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.
  • Antonio Guterres repeated his call for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" to alleviate "the plight of Palestinian children, women and men...

    He said the whole world recognises that it's past time to silence the guns in Gaza

    The UN has repeatedly warned of famine in the Palestinian territory, particularly in the north

  • RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – The Board of Directors of the Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC) revealed on Sunday the launch of...

    Nestled within Qiddiya City, just 40 minutes from Riyadh, this never-seen-before anime theme park is set to become a spectacle.

    Inspired by the seven legendary Dragon Balls, visitors can navigate seven distinctively themed zones within the park.

  • PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES – The Palestinian Red Crescent said on Sunday that Israeli forces were besieging two hospitals in southern Gaza,...

    Israel has mounted several raids at and near hospitals in Gaza since the war began last October.

    The medical organization said a volunteer worker at the hospital was killed by Israeli gunfire early on Sunday.

  • BEIJING, CHINA – The head of the International Monetary Fund on Sunday called on China to implement "a comprehensive package of...

    Chinese policymakers have so far resisted calls to juice the economy through massive government stimulus.

    Authorities should boost "the spending power of individuals and families" by beefing up China's pension system, IMF said.

  • After four years of drought, Iraqi farmer Mohammed Sami was about to abandon his father's parched land, but then a...

    Last year the WFP's water management project helped more than 1,100 farmers "in areas most affected by climate change and drought," said Khansae Ghazi from the UN agency

    The new irrigation systems "use 70 percent less water than traditional methods such as flooding" -- the vastly more wasteful method used for millennia

  • Sameh Makki's soup kitchen is barely 100 meters from the market, but it can take two hours to make the...

    When war erupted, the resistance committees of Youth created Emergency Response Rooms to provide civilians in the line of fire with healthcare, evacuation help and food aid

    International aid groups call them the frontline of Sudan's humanitarian response and the United Nations has said ERRs have helped over four million civilians across Sudan

  • The Panamanian-flagged, Chinese-owned and operated Huang Pu issued a distress call but did not request assistance, US Central Command said....

    CENTCOM said Houthi rebels had launched four anti-ship ballistic missiles in the Red Sea

    It added that, after the attack, US forces engaged six drones launched by the Houthis

  • Cairo, Egypt-- UAE's President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his counterpart from Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met in...

    The two presidents explored opportunities for further collaboration within the framework of the strategic partnership that unites the two countries

    The two leaders also reviewed the ongoing efforts to address the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and alleviate the suffering of its people

  • Israel has been launching air strikes deeper into Lebanese territory for several weeks against Hizbollah positions, heightening the threat of...

    The Israeli military said in a statement fighter jets "struck a Hizbollah manufacturing site"

    At least 323 people have been killed in Lebanon, most of them Hizbollah fighters

  • Erdogan has entrusted his former environment minister Murat Kurum to run for mayor of Istanbul in the March 31 polls...

    Erdogan is leading the AKP campaign and his rallies are broadcast daily on television

    The government's failure to get inflation of 67% under control could hurt his Kurum's chances