INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

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.

BYD Q3 profit down 33%

This was a 33% year-on-year decrease.
  • South Africa has revealed potential BRICS expansion plans at the Johannesburg summit, with keen interest shown by Middle Eastern nations,...

    South Africa revealed potential BRICS expansion plans at the Johannesburg summit, with keen interest shown by Middle Eastern nations, notably UAE and Saudi Arabia

    Analysts suggest that BRICS' potential expansion could strain relations with major powers, highlight the bloc's diverse appeal, but also raise concerns about diluted influence

  • Haftar, who backs the country's eastern administration, is close to Russia's private Wagner mercenary group, whose troops guard military and...

    It said the visit, led by Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov, was organized after talks with Libya at the Army-2023 expo and Moscow Conference on International Security.

    Wagner maintains a strong military presence in Africa, where it has partnered with several nations, including Mali and the Central African Republic.

  • Military helicopters and zipline experts rescued four children from a group of eight people trapped for hours in a stricken...

    Six children and two adults spent almost 12 hours trapped inside the chairlift at a height of up to 1,200 feet (350 metres) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan.

    A video of the first rescue showed a teenager in a harness hanging at the bottom of a swinging rope under a helicopter as crowds cheered with relief.

  • Hundreds of supporters lined the streets as the former Manchester City owner was taken to the Supreme Court. There, he...

    The divisive billionaire landed in a private jet at Bangkok's Don Mueang airport at 9 am (0200 GMT), to be greeted by supporters

    While Thaksin was being processed by the courts, his party formally nominated Srettha as its PM candidate in parliament

  • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia has officially acceded to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale...

    Saudi Arabia became the 96th State Party to the Convention. The Convention will enter into force for Saudi Arabia, except for its part III, on 1 September 2024.

    The CISG establishes a comprehensive code of legal rules governing the formation of contracts for the international sale of goods and the obligations of the buyer and seller.

  • During more than four months of deadly conflict between Daglo's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the regular army, the paramilitaries...

    While not directly linked to the RSF in any way, the "Daglo" market has come to be known by that name in a wink at the looting associated with fighters loyal to paramilitary chief

    The market lies on the main road linking Khartoum and the city of Wad Madani, where many residents of the capital displaced by the fighting have found shelter

  • Israel, during more than a decade of civil war in Syria, has launched hundreds of air strikes on its territory,...

    Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said "two pro-regime fighters were killed in Israeli strikes against military positions"

    Syria's official news agency had said earlier that the country's air defences had intercepted "hostile targets" in the Damascus area

  • Beirut, Lebanon - Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets again on Monday in Syria's southern city of Sweida, local media...

    Days of rare protests have erupted in the south after the government lifted fuel subsidies last week, dealing a blow to Syrians.

    "We've had enough, the Syrian people are suffocating," one activist in Sweida said on condition of anonymity for security reasons.

  • MOSCOW, RUSSIA - Russia still has not heard any reaction from international organizations regarding the assassination of journalist Darya Dugina...

    The diplomat recalled a series of assassination attempts and murders of Russian journalists and opinion leaders committed by the Kiev regime.

    Darya Dugina, 29, was killed on August 20 when her car was blown up on the M1 Highway in the Moscow Region’s Odintsovsky district.

  • ABU DHABI, UAE - The Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the...

    The MoU also aims to establish a framework for cooperation that advances trade, investment and economic relationships between the UAE and Ethiopia.

    The signing of the MoU was held on the sideline of the UAE delegation's visit to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.