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.
  • Rafah, Palestinian Territories -- Eight sleeping children killed in one strike, doctors fighting but failing to save an unborn child --...

    Doctors say they are fighting a losing battle against a lack of medicines, water and fuel to keep hospitals running.

    Eight children aged between two and five were among 10 people from the same family killed in an air strike on a house in the city of Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza.

  • HAIFA, ISRAEL –  Hate speech and incitement in Hebrew targeting Palestinians on social media is on the rise, said 7amleh-...

    7amleh said 63 percent of the documented instances of hate speech and incitement were based on political affiliations.

    7amleh documented an additional 701 violations that targeted Palestinian users and supporters in the since October 7- 18,

  • The European Union has built a powerful armory to challenge the power of big tech with its landmark Digital Services Act...

    The European Commission said it had sent formal requests for information to Meta and TikTok in what is a first procedure launched under the EU's new law on digital content.

    Meta and TikTok have until October 25 to respond, with a deadline of November 8 for less urgent aspects of the demand for information.

  • PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA - Russia is ready to discuss and consider Turkey’s initiative to establish a guarantor system in the...

    According to the Russian foreign minister, the initiative is driven by the intention to de-escalate things and bring the situation back to normal.

    He said that the Turkish initiative is rooted in the desire to ensure a balance of interests, rather than favoring one party.

  • The US president trod a tightrope on his wartime visit to Israel, with key Arab allies Jordan and Egypt calling...

    The 80-year-old, who is seeking a second term in 2024, will address the nation less than 24 hours after returning from a high-stakes solidarity trip to Israel

    The Democrat's primetime speech comes as he prepares to ask Congress for a joint $100 billion package that includes money for Ukraine and Israel

  • Xi met Egypt's Mostafa Madbouli in Beijing on Thursday, repeating China's support for a "two-state solution... to realise the peaceful...

    China has repeatedly backed a vague two-state proposal on the decades-long deadlock that preceded the war

    Relations between China and Egypt have warmed in recent months, with Cairo set to become an official member of the recently expanded BRICS group

  • US president said the aid convoy would be allowed to go into Gaza from the Rafah crossing in a first...

    Biden said the first 20 trucks will be a test of a system for distributing aid without allowing Hamas to benefit

    The president said that the 20 trucks represented a "first tranche," and "150 or something" trucks are waiting in total.

  • In announcing Biden's visit, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Israel had agreed to work with the United States...

    Biden said he was encouraging Netanyahu to ensure "life-saving capacity to help the Palestinians who are innocent and caught in the middle of this".

    Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu hailed US President Joe Biden for paying "the first visit of an American president in Israel in a time of war".

  • "In light of (US) President (Joe) Biden's demand, Israel would not foil the supply of humanitarian aid via Egypt," the...

    Israel said it would allow for aid to pass through Egypt, it maintained supplies would not come from its own territory until Hamas releases all the hostages.

    Water, fuel and food supplies are running low in the Palestinian enclave, under a crippling Israeli-led blockade since Hamas took power in 2007.

  • "The United States is disappointed this resolution made no mention of Israel's rights of self-defense," US Ambassador to the UN...

    Twelve out of 15 Council members voted in favor of the resolution put forward by Brazil and negotiated over several days.

    The United States was the only vote against, but as one of the body's five permanent members its vote counts as a veto.