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.
  • With Gaza's humanitarian crisis growing more dire and Biden's left flank in uproar, the US president made contradictory remarks as...

    Israel's retaliatory operations in Gaza have killed more than 30,800 people,

    Biden was evasive Saturday on the possibility of a new trip to Israel

  • Canada and Sweden announced over the weekend they were resuming funding for the cash-strapped UN agency, weeks after having suspended...

    Supporting UNRWA, which has been central to humanitarian efforts in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, was a "serious mistake", the Israeli foreign ministry said in a statement

    The renewed aid, according to the Israeli statement, showed that Canada and Sweden had chosen "to ignore the involvement of UNRWA employees in terrorist activity

  • Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said Israel was preparing for "all possible operational scenarios" during Ramadan, and that it plans...

    Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Mossad chief met Friday with the head of the CIA

    Israel did not send a delegation to the latest round of truce talks in Cairo

  • With t-shirts and banners featuring the names and pictures of hostages seized during Hamas's October 7 attack, the crowd demanded...

    Some protesters called for an immediate ceasefire, a position the government has rejected

    A protestor said Netanyahu's government "cannot stay in power" after the October 7 attack

  • Lebanon's official National News Agency said the Israeli strike on a house in the Khirbet Selm area killed a family...

    The attack destroyed the house, wounding at least nine others who lived nearby

    A Lebanese couple and their son were killed in an Israeli strike on Tuesday

  • London, UK - Thousands of protesters marched in central London on Saturday to call for a ceasefire in Gaza amid ongoing...

    The march, from Hyde Park Corner to the US Embassy, was the fifth major demonstration of the year so far in the capital.

    However, marches protesting Israeli assault in Gaza have seen dozens arrested for anti-Semitic chanting and banners.

  • A boat laden with food for Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza was "ready" to set sail from Cyprus, an NGO said,...

    The UN has repeatedly warned of looming famine, particularly in the Palestinian territory's north where no overland border crossings are open.

    With ground access limited, countries have also turned to airdropping aid, although a parachute malfunction turned one delivery on Friday deadly.

  • Lagos, Nigeria - The holy fasting month of Ramadan begins early next week in Nigeria, with the worst economic crisis in...

    With food inflation at around 35 percent, worshipers taking part in Friday prayers at the central mosque in Lagos said they were barely able to provide for their families

    The government brought in reforms last year that have had a devastating effect on citizens of Africa's biggest economy, where around half the population is Muslim

  • Ankara, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Ankara "firmly backs" Palestinian group Hamas. "No-one can make us...

    "No-one can make us qualify Hamas as a terrorist organization," he said in a speech in Istanbul.

    Erdogan has been one of the most virulent critics of Israel since the start of the war in Gaza.

  • Geneva, Switzerland - The war in Gaza has "ruptured any sense of a shared humanity," the head of the International Committee...

    ICRC head Mirjana Spoljaric called for an urgent ceasefire in Gaza, saying Israel and Hamas must respect international law and protect civilians.

    "In the face of such deep suffering", the ICRC called urgently for a ceasefire to allow "a steady, robust flow of humanitarian aid" to reach people in Gaza.