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 first commercial flight in nearly six years took off from Yemen's rebel-held capital on Monday, a major step forward...

    Before take-off, the plane with red-and-blue tail livery taxied through an honour guard of two fire trucks spraying jets of water. It landed in Amman.

    Sanaa's airport has been closed to commercial traffic since August 2016 because of air strikes by the Saudi-led military coalition, who are fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

  • Official results later Monday will show whether Hezbollah, a political and military movement seen as a state within a state,...

    Turnout was particularly low in Sunni Muslim areas, after former premier Saad Hariri triggered a de facto boycott in his community by pulling out of the elections.

    Some of the politicians most reviled by the reform camp suffered stinging losses, including several MPs who had traditionally represented the interests of Syria.

  • Saudi Arabia's King Salman has left the hospital one week after being admitted for tests, state media reported. Video broadcast...

    He left "after conducting medical examinations and successfully completing the treatment plan and recovery period," the SPA said on Twitter

    In 2017, Saudi Arabia dismissed reports and mounting speculation that the king was planning to abdicate in favor of Crown Prince Mohammed

  • An Algerian military officer and close ally of the former army chief has been sentenced to death over charges of...

    Bounouira, who served as the once-powerful Gaid Salah's private secretary for a time, was extradited to Algeria by Turkey in 2020

    According to El Watan, Bounouira was accused of taking possession of classified military documents and using them to bargain for protected status

  • Iran is considering the possibility of exporting gas to Europe, an oil ministry official said Sunday against the backdrop of...

    Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February sent global oil and gas prices soaring, with many European countries dependent on energy imports from Russia.

    Tehran and Baghdad had signed a memorandum of understanding a few weeks ago that will see the country increase gas exports to Iraq.

  • The approval is expected to transform the regional center into a global center covering the eastern Mediterranean and Africa.

    The move aims to contribute to the SFDA in assisting emerging countries in monitoring and regulating medical devices and supplies

    It also looks to benefit from the WHO’s expertise in various regulatory and supervisory areas in medical devices and supplies

  • Somali lawmakers gathered in Mogadishu Sunday to vote in the country's long-overdue presidential election, with 35 candidates vying for the...

    The poll has been dogged by claims of irregularities and is well over a year behind schedule

    The vote is expected to draw a line under a political crisis that has lasted well over a year

  • A crowd estimated at more than 2,000, lower than expected, took part Sunday in the first demonstration of a new...

    Veteran opposition figure Ahmed Nejib Chebbi announced the formation of the new alliance on April 26 to "save" Tunisia from deep crisis following Saied's power grab last year.

    Demonstrators said they were disappointed by the numbers that turned out for the first public show of support for the alliance.

  • US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with the family of slain Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh after criticizing Israel's...

    The top US diplomat "noted Abu Akleh's journalistic body of work and the importance of a free and independent press"

    Al Jazeera said Israel shot her "in cold blood"

  • The UAE's new president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held talks Sunday with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron as world...

    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, US Vice President Kamala Harris, US Secretary of State A. Blinken and Israeli President Isaac Herzog are also expected to arrive in Abu Dhabi

    Presidents and monarchs from Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Oman and Tunisia, and Sudan's de facto leader, were among a long line of dignitaries to offer their condolences

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