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 Finnish government is expected to officially announce its intention to join NATO on Sunday, as Sweden's ruling party holds...

    "Hopefully we can send our applications next week together with Sweden," Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Saturday

    Finland has been leading the charge, while Sweden appears anxious at being the only non-NATO country around the Baltic Sea

  • US President Joe Biden congratulated the UAE's de facto ruler Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on being elected Saturday...

    US Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to the UAE on Monday to lead a presidential delegation

    The 61-year-old Sheikh Mohamed, a trained soldier, has long been a quiet power behind the throne of Abu Dhabi

  • Israel reopened on Sunday its only crossing with the Gaza Strip to Palestinian workers nearly two weeks after closing it...

    Israel had closed the crossing on May 3 ahead of Israel's national memorial and independence days

    Israel and Hamas, the rulers of the impoverished coastal enclave, have fought repeatedly over the last 15 years, most recently in May last year

  • Lebanon headed to the polls today for its first election since multiple crises dragged it to the brink of failed...

    Observers have warned not to expect any seismic shift, with every lever of power firmly in the hands of traditional sectarian parties

    Since the last election, the country has been mutilated by a blast at the Beirut port that went down as one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history

  • British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will fly to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday to pay his condolences following the...

    In a statement on Friday, Johnson expressed his sadness at the Sheikh's death, calling him "a wise and respected leader who will be missed enormously"

    The UAE's long-time de facto ruler Sheikh Mohamed was elected as president of the oil-rich Gulf state on Saturday

  • Finland on Saturday sought to allay Moscow's fears about its bid to join NATO, as fierce fighting raged in Ukraine's...

    Finland and Sweden are poised to jettison decades of military non-alignment to join NATO as a defence against feared further aggression from Russia

    Moscow has warned Finland, with whom it shares a 1,300-kilometre (800-mile) border, that it would take "reciprocal steps."

  • The Group of Seven industrialized nations said Saturday they would never recognize the borders Russia is trying to shift by...

    Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 but Kyiv's forces managed to push Moscow's troops back from the capital

    In their joint statement, they vowed to expand sanctions to include sectors on which Russia is dependent and keep supplying Ukraine with weapons

  • Israeli police charging the funeral of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is "reminiscent" of violence during apartheid South Africa, the...

    Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of committing crimes of apartheid against Palestinians in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and inside Israel

    Political analyst Eusebius McKaiser on Twitter said the violence was all too familiar

  • Finnish President Sauli Niinisto spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday regarding the Nordic country's application for NATO...

    The Finnish president and Prime Minister had said on Thursday that they wanted the country to join NATO "without delay"

    Neighboring Sweden, like Finland traditionally neutral, is also expected to announce its own membership bid in coming days

  • Under the President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, the national economy will witness an acceleration in the implementation of its development...

    The 61-year-old took office after the death on Friday of his half-brother Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

    Born in the capital on March 11, 1961, Sheikh Mohamed was sent to military school in Britain, where he graduated from the famed Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1979

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