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 White House said food supplies are being dangerously disrupted by "the compounding impacts of the pandemic, the deepening climate...

    The White House said food supplies are being dangerously disrupted by "the compounding impacts of the pandemic, the deepening climate crisis, rising energy and fertilizer costs.

    The US aid "builds on the $6.9 billion in US government assistance to support global food security already committed this year," a statement said.

  • The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US is supporting Lebanon through its incredibly challenging economic issues.

    The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US is supporting Lebanon through its incredibly challenging economic issues

    Prime minister Mikati thanked Blinken for his support and the opportunity to talk about Lebanon’s problems.

  • Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi is the target of the complaint for his role as a judge in the 1980s when...

    Kylie Moore-Gilbert, an Australian-British academic imprisoned in Iran from September 2018 to November 2020 for espionage

    In August in New York a civil lawsuit filed by a separate exile group challenged US authorities to take action against Raisi ahead of his UN appearance

  • After a Washington Post report revealed that Facebook and Twitter have shut down a number of fake accounts suspected to...

    Pentagon spokesman cautioned against assuming that the Defense Department was behind the accounts, leaving it possible that another government agency was involved

    The Washington Post noted a report last month by Graphika and the Stanford Internet Observatory on pro-Western covert influence operations

  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli prime minister Yair Lapid met on the sidelines of the United Nations General...

    The Israeli leader also raised concerns about arch-enemy Iran and "thanked President Erdogan for intelligence cooperation," his office said

    In his address to the UN General Assembly, Erdogan renewed calls for the establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital

  • New York, USA - UAE, France and India have discussed the need for enhancing global cooperation to counter energy and...

    Foreign ministers of the three countries reviewed it as they met on the sidelines of UNGA's 77th session.

    The three ministers discussed enhancing global cooperation in facing issues like energy and food security.

  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for a "dignified way out" of the seven-month crisis sparked by Russia's invasion of...

    Erdogan has been using his good working relations with both Moscow and Kyiv to try and find a diplomatic solution to the war.

    Erdogan delivered his address hours after four Moscow-held regions of Ukraine announced plans to vote in the coming days on annexation by Russia.

  • Putin accused the European Union of blocking 300,000 tons of Russian fertilizer from reaching the world's poorest countries. "Our offer......

    In July, an agreement was signed which allowed Russia to export its agricultural products and fertilizer despite Western sanctions.

    The West imposed a litany of sanctions on Russia after it sent troops into Ukraine on February 24.

  • Oil giant Saudi Aramco's chief blasted "unrealistic" energy transition plans, calling for a "new global energy consensus", including ramped-up investments...

    Aramco unveiled record profits of US$48.4 billion in Q2 of 2022 after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and a post-pandemic surge in demand sent crude prices soaring.

    One of the reasons for energy crisis is declining oil and gas investments, the Aramco chief said.

  • A rare operation by the Palestinian Authority security forces to arrest a Hamas member sparked clashes in the West Bank...

    Unrest persisted through the morning, with hundreds of youths hurling rocks at Palestinian Authority armored vehicles.

    Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's forces maintain security ties with Israel, PA raids targeting Hamas members are not common.