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 visit by Steve Witkoff came as a report from global advocacy group Human Rights Watch accused Israeli forces of...

    The UN human rights office in the Palestinian territories said at least 1,373 people had been killed seeking aid in Gaza since May 27 -- 105 of them in the last two days of July.

    "Most of these killings were committed by the Israeli military," the UN office said, breaking down the death toll into 859 killed near GHF food sites.

  • The tariffs are a demonstration of raw economic power that Trump sees putting US exporters in a stronger position while...

    But the muscular approach has raised fears of inflation and other economic fallout in the world's biggest economy.

    Stock markets in Hong Kong and London slumped as they digested the turmoil.

  • Stockholm, Sweden - A Stockholm court on Thursday handed down a life term to Swedish jihadist Osama Krayem over the...

    Judge Anna Liljenberg Gullesjo said "the investigation has shown that the defendant was at the execution site, uniformed and armed, and allowed himself to be filmed."

    Krayem, who is serving long prison sentences for his role in the Paris and Brussels attacks in 2015 and 2016, was given a life sentence for "serious war crimes and terrorist crimes

  • President Donald Trump has expressed displeasure with leaders of France, the United Kingdom and Canada for saying they plan to...

    Recent announcements by some of Washington's closest allies have only hardened the US president's stance against the move

    He dismissed Macron's decision, which got the ball rolling last week for other countries to consider similar steps, saying the statement did not matter.

  • Israel said it carried out strikes on Thursday on sites used by Hezbollah to manufacture and store missiles in Lebanon,...

    Defence Minister Israel Katz said targets included "Hezbollah's --- missile manufacturing site", and military said it had hit "infrastructure that was used for producing weapons

    Both Katz and the Israeli military accused Hezbollah of attempting to rebuild its military infrastructure and demanded that the Lebanese army move to disarm the militant group

  • Witkoff has been the top US representative in indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas but the discussions broke down last...

    Witkoff, who has been involved in months of stalled negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage release deal, met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shortly after his arrival

    Gaza's civil defence agency reported at least 58 Palestinians killed late Wednesday when Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd attempting to block an aid convoy

  • The last-gasp scramble to strike bilateral accords came as an appeals court in Washington considered the legality behind Trump's strategy...

    Trump doubled down on the wide-ranging levies, posting on Truth Social: "Tariffs are making America GREAT & RICH Again."

    So far, Washington has announced pacts with Britain, Vietnam, Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea and the European Union.

  • Within sight of Gaza, the devastated Palestinian enclave ravaged by nearly 22 months of war, hundreds of Israeli settlers marched...

    Israel's withdrawal from Gaza 20 years ago ended 38 years of military presence, and about 8,000 settlers were evacuated and 21 communities demolished

    But a vocal fringe never gave up the dream of return -- and now, amid war with Hamas and with hardliners in government, some believe the time is ripe

  • A Syrian-Israeli ministerial meeting is set to take place Thursday in Baku to discuss security matters in southern Syria, a...

    The meeting between Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer follows a similar meeting between them in Paris last week

    It will take place after an unprecedented visit by Shaibani to Moscow on Thursday, added the diplomat, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter

  • The foreign ministers of 15 countries issued a joint statement following a conference in New York, co-chaired by France and...

    In the statement, 15 nations including Spain, Norway, and Finland affirmed their "unwavering commitment to the vision of the two-state solution."

    Nine of the signatories which have not yet recognized the Palestinian state expressed "the willingness or the positive consideration of their countries" to do so.