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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.
  • Several partnerships and collaboration agreements were signed between leading aerospace, aviation, space and defense organizations during the sixth edition of...

    LeoLabs announced a multi-million dollar award to provide data and services for the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF).

    Sanad and Triumph Group sign MoU outlining their plans to collaborate on the provision of next-generation engine MRO capabilities in UAE.

  • Tehran and Moscow are seeking to expand cooperation in energy and trade, officials said Wednesday, as Russian Deputy Prime Minister...

    Both countries have huge oil and gas reserves but are constrained by sanctions imposed by the West.

    The two countries vowed to increase the use of their national currencies in their trade exchange.

  • Saudi Arabian authorities said Wednesday that they thwarted an attempt to smuggle 403, 000 amphetamine tablets into the kingdom. An...

    The tablets were seized from a Syrian national, who is also a citizen of Jeddah governorate.

    All the tablets were hidden inside a shipment of beans in plastic molds in the form of bean pods.

  • Entrepreneurs, lawyers and art dealers are among those flocking to the financial hub in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, which...

    They are attracted by the ease of setting up a business, and the prospect of better opportunities as sanctions bite at home -- and a more welcoming environment.

    The city, with its luxury hotels and tourist facilities, is well known to Russians as a high-end destination for the wealthy, particularly those interested in real estate.

  • US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Wednesday said it would sell its patented drugs on a not-for-profit basis to the world's...

    The announcement came as part of a new initiative, An Accord for a Healthier World, announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

    The accord focuses on five areas: infectious diseases, cancer, inflammation, rare diseases and women's health -- where Pfizer currently holds 23 patents.

  • Shihab Ahmed Shihab, 52, told an FBI informant that he wanted to smuggle at least four other Iraqis into the...

    Shihab Ahmed Shihab, 52, told an FBI informant that he wanted to smuggle at least four other Iraqis into the country over the border with Mexico to undertake the plot

    He was was arrested early Tuesday and was charged in federal court with an immigration crime and aiding and abetting the attempted murder of a former US official

  • The United States on Tuesday warned Turkey against launching a new military operation in northern Syria, saying the uneasy NATO...

    "We are deeply concerned about reports and discussions of potential increased military activity in northern Syria," State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters

    Turkey has launched three offensives into Syria since 2016 aimed at crushing Syrian Kurdish fighters who assisted the US-led campaign against the Islamic State group

  • More than 100 lawsuits had been filed against GT by workers, along with three contempt-of-court charges against Yunus and another...

    Grameen Telecom (GT) and its senior managers were sued by workers who claimed the company had unfairly deprived them of profit shares.

    Lawyers for GT proposed the settlement after workers lodged an application to dissolve the company in the country's High Court.

  • Labor incomes have not yet recovered for the majority of workers. In 2021, three in five workers lived in countries...

    The sharp rise in vacancies in advanced economies led to a tightening of labor markets with a growing number of jobs available relative to job seekers.

    But, it dropped in Q1 2022 to 3.8 percent below pre crisis benchmark (Q4 2019), amounting to a deficit of 112 million full-time jobs.

  • A United Arab Emirates company signed a contract with the Taliban authorities Tuesday to provide ground handling services at Afghanistan's...

    UAE firm GAAC, which was previously operating in Afghanistan, signed a new 18-month contract covering three airports: Kabul, Kandahar and Herat.

    GAAC has provided ground handling services at Kabul airport since November 2020, and played a key role in rehabilitating the facility in August.

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