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.
  • Morocco on Sunday begins welcoming an influx of its citizens living in Europe after the pandemic led to a halt...

    The last such effort in the summer of 2019 saw 3.3 million people and more than three quarters of a million vehicles cross the Gibraltar Strait.

    More than 1,000 people including doctors, social workers and volunteers have signed up to help people arriving at ports and airports.

  • Saudi Arabia aims to triple foreign tourism this year as pandemic restrictions ease, hajj pilgrims return and the first elements...

    The kingdom inaugurated tourist visas in September 2019, just months before the coronavirus pandemic decimated the industry globally.

    An uptick in domestic travel in 2020 and 2021 –- authorities tallied a record 64 million "domestic visits" last year –- helped save the nascent Saudi tourism sector from collapse.

  • Google's yearly report of top trending searches reveals the most popular keywords and topics across different categories, such as 'How...

    In 2021, the three top 'How to' searches were "How to help Afghan refugees", "How to help Texas" and "How to help India COVID".

    “TikTok pasta”, “Bacon jam” and “Birria tacos” were the three most searched recipes in 2021. 

  • At the gates of the Black Sea, trade is in full swing as freighters and oil tankers sail from the...

    After an embargo on Russian imports, tankers with Greek or Maltese flags sail through Bosphorus up to the Black Sea to the Russian ports

    Russian Foreign Minister will visit Turkey to discuss establishment of "sea corridors"

  • US President Joe Biden has pushed back a possible trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia, US media reported Saturday. The...

    Biden reportedly planned to go ahead with the long-rumored Saudi stop during an upcoming overseas tour at the end of June

    He is also widely expected to travel to Israel where, as in Saudi Arabia, he is sure to face pointed questions about slow-moving US diplomacy with the two countries' rival, Iran

  • Iran's supreme leader on Saturday said that the country's seizure of two Greek oil tankers late last month was in...

    The Revolutionary Guards of Iran boarded and took control of the two vessels in the Gulf on May 27

    The oil seizure came two days after Greece confirmed it would send 115,000 tons of Iranian oil to US

  • Speaker of Kuwaiti National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanim expressed optimism that the exemption request would be granted.

    Speaker of Kuwaiti National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanim expressed optimism that the exemption request would be granted

    Al-Ghanim said the Kuwaiti delegation responded to many questions on issues like human rights and women empowerment

  • US President Joe Biden confirmed Friday he was considering a trip to Saudi Arabia. The New York Times and other...

    The reported decision came shortly after Saudi Arabia addressed two of Biden's priorities by agreeing to a production hike in oil

    The trip would reportedly happen around the time Biden travels to a NATO summit in Spain and Group of Seven summit in Germany later this month

  • The crackle of gunfire. A gasp of a stranger. Explosions rumbling in the distance. In the Afghan capital of Kabul, such...

    Afghanistan has been wracked by four decades of very real conflict, now largely subsided since the withdrawal of US-led troops and the return of the Taliban last year

    In the capital, a few arcades and bowling alleys remain open and some sports are still being played

  • Ankara has also offered to help secure maritime corridors for the export of Ukrainian grain therefore Russian Foreign Minister Sergei...

    Ukraine's envoy to Ankara accused Russia of "stealing" grain and exporting abroad and said "we asked Turkey to resolve the issue"

    Ankara has maintained a delicate balancing act with Kyiv and Moscow, acted as mediator in the conflict

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