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.
  • French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday told his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi that reviving the landmark 2015 deal on Tehran's...

    French leader's telephone call with Raisi comes as negotiations in Vienna between Iran and world powers including the United States have stalled since March

    Macron also "reiterated his deep concern" about four French citizens "arbitrarily held" in Iran during his call with Raisi

  • Iran's intelligence ministry announced Saturday the arrest of agents linked to Israel's Mossad who entered the Islamic republic to carry...

    The suspects entered Iran from northern Iraq but were arrested before they could carry out their mission, IRNA said, citing a statement from the ministry

    Iran and Israel have been engaged in a years-long shadow war, with the Islamic republic accusing its arch-foe of carrying out sabotage attacks against its nuclear sites

  • The World Health Organization on Saturday declared the monkeypox outbreak, which has affected nearly 17,000 people in 74 countries, to...

    Monkeypox has affected over 16,800 people in 74 countries, according to a tally by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published on July 22.

    A surge in monkeypox infections has been reported since early May outside the West and Central African countries where the disease has long been endemic.

  • It will be a public meeting, (unlike) previous encounters that were held privately at a low level between intelligence and...

    Since April last year, Iraq has hosted five rounds of talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

    Riyadh severed ties with Tehran after Iranian protesters attacked Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran in 2016 following the Saudi execution of Shiite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr.

  • Ukraine and Russia and two of the world's largest grain producers.

    Ukraine's farms are major source of grain for world market, particularly in Middle East and Africa.

    Cereal prices in Africa have surged because of the slump in exports due to Russia-Ukraine war.

  • The fighting began on Thursday night and extended into Friday afternoon. The clashes were between two armed groups with major...

    Several sources said one group's detention of a fighter belonging to the other had sparked the fighting, which extended to several districts of the capital.

    Mitiga, the capital's sole functioning airport, was closed for several hours on Friday before it reopened late in the day.

  • A delegation from the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) discussed with the Director-General of the World Health...

    A delegation of from ISESCO met Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in Geneva.

    They also agreed to enhance the implementation of the terms of the MoU signed between the two organizations.

  • A global summit in Albania dedicated to advocating regime change in Iran has been postponed due to security threats, an...

    The Free Iran World Summit was set to take place this weekend outside the Albanian capital Tirana, at the headquarters of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK)

    The US embassy in Tirana on Thursday evening tweeted about a "potential threat" targeting the summit and warned its citizens in Albania to avoid the event and keep a low profile

  • Tunisian police used pepper spray to disperse protesters and arrested several demonstrators Friday, as hundreds rallied against President Kais Saied...

    The protest came as Tunisians prepare to vote Monday on a draft constitution that would enshrine the vast powers that Saied has exercised since he sacked the government

    His move was a decisive blow against the crisis-ridden political system in Tunisia, the only democracy to have emerged from the 2011 Arab uprisings

  • Abandoned sandals and upturned chairs attest to the panic that gripped this peaceful rest spot in Iraq's Kurdish mountains when...

    Civilians have been repeatedly caught up in the crossfire of Turkey's nearly four-decade-old war against the rebel Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)

    A public outcry over Wednesday's deadly bombardment sparked anti-Turkish demonstrations in cities across central and southern Iraq

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