire stretching across the central divide of the highway

    Civil Defense teams at the site eventually managed to control the fire, authorities announce soon after 2 a.m. on Tuesday

  • A public spat has broken out in Jordan over the decision to mine for copper in parts of the Dana...

    The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature said it opposed any redrawing of the boundaries and that it would take “all legal and escalatory measures under Jordanian law”

    Dana is Jordan’s largest natural reserve, covering some 320 sq km of mountains and wadis along the Great Rift Valley.

  • Iran unveiled the indigenously-designed surface-to-air Bavar 373 missile defense system in August 2019.

    Iran’s Deputy Defense Minister Brigadier General Mahdi Farahi made the announcement

    This is a new edition that may be at the same or higher level than S400

  • The sale of tickets, easing of travel restrictions and positive investment projections point to a surge in economic activity in...

    Dubai intends to open its doors to visitors and re-establish 90 percent of its operating capacity at its airports in 2021.

    66 percent of Dubai business leaders expected an improvement in business conditions in 2021 Q3, compared to 51 percent in the previous quarter.

  • Agreements have been signed for concept and front-end engineering design.

    50 percent of project value can potentially flow back into UAE economy.

    The agreements signed with eight global engineering contractors will run for five years.

  • The boom in looted objects from antiquity is a real problem in Iraq, where corruption is prevalent and archaeological sites...

    The boom in looted objects from antiquity is a real problem in Iraq, where corruption is prevalent and archaeological sites are poorly protected

    Sumerians, Assyrians and Babylonians all trod on the ancient land that is now Iraq, and that makes it a land of choice for smugglers.

  • Bitcoin has been on a rollercoaster this year. After hitting $65,000 in April it tumbled below $29,000 in June, and...

    Bitcoin has been on a rollercoaster this year. After hitting $65,000 in April it tumbled below $29,000 in June, and is now back above $50,000

    In April, PayPal-owned mobile payments service Venmo began letting users in the US buy, hold or sell cryptocurrency using its app

  • The period has been extended from August 23, 2021, to February 16, 2022, with violators looking at fines of around...

    The Saudi Ministry of Commerce has already given a six-month grace period once to violators of the anti-concealment law

    Several enterprises, whose annual revenues exceeded SR6 billion ($1.6 billion), benefited from this

  •  Egypt’s non-oil exports leaped up by 22 percent during the first seven months of 2021, posting $17.70 billion as compared...

    In July 2021, Egyptian non-petroleum exports rose by 4% to $2.95 billion, from $2.21 billion in July 2020

    The non-petroleum imports increased slightly by 11% to $42.39 billion during the seven-month period ended July 31st, 2021

  • The growth was driven by a partnership with CNNB Solutions.

    L’Oréal Middle East entered into a D2C e-commerce and e-distribution partnership with Dubai-headquartered CNNB Solutions

    CNNB developed a set of services, which include a model where it Solutions buys inventory from L’Oréal ME

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