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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.
  • Hyperloop, which is expected to transport passengers and freight at a speed of an airplane, could become a reality before...

    Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem said India and Saudi Arabia might roll out the transport system first.

    DP World has invested in Virgin Hyperloop, which tested human travel in a hyperloop pod for the first time in 2020.

  • S&P has revised up Oman’s credit outlook to positive from stable on the expectation that the sultanate’s reform program will...

    Long-term foreign currency credit rating was affirmed at B+

    S&P said it could raise its ratings on Oman over the next 12 months if planned fiscal reforms and stronger economic growth sustainably reduce fiscal imbalances

  • Saudi Arabia is confident that it will have budget surpluses from 2023 with the kingdom’s economy showing a “noticeable and...

    Saudi Arabia will post a surplus of about $7.2bln in 2023, rising to $11bln in 2024, the ministry said

    Government revenue will slip to SR903 billion in 2022 from SR930 billion in 2021, but will have reached SR992 billion by 2024

  • Fahad Hejji, the First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations, has said...

    Kuwait has spared no effort to empower women and ensure their rights

    It also ensures their effective participation in all aspects of daily life, and enables them to assume leading state posts

  • Saudi authorities will require people to have double immunization starting at 6 am on October 10 if they are to...

    Saudi residents will need double immunization to enter any economic, commercial, cultural, recreational, sports, or tourism activity

    They will also require it to enter any cultural, scientific, social, or recreational event

  • UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York that the organization needed "predictability" for its...

    UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York that the organization needed "predictability" for its operations

    The funding would allow the agency to keep open the 700 or so schools it managed, catering to 550,000 children

  • World’s proven crude oil reserves stood at 1,549 billion barrels in 2020, increasing by 0.2 percent from the level of...

    World’s proven natural gas reserves fell by 0.4 percent to 206.7 trillion standard cu m in 2020

    OPEC natural gas reserves stood at 73.74 tr standard cu m in 2020, down 1.4 percent from 2019

  • The Middle East has 25% of the worldwide gaming audience, followed by Latin America 13.9%, the Asia Pacific 9.2%, Western...

    The Middle East has 25% of the worldwide gaming audience, followed by Latin America 13.9%, the Asia Pacific 9.2%, Western Europe 4.8%, and North America 4%

    The value of gaming in the MENA is estimated to be US$4.5 billion with over 100 million gamers in the region

  • Dubai has created a "new city" for Expo 2020 that will exist for decades, the head of the event said,...

    The $7bn purpose-built showground occupies a vast site on Dubai's outskirts with hundreds of pavilions

    Expo 2020, which has sustainability as one of its main themes, wraps up in March

  • Jordanian Prime Minister Bishr Khasawneh met his Lebanese counterpart Najib Mikati to discuss cooperation and help Lebanon.

    Jordanian Prime Minister Bishr Khasawneh underlined his country’s support for Lebanon to overcome ongoing challenges

    He also pointed to the relations that bind the two countries and peoples, highlighting Jordan's commitment to enhancing joint cooperation

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