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.
  • Iran offered its support on Tuesday for a ceasefire plan put forward by rebels it backs in Yemen's war, saying...

    The Houthi rebels on Saturday announced the proposal and offered peace talks on condition Saudi Arabia stops its air strikes and blockade of Yemen and removes "foreign forces"

    On Tuesday, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said the Houthi "plan contained a strong message of determination to end the war"

  • US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking will travel to the Gulf starting March 28 to continue leading U.S. diplomatic...

    Yemenis deserve a more peaceful, prosperous country where they can live in safety and dignity, the US State Department said.

    In Riyadh, Special Envoy Lenderking will also participate in the opening of the Gulf Cooperation Council-led Yemeni-Yemeni dialogue and engage with Yemeni participants.

  • Activists in Arab Spring countries now lament how the platforms they once lauded have been retooled to serve the powerful....

    Younger companies like TikTok and Telegram have been criticized for continuing to host Burmese military propaganda.

    In Ukraine too, TikTok and Telegram have both been accused of failing to tackle Russian disinformation.

  • Prosecutors are probing links Lebanon's central bank chief's link to criminal associations and money laundering.

    French investigators launched investigation against five individuals for embezzling public funds in Lebanon worth of $330 million between 2002 and 2021

    People of Lebanon suspect Riad Salameh who was the chief of Lebanese central bank and other high officials of transferring money abroad during a 2019 uprising

  • Ukrainian troops "liberated" the suburban town of Irpin, Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky said, wresting a key gateway to the capital's...

    It is now more than a month since Russian President Vladimir Putin's tanks rolled into Ukraine to oust the government

    The fighting has already killed an estimated 20,000 people on both sides, and forced more than 10 million from their homes

  • Blinken flew in from Israel, where he joined a historic meeting of fellow top diplomats from the Jewish state, UAE,...

    Blinken flew in from Israel, where he joined a historic meeting of fellow top diplomats from the Jewish state, UAE, Morocco, Bahrain and Egypt

    US officials said talks in Morocco on Tuesday, and in a follow-up stop Wednesday in Algeria, would deal with the economic fallout from the Ukraine war

  • US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the top diplomats of Israel and four Arab states wrapped up a landmark...

    Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said that "this new architecture, the shared capabilities we are building, intimidates and deters our common enemies

    The meeting's Sunday opening, in the Sde Boker kibbutz in the Negev desert, was marred by a shooting attack in northern Israel that killed two police officers

  • WMO noted that extreme weather, water and climate phenomena have become more frequent and more severe in many parts of...

    WMO also highlighted the Middle East Green Initiative launched by the Crown Prince.

    The Kingdom’s celebration of World Meteorological Day was held under the slogan “Early Warning and Early Action” on Sunday in Jeddah.

  • Oman and Sri Lanka have discussed economic and trade cooperation. In this connection, Saleh Said Masan, Undersecretary for Commerce and...

    The two sides explored aspects of the joint cooperation, economic diversification sectors and the investment and trade environment.

    They discussed aspects of cooperation in the economy and industry sectors, logistics, ports and investment opportunities in both countries.

  • Analysts say the successful launch of a missile may have emboldened Kim's confidence that his country is on the right...

    Kim's comments follow Pyongyang successfully carrying out the nation's biggest missile launch on Thursday.

    Known as the Hwasong-17, the powerful ICBM was first unveiled in October 2020 and dubbed a "monster missile".

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