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.
  • Those reinstated include far-right activists, anti-Muslim extremists as well as others peddling election conspiracies and Covid-19 misinformation, according to an...

    Among those allowed back on Twitter is former US President Donald Trump, who was handed a "permanent" ban by Twitter after his supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021

    Former national security advisor Michael Flynn, who once appeared to endorse the idea for a Myanmar-style coup in US, also thanked Musk on Friday after his account was restored

  • A delegation of the UAE Federal National Council's Parliamentary Division, led by Dr. Nidal Mohamed Al-Tunaiji met with Nuzhat Sadiq,...

    A delegation of the UAE Federal National Council's Parliamentary Division, led by Dr. Nidal Mohamed Al-Tunaiji met with Nuzhat Sadiq, Member of the Senate of Pakistan

    The two sides discussed the bilateral relations, and the importance of advancing cooperation between the two parliaments

  • Most of Turkey's demands have involved Sweden because of its more robust ties with the Kurdish diaspora.

    Sweden and Finland broke with decades of military non-alignment and applied to join the US-led defense alliance

    Turkey has refused to approve their bid until the two countries take steps, including joining Turkey's fight against banned Kurdish militants

  • ANTALYA, TURKEY - The UAE Parliamentary Division of the Federal National Council (FNC), participated in the meeting of the Standing...

    During the meeting, the report of APA's Secretary-General was presented.

    Draft decisions of the Political Affairs Committee were discussed and approved.

  • Cairo, Egypt - A Cairo court has sentenced to life in prison a Ukrainian woman arrested at the Egyptian capital's airport...

    Liudmyla Balakina, who lives in the Netherlands, had been convicted of drug smuggling following her arrest in April.

    Balakina had confessed in court to "meeting an Egyptian abroad, who took advantage of her need for money".

  • The Ras Laffan Petrochemicals Complex, which will produce 2.1 million tonnes of ethylene a year along with 1.7 million tons...

    QatarEnergy has a 70 percent equity share in the joint venture with Texas-based Chevron Phillips taking the other 30 percent.

    Ras Laffan will double Qatar's ethylene production capacity and increase its polymer output from 2.6 million tons to more than four million tons a year.

  • BASRA, IRAQ - Iraq has apologized to its neighbor Kuwait after a scuffle in the VIP section prevented the Kuwaiti emir's...

    Matches are taking place in the city of Basra as war-scarred Iraq hosts the regional event for the first time in over four decades.

    The country was long banned from international football and is counting on the tournament to burnish its image.

  • Freedom Theatre's ability to provide Jenin residents with respite is under growing strain due to repeated raids by Israeli forces.

    Ahead of the opening night of the theatre's latest production, "Metro Gaza", the creatives woke up to find three Palestinians had been killed in an Israeli operation.

    Jerusalem's El-Hakawati has seen its audiences dwindle since Israel began constructing a barrier around the West Bank in the early 2000s.

  • Tel Aviv, Israel--Thousands of Israelis protested on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government, regarded as the most right-wing in...

    In Tel Aviv, protesters brandished signs with slogans including "Democracy in danger" and "Together against fascism and apartheid"

    Netanyahu, 73, who himself is fighting corruption charges in court, had already served as premier longer than anyone in Israeli history

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin had unilaterally ordered his forces to pause attacks for 36 hours for the Orthodox Christmas.

    The statement however added that over the past 24 hours Russian forces repelled a number of attacks by the Ukrainian army in eastern Ukraine.

    AFP journalists in the town of Chasiv Yar south of the frontline city of Bakhmut on Saturday heard heavy artillery fire for much of Saturday morning.