INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

Samsung biggest chip investor

The tech giant invested nearly $59.2bn in 2025.

flynas to set up new hub

Five destinations in first phase of operations.

AD Ports Group acquires CLI

CLI is Brazilian agri-bulk terminal operator.

$1.59bn Makkah project awarded

A consortium will develop two districts in the Holy City.

2PointZero posts profit surge

Growth driven by merger consolidation.
  • BEIJING, CHINA – Chinese regulators will ban the chairman of property giant Evergrande from the securities market for life on grounds...

    Unable to repay interest on its loans, China’s real estate firm Evergrande formally defaulted in 2021, sending shockwaves through the industry.

    The company has struggled to repay creditors for years, defaulting in 2021 and becoming subject to a winding-up order by a Hong Kong court earlier this year.

  • DUBAI, UAE – Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum chaired the 81st...

    The Council reviewed updates of the demand side management strategy for 2030 and 2050.

    This is part of the efforts to make Dubai a leading example in efficient energy and water demand management.

  • RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – VASI Shipping Pte Ltd has introduced a new shipping service IMS at King Abdulaziz Port in...

    This service aims to enhance its strategic partnerships with major international shipping lines, support the maritime sector.

    This initiative represents a significant step in bolstering the role of King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam in enhancing the maritime transport sector.

  • Varadkar has been one of Europe's most critical leaders over Israel's campaign in Gaza, which began when Hamas launched an...

    According to Irish PM Leo Varadkar, "the Irish people are deeply troubled about the catastrophe that's unfolding before our eyes in Gaza."

    US has demanded a "clear and implementable plan" to protect civilians there, while Varadkar on Sunday called on Israel to abandon the planned incursion

  • The talks in the Qatari capital are the first after weeks of intense negotiations involving Qatari, US and Egyptian mediators...

    The meeting between Mossad chief David Barnea, Qatar PM Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani and Egyptian envoys "is expected to take place today"

    Palestinian fighters seized about 250 Israeli and foreign hostages during the October 7 attack, but dozens were released during a week-long truce in November

  • Oxfam said in a report that Israel continued to "systematically and deliberately block and undermine any meaningful international humanitarian response"...

    Oxfam said inspection rules were causing aid trucks to be stuck in queues for 20 days on average

    The group noted that Israeli authorities arbitrarily reject "dual-use" items

  • Al-Shifa is the Gaza Strip's largest hospital. The Israeli army had in November last year carried out an operation in...

    Soldiers "are currently conducting a precise operation in the area of the Shifa hospital," a statement from the military said

    Israel has repeatedly accused Hamas of running military operations from hospitals and other medical centers, claims the fighter group denies

  • Baku, Azerbaijan--NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday stressed the need to fight global warming, and called climate change a "crisis...

    Stoltenberg said in Baku the challenge was that "the world needs energy, but at the same time we need to fight global warming"

    He also hailed Azerbaijan for investing in alternative energies, stressing the country's "great potential" as a supplier of hydropower

  • If he completes another full Kremlin term, Putin will have stayed in power longer than any Russian leader since Catherine...

    All of the 71-year-old's major opponents are dead, in prison or exiled

    He has overseen an unrelenting crackdown on anybody who publicly opposes his rule

  • Israel has repeatedly threatened a ground offensive against Hamas in Rafah, where people shelter in tents crammed up against the...

    Netanyahu had on Friday said he approved the military's plan for an operation in Rafah as well as "the evacuation of the population."

    The US - which provides Israel military assistance - has said it wants a "clear and implementable plan" to ensure civilians are "out of harm's way."