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.
  • An Iranian general has said Israel and the United States were likely to have been behind a cyber attack that...

    Tuesday's cyber attack caused traffic jams on major arteries in Tehran, where long queues at petrol stations disrupted the flow of traffic.

    The oil ministry later took service stations offline so that petrol could be distributed manually, according to the authorities.

  • Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum met Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly at Expo 2020 Dubai.

    Dubai and Egypt discussed cooperation and boosting bilateral ties

    This, even as Egypt celebrated its National Day at its Expo 2020 pavilion

  • Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada addressed supporters in the southern city of Kandahar, officials announced Sunday, his first public appearance...

    His low profile has fed speculation about his role in the new Taliban government -- and even rumors of his death

    There was tight security at the event and no photographs or video have emerged

  • Cyberattacks by Iranian spies have become more sophisticated and have intensified against Arab countries, say industry experts.

    Iranian espionage targeted aerospace and telecommunications companies in the Middle East, the US, Russia, and Europe

    Cybereason identified 10 companies impacted during their three-month investigation

  • A hacking group known as Black Shadow claimed responsibility for the attack.

    The cyberattack hit several websites, with none of the sites available to users by midday Saturday

    They included Israeli public transport companies Dan and Kavim, a children's museum, and public radio's online blog

  • This is bad news for Lebanon, which had been counting on financial assistance from the Gulf to rescue its economy....

    The row has already seen Saudi Arabia ban the imports of Lebanese goods and Kuwait and Bahrain expel Lebanese envoys

    It is a blow to a country already in the grip of crippling political and economic crises

  • Kuwait has recalled its ambassador from Beirut and has given the Lebanese envoy 48 hours to leave the emirate, the...

    Saudi Arabia and Bahrain made similar moves on Friday after Lebanon's Information Minister George Kordahi criticized the war in Yemen

    Kordahi said in a television interview that Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels were "defending themselves... against an external aggression"

  • Leaders of the world's most advanced nations are hoping to hammer out a way forward on climate change and vaccine...

    In their first in-person gathering since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the relaunch of the global economy will also be front and center on the two-day agenda

    The stakes are high, with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres warning G20 leaders to show "more ambition and more action"

  • The Arab League has expressed strong disappointment at a decline in relations between Lebanon and Gulf states, after an adverse...

    The Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit has appealed to Gulf countries "to reflect on the measures proposed to be taken

    The statement came a day after Saudi Arabia ordered the Lebanese ambassador to the kingdom to leave within 48 hours

  • Sudanese anti-coup protesters plan to flood the streets Saturday to demonstrate against a military takeover that has derailed the country's...

    Street protests that erupted against the coup were countered by a security response that has left at least nine demonstrators dead and wounded around 170

    Organisers on Saturday hope to stage a "million-strong" march against the military's power grab

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