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 Polish president warned of a crisis if Ukraine is unable to export grains to North Africa and other countries....

    The WEF panel discussion, The Geopolitical Outlook, at Davos focused on what would the long-term consequences be for the world's great powers and smaller states in their regions.

    Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, for his part, stated that cooperation and dialogue are essential in confronting all regional and global issues.

  • Hosting the FIFA World Cup 2022 will give hope to the youth across the Gulf region, which has suffered for...
  • The Arab ministers praised the initiative of the Chairman of the Executive Council of ALECSO, Hani bin Moqbel Al-Moqbel, to...

    The Arab ministers praised the initiative of the Chairman of the Executive Council of ALECSO, Hani bin Moqbel Al-Moqbel, to develop the Council’s road map

    Al-Moqbel thanked Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud for the constant support

  • Appearing by video link, Zelensky delivered the headline speech to the first World Economic Forum to be held in the...

    Russian business and political leaders, who used to participate in debates and mingle with other A-listers at champagne parties, were barred by organisers from attending this year.

    While the United States, Britain and Canada have moved to ban Russian oil and gas, the European Union has been divided over imposing similar measures.

  • "The US and Japan, together with 11 other nations will be launching" the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity, Biden said...

    Joe Biden will make a formal rollout of IPEF later Monday with 13 countries joining the initiative which aims to offer US allies an alternative to China in Asia-Pacific

    China has criticized IPEF as an attempt to create a closed club. Biden's national security advisor rejected the claim saying that, "it is an open platform"

  • Iraq closed public buildings and temporarily shut airports Monday as another sandstorm -- the ninth since mid-April -- hit the...

    Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi ordered all work to cease in public institutions, with the exception of health facilities and security agencies.

    The environment ministry has warned that over the next two decades, Iraq could endure an average of 272 days of sandstorms per year, rising to above 300 by 2050.

  • The General Assembly of the Arab Administrative Development Organization (ARADO) renewed the presidency of Saudi Arabia for the organization's Executive...

    The renewal came at ARADO's  57th session held on May 19, 2022, at the organization's headquarters in Cairo,.

    The memberships of the UAE, Sudan, Oman, Kuwait, Egypt, and Morocco were renewed.

  • Russia's war in Ukraine has pushed the number of forcibly displaced people around the world above 100 million for the...

    UNHCR said the numbers of forcibly displaced people rose towards 90 million by the end of 2021

    The figures combine refugees, asylum-seekers, as well as more than 50 million people displaced inside their own countries

  • At a speech marking a year since an 11-day flare-up in the conflict between Israel and the group that rules...

    The controversial so-called "flag march" is due to take place next week to mark Jerusalem Day, which commemorates the unification of the city after Israel annexed east Jerusalem

    "I warn the enemy against committing such crimes," Haniyeh said

  • Beside the UAE, other GCC countries that have sent delegations to the Davos forum include Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain and...

    Beside UAE, the other GCC countries that have sent delegations to the World Economic Forum include Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar to put their perspectives on contemporary issues.

    The forum’s first in-person Annual Meeting in more than two years is being attended by the world’s top leaders from politics, business, civil society, academia, media and the arts.

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