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.
  • The study, the most detailed look so far at child hunger in Gaza, analysed data on more than 200,000 children...

    The study, published in medical journal The Lancet, comes after the United Nations in August declared a famine in parts of the Gaza Strip -- a finding rejected by Israel

    The study, the most detailed look at child hunger in Gaza, analysed data on over 200,000 children under five examined between January 2024 and August 2025 at UNRWA facilities

  • In a dramatic moment, AFP journalists saw US Secretary of State Marco Rubio interrupt an event at the White House...

    Palestinian militant group Hamas would release all hostages while Israel would pull its troops back to an agreed on line, Trump said after talks in Egypt on his 20-point Gaza plan

    Qatar said the deal was the "first phase of the Gaza truce pact, which will lead to ending the war, the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian captives, and entry of aid

  • Both sides have responded positively to Trump's plan, which calls for a ceasefire, the release of all the hostages held...

    Key to the negotiations will be the names of the Palestinian prisoners Hamas will push for.

    According to Egyptian state-linked media, high-profile inmate Marwan Barghouti -- from Hamas's rival, the Fatah movement -- is among those the group wants to see released.

  • Abu Dhabi, UAE – G42, the Abu Dhabi-based technology group, Wednesday announced its participation at GITEX Global 2025 with the...

    The G42 District will serve as a one-stop destination for government officials, business leaders, and visitors to explore how AI is being operationalized across sectors.

    It will feature G42’s full portfolio of companies - including Core42, Khazna, M42, Presight, CPX, Inception, Space42, AIQ, AstraTech and Analog.

  • Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Turkey's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin, Trump's special Middle East envoy Steve...

    Israel and Hamas are holding indirect negotiations in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh, based on a 20-point plan proposed by US President Donald Trump last month

    "There's a real chance that we could do something," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday, adding that US negotiators were also involved in the talks

  • Damascus, Syria - Syria announced a comprehensive ceasefire with Kurdish forces after a meeting Tuesday between Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa...

    Syria's authorities, who took power last year after the ouster of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, have rejected Kurdish demands for a government giving them greater autonomy

    The Kurds, who carved out their semi-autonomous administration under Assad, have called for decentralisation, a demand the new authorities have rejected

  • London, United Kingdom - Thousands of students protested in London and other UK cities on Tuesday, defying a plea from...

    Chanting "Free Palestine", students from several London universities walked out of classes at 2:00 pm (1300 GMT) to march through the centre of the British capital

    Writing in The Times newspaper, Starmer alleged that pro-Palestinian protests had been used "to attack British Jews for something over which they have absolutely no responsibility

  • On the second anniversary of the Hamas October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, Antonio Guterres decried a "humanitarian catastrophe on...

    His comments came as the world marked the two years since Hamas launched a massive assault on Israel, making it the deadliest day in the country's history.

    Israel's military campaign in Gaza by air, land and sea has killed at least 67,160 people, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory.

  • Behind closed doors and under tight security, negotiators will speak through mediators shuttling back and forth, only weeks after Israel...

    The Hamas delegation, led by top negotiator Khalil al-Hayya who survived the attack in Doha, held a meeting with Egyptian intelligence officials ahead of the talks.

    Trump, whose envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner are expected in Egypt, has urged negotiators to "move fast" to end the war in Gaza.

  • Iran's top diplomat said Sunday that cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog was no longer relevant following the reimposition...

    "The Cairo agreement is no longer relevant for our cooperation with the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)," Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said

    The deal had set up a framework to resume cooperation and allow the watchdog to inspect Iranian sites, after Tehran suspended cooperation following Israeli and US strikes