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 WTO agreements on fisheries subsidies and a Covid vaccine patent waiver moved a step closer to completion Saturday after...

    World Trade Organization's first high-level meeting in five years where trade ministers and officials from 164 countries will meet

    The global trade body said a draft text on a deal banning subsidies favoring overfishing had been handed over to the ministers

  • Kuwait is keen on supporting efforts by the International Fund for Agriculture Development to feed the poor and aid progress...

    Kuwait and Saudi Arabia had helped established IFAD in 1977

    IFAD's aim is to help impoverished and hunger-stricken regions in the world

  • Syria has confirmed major damage including to runways at Damascus International Airport, which was closed for a second day Saturday...

    Damascus International Airport was closed for a second day Saturday for repairs

    Russia has condemned the attack against essential civilian infrastructure in Syria

  • The OPEC Fund for International Development will improve fiscal transparency, promote private sector development and enable environmental reforms

    The comprehensive plan will improve fiscal transparency, promote private sector development

    The plan will enable environmental reforms in the energy and waste management sectors

  • Clashes between armed groups erupted in Libya's capital on Friday night, according to local media, as the country reels from...

    The intense fighting involved two influential militias from western Libya, local media reported.

    After a 2011 revolt toppled the dictator Mouammar Kadhafi, political infighting has plagued oil-rich Libya

  • Iran and Venezuela signed a 20-year deal on cooperation between the two countries in various sectors including energy, financial and...

    The deal inked by Iran and Venezuela include energy, financial and defense

    From July 18 direct flights would operate between Caracas and Tehran

  • Lebanon said Friday it will resume appointments to issue and renew passports next week after suspending such bookings in late...

    General security had stopped passport services because the Lebanese government failed to pay a passport printing company

    Struggling with financial crisis, passport renewal requests in Lebanon surged tenfold since 2020

  • An Israeli missile attack early Friday hit several targets south of the Syrian capital Damascus, wounding at least one civilian,...

    Syrian air defenses intercepted most of the missiles but those that reached their target left at least one civilian wounded and caused material damage

    The monitor, which relies on a wide network of sources across Syria, said that at least three such positions were hit, leaving a number of people wounded

  • A flare-up in tensions between the UN nuclear monitor and Iran this week has left US President Joe Biden in...

    The Vienna talks halted because for US, the final demands by Iran unrelated to nuclear issues

    The US Secretary of State has warned that Iran's removal of the monitoring cameras threatened JCPOA restoration

  • "We are forging the links that will strengthen our shared interests and values to confront the challenges head-on. As Germany...

    The UAE and Germany are clear-eyed about the challenges they will face in the next 50, says UAE's Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

    As Germany pursues its policy of 'Zeitenwende' that will usher in a new era of foreign policy, finance, and energy, it will find in the UAE a true and reliable partner, he adds.

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