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.
  • Inflation was up 8.9 percent on the year in September, fuelled by rising prices of food (up 11.4 percent) and...

    Italy has a colossal debt of more than 2.7 trillion euros, around 150 per cent of its GDP, the highest ratio in the eurozone after Greece

    Matteo Salvini, leader of the far-right League party and one of Meloni's government allies, has been pushing for more spending to help businesses for months

  • Several Western countries are calling for an "impartial" investigation into Iranian drones they say Russia is using in the war...

    French ambassador to the UN Nicolas de Riviere called on Iran "to immediately cease all forms of support to Russia's aggression on Ukraine"

    Iran strongly rejected the drone allegations at the United Nations earlier in the week

  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday he warned France about the cement company Lafarge's ties to terror groups in...

    Lafarge pleaded guilty in a US court Tuesday to paying millions of dollars to the Islamic State group and other jihadists in war-torn Syria between 2013 and 2014

    Lafarge now faces the possibility of the introduction of evidence from the US prosecution into a separate French case over similar charges

  • Tensions escalated again in the Middle East, when Syria shot down missiles over Damascus fired by Israel, the first such...

    The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes targeted Syrian military sites near Damascus International Airport

    Israeli airstrikes have targeted Aleppo airport in August and September

  • The conflict erupted in 2014 when the Huthis seized the capital Sanaa, prompting the Saudi-led coalition to intervene the following...

    The attack was carried out by two drones but did not lead to casualties or damage, the Yemeni government said

    Hadramaut governor Mubarak Mabkhout said in a statement that two drones exploded in waters near a ship

  • A planned underwater energy pipeline linking Barcelona in Spain and Marseille in France could take up to seven years to...

    France, Spain and Portugal announced that they had agreed to build the maritime pipeline.

    The underwater pipeline - dubbed BarMar - would initially be used for natural gas but, over time, more and more for hydrogen.

  • Authorities also said they had detained 48 people, including six already wanted for allegedly "joining a gang in order to...

    More than 23,500 migrants of various nationalities were intercepted off Tunisia between January and September, according to the FTDES rights group which tracks migration issues.

    While many of those making the trip are escaping war or poverty further south, a long-running economic crisis is also pushing growing numbers of Tunisians to attempt the journey.

  • With supermarket cashiers paid more than most teachers, thousands have joined the protests since the beginning of September, with human...

    Hungary is already in the grip of a chronic teacher shortage, with few young people joining the profession and 40 percent of teachers aged over 50.

    According to the EU, the centralised management of schools also leaves school directors with limited autonomy to improve teaching quality, further eroding morale.

  • The agreement was signed during DEFEXPO 2022, the Land, Naval and Homeland Security Systems Exhibition, which is being held in...

    The agreement was signed during DEFEXPO 2022, the Land, Naval and Homeland Security Systems Exhibition, which is being held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat

    CARACAL and ICOMM will partner in the development of a full portfolio of locally manufactured small arms for the Indian market, as well as for international export

  • The crisis-hit PM, elected Conservative leader just six weeks ago on a tax-slashing platform, announced her resignation Thursday. Her budget,...

    The measures triggered a loss of confidence on markets, sparking the downfall of the 47-year-old Oxford-born politician

    Investors also felt the budget splurge was in opposition to the BoE's recent interest rate hikes which sought to bring down runaway inflation