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.
  • Reports of the new talks in Cairo came as protesters in Israel's biggest city blocked a major road Saturday following...

    Egypt, Qatar and key Israeli ally the United States have mediated previous rounds of negotiations, but a workable agreement has remained elusive

    Reports of the new talks in Cairo came as protesters in Israel's biggest city blocked a major road Saturday following demonstrations calling for the release of hostages

  • UN agencies have warned repeatedly that northern Gaza is on the verge of famine and called it a man-made crisis...

    Israel's siege brings nightly air strikes and in recent days major operations around several hospitals, which it says are used by Palestinian group

    The World Health Organization warned that Gaza had just 10 "minimally functioning" hospitals for its more than two million people

  • Media outlets pay for the journalists to fly on the government plane with US president, along with the meals and...

    For years, journalists have quietly stuffed everything from engraved whiskey tumblers to wine glasses from the Air Force One insignia on it into their bag before leaving the plane

    Last month, the White House Correspondents' Association sent an email to its members, issuing a stern notice that missing items from the press cabin had not gone unnoticed

  • "Around 9,000 patients urgently need to be evacuated abroad for lifesaving health services, including treatment for cancer, injuries from bombardments,...

    The WHO chief Ghebreyesus said that "Around 9,000 patients urgently need to be evacuated abroad for lifesaving health services".

    "With only 10 hospitals minimally functional across the whole of #Gaza, thousands of patients continue to be deprived of health care," WHO chief said.

  • Gaza City, Palestinian Territories - The Palestine Red Crescent said five people were killed and dozens wounded by gunfire and a...

    AFP video footage shows a convoy of trucks moving past burning debris near the distribution point in pre-dawn darkness as people shout and gunfire echoes.

    The Red Crescent said it happened after thousands of people gathered for the arrival of around 15 trucks of flour and other food.

  • Beirut, Lebanon - The death toll in Israeli air strikes on Syria has risen to 52, including 38 government soldiers and...

    They targeted "a rocket depot belonging to Lebanon's Hizbollah" near the Aleppo airport in northern Syria, the war monitor said.

    Israeli strikes on targets in Syria have increased since Israel's war against the Hizbollah-allied Hamas group in the Gaza Strip broke out on October 7.

  • Russia's invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago upended European leaders' sense of unshakeable post-war peace, prompting many countries...

    War is no longer a concept from the past, It is real, and it started over two years ago, Tusk said in an interview with the European media

    It sounds devastating we have to get used to the fact that a new pre-war era has begun, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said

  • The IMF action, repeatedly postponed and eagerly awaited by the Egyptian government, arrives at a time of mounting difficulties for...

    The IMF validated the payment as part of a $3 billion aid program granted at the end of 2022

    The board also approved a $5 billion extension announced at the beginning of the month

  • Washington, US--The US Treasury Department pushed back on Friday against claims it had eased sanctions against West Bank settlers after...

    In response to a surge in violence, the US recently sanctioned seven Israeli settlers and two farming outposts in the West Bank

    An Israeli daily reported that the Biden administration had "dramatically" softened its sanctions against these individuals

  • The go-ahead for a new round of talks on a Gaza ceasefire came a day after the world's top court...

    Talks on a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release will take place in Doha and Cairo

    Dozens of people were killed overnight, according to the health ministry in Gaza