INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

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.
  • "After the follow-ups and consultations conducted by the president and with his written order, I will continue to exercise my...

    Pezeshkian named Zarif as his vice president for strategic affairs on August 1, but the former top diplomat resigned less than two weeks later

    Conservatives in Iran have criticised Pezeshkian for choosing Zarif, who became known for his vital role in negotiating the landmark 2015 nuclear deal

  • Cairo, a key mediator in efforts to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, "reiterated to all parties...

    A key sticking point in the ceasefire talks have been calls for Israel to withdraw its forces from the border area, including the Rafah crossing

    Israeli forces seized the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing in early May, a move that has cut off a crucial aid route and drawn repeated condemnation from Egypt

  • The result was perhaps the biggest exchange of fire in 10 months of a war which began with a Hamas...

    Hizbollah, the powerful Iran-backed Lebanese armed group, denied that thousands of launchers had been destroyed or that Israel had thwarted a larger attack

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet the strikes were "not the final word" in the campaign against Hizbollah

  • "The declaration on the state of emergency enables the IDF (Israeli military) to issue instructions to the citizens of Israel,...

    "I hereby declare a special situation on the home front in other areas of the country. The situation is valid for 48 hours starting at 6:00 am," Gallant said

    In a separate statement, the defence ministry said Gallant briefed US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin on the overall situation

  • Harris also pledged to "always stand up for Israel's right to defend itself." Some pro-Palestinian activists, who rallied on the...

    The US Democratic candidate vowed to "not cozy up to tyrants and dictators" who can flatter Trump as he "wants to be an autocrat himself."

    Harris won the biggest applause lines in her foreign policy section when she spoke of the suffering of Palestinians

  • Jerusalem, Undefined - As their first birthday approaches, the triplets Gaza-native Hanane Bayouk gave birth to in Jerusalem before the war...

    Israeli travel restrictions and the ongoing conflict have left Palestinian mothers from Gaza struggling to access their children in Jerusalem

    The number of births at the hospital has fallen sharply as Israel has stopped issuing travel permits to mothers from Gaza and slashed the number given to mothers

  • "It is India's strong belief that no problem can be resolved on a battlefield," Modi said in Poland, a staunch...

    Modi is expected to use his landmark visit to campaign for a "peaceful" solution

    Modi added his country supported "dialogue and diplomacy for restoration of peace and stability"

  • The Israeli military killed a senior Palestinian militant in Lebanon on Wednesday, leading to accusations from the Fatah movement that...

    The strike killed Khalil Maqdah, described by Fatah as "one of the leaders"

    Israeli bombardment elsewhere in Gaza killed at least 24 people on Wednesday

  • Iran's army in May similarly said it had found no evidence of criminal activity in the crash that also killed...

    The helicopter carrying 63-year-old Raisi crashed on a fog-shrouded mountainside in northern Iran, killing the president and seven others, and triggering snap elections

    Fars news agency, quoting an informed security source with knowledge of the conclusions of the probe, said overloading was also behind crash

  • Doha, Qatar - Top US diplomat Antony Blinken appealed Tuesday to Hamas urgently to accept a ceasefire plan to ease suffering...

    The US secretary of state closed his ninth wartime trip to the region in which he warned that the US-backed truce proposal may be the "last chance" to broker an end the conflict

    The United States last week presented ideas to bridge gaps and, through Qatar and Egypt, has pressed heavily on Hamas to accept and return to talks this week in Cairo