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 import of home appliances made by these two South Korean companies is now banned by Iran, following an apparent...

    Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei ordered the ban in response to a call by local producers

    Their request followed Khamenei’s insistence in recent years to ramp up local production of goods and banning the import of similar products

  • Protesters marched waving Palestinian and Bahraini flags, chanting "Death to Israel" and "No to Israeli embassy in Islamic Bahrain".

    Protesters marched waving Palestinian and Bahraini flags, chanting "Death to Israel" and "No to Israeli embassy in Islamic Bahrain".

    Police fired tear gas during one rally as scattered, small-scale protests took place around the tiny Gulf state

  • Turkey, a NATO member, defied US warnings in 2017 to buy the S-400 air defense system, a deal that the...

    The statement came after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin earlier this week

    The US has expelled Turkey from its state-of-the-art F-35 jet program in which multiple Turkish companies were involved

  • On October 1, 2019, widespread rallies erupted across Baghdad and the south of the country against a government seen as...

    Dozens of activists have died in targeted killings or been abducted since October 2019 by men on motorbikes.

    Activists and parties claiming to be part of the uprising are boycotting the October 10 parliamentary election.

  • Jordanian Prime Minister Bishr Khasawneh met his Lebanese counterpart Najib Mikati to discuss cooperation and help Lebanon.

    Jordanian Prime Minister Bishr Khasawneh underlined his country’s support for Lebanon to overcome ongoing challenges

    He also pointed to the relations that bind the two countries and peoples, highlighting Jordan's commitment to enhancing joint cooperation

  • The 15-member Council had been on track to extend the mission in mid-September for a year

    The 15-member Council had been on track to extend the mission in mid-September for a year

    Libya was gripped by violence and political turmoil in the aftermath of the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that ousted dictator Moamer Kadhafi

  • Qatari women are standing in the country's first legislative election Saturday, but in far lower numbers than men, prompting warnings...

    Of the 284 hopefuls running for the 30 available council seats, just 28 are women.

    The remaining 15 seats will be appointed by the emir with analysts suggesting he may name more women

  • Yair Lapid began a landmark visit Thursday to Bahrain where he opened the Israeli embassy one year after the US-brokered...

    The Bahrain flight and Israel's first bilateral ministerial visit to the Gulf country are part of a thaw in regional relations

    Bahrain reaffirms its commitment to the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

  • The team -- Deputy Prime Minister Saade Chami, Finance Minister Youssef Khalil, Economy Minister Amin Salam and central bank governor...

    The country is facing what the World Bank has described as one of the world's worst economic crises since the 1850s.

    After defaulting on its debt in March 2020 for the first time in history, Lebanon started talks with the IMF.

  • Heavily in debt, with spiraling inflation and widespread unemployment worsened by the coronavirus pandemic, Tunisia is hoping for a bailout...

    Bouden will be Tunisia's tenth prime minister since the 2011 revolution that overthrew longtime dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

    But with debt standing at over 80 percent of GDP, Tunisia has dipped into international funds to service its debts.

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