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 commander of Sudanese paramilitary forces Mohamed Hamdan Daglo wrote on X, previously Twitter, that he had apprised South African...

    Daglo has shown an openness to ending the fighting during his visits abroad

    The war has plunged Sudan into a humanitarian crisis, with 12,000 dead

  • Battling aftershocks and roads littered with gaping holes and blocked by frequent landslides, thousands of rescuers from all over Japan...

    Wajima, the port city on the Noto Peninsula, was one of the worst hit

    At least 330 people were injured in the powerful main tremor

  • The unveiling of Gallant's plan comes on the eve of a visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who...

    Under the plan, Israel's war in the territory will continue until it has secured the return of the hostages taken on October 7

    After that, the outline says, a new phase will begin during which "Hamas will not control Gaza and will not pose a security threat to the citizens of Israel."

  • Washington, United States - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna agreed to seek steps to...

    The US diplomat Antony Blinken and France's foreign minister Catherine Colonna discussed the situation in Lebanon and Iran

    The two top diplomats "discussed the importance of measures to prevent the conflict in Gaza from expanding.

  • Baghdad, Iraq - A "US strike" in Baghdad on Thursday killed a military commander of the Hashed al-Shaabi, the ex-paramilitary force...

    The strike killed "two members and wounded seven others", said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

    A Hashed source, asking not to be named, confirmed the death toll and charged that the United States was behind the attack.

  • Saudi Arabia and Qatar condemned comments by two Israeli ministers calling for Palestinians to emigrate from the Gaza Strip. Israel's...

    Saudi Arabia "categorically condemns and rejects the comments of the two ministers," the foreign ministry said in a statement

    Saudi called on the global community to act in the face of the Israeli government's "persistence" in violating international law "through its statements and actions"

  • Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, who was sworn in as emir last month, named Sheikh Mohammed Sabah al-Salem Al-Sabah, a popular...

    Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, who was sworn in as emir last month, named Sheikh Mohammed Sabah al-Salem Al-Sabah as the new premier.

    The Harvard-educated Sheikh Mohammed, also son of a former emir, was Kuwait's ambassador to the United States for 10 years.

  • Beirut, Lebanon - Four Hizbollah fighters were killed overnight in southern Lebanon, the Iran-backed movement announced on Thursday, in what Lebanese...

    A source close to Hizbollah said that the four were killed in Naqura near the Israeli border.

    Hizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel in a speech against starting a war in Lebanon.

  • ACCRA, GHANA - A United Arab Emirates delegation led by Dr. Rashed Ali Al Kaabi, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs...

    The ministerial meeting was the first in Africa with previous sessions taking place in the US, the UK, Canada and the Republic of Korea.

    The UAE delegation head held several meetings with the heads of attending delegations, including France, the UK, Bangladesh and others.

  • The World Bank raised its target for climate-related projects from 35% of its annual financing to 45%. Given that the...

    On Wednesday, Banga repeated a previous pledge to "fix the plumbing" of World Bank

    World Bank estimated that developing countries will need an average of $2.4trn each year