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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 ratification earlier this month of an electoral law that was clearly tailor-made for Khalifa Haftar, the military strongman who...

    France is asking for the elections to be held and for the "departure of foreign forces and mercenaries

    Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush has not rule out postponing the elections

  • The polls were initially scheduled for 2022, but moved forward to June this year, then postponed to October.

    Respondents have said only the candidates’ faces are newer while the political ideals are unchanged

    Issues like constant power cuts and non-upgradation of infrastructure are also weighing on voters’ minds

  • Moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party said it would swtich to the 'natural' position as opposition.

    The party, which was thrashed in recent elections, said a 'massive use of money' and 'manipulation of reports' led to 'results that do not reflect country's political map.

    Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit has said the voting process took “under normal circumstances” apart from isolated incidents.

  • The Deir Ali station southeast of Damascus generates half of Syria's power needs

    The Deir Ali station southeast of Damascus generates half of Syria's power needs

    The explosion caused the station to go out of service temporarily

  • Ammonium nitrate is an odourless crystalline substance commonly used as a fertiliser that has been the cause of numerous industrial...

    Ammonium nitrate is an odourless crystalline substance commonly used as a fertilizer that has been the cause of numerous industrial explosions

    Security forces raided a fertilizer warehouse in the eastern Bekaa Valley, considered a hub for smuggling operations between Lebanon and Syria

  • Iran has been trying to enter the SCO for years, and was close last year, but Tajikisatn objected to it.

    Iran has hailed its acceptance into the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a bloc led by China and Russia

    This, for it, was an eastward turn that it sees as opening access to major world markets and a counter to Western sanctions

  • Bouteflika became president of Algeria in 1999 as the former French colony emerged from a decade of civil war that...

    The former strongman had left office in April 2019 under pressure from the military

    After quitting, he had stayed out of the public eye at a residence in western Algiers

  • Under the deal, US will provide 350 contractor technicians and two government officials over two years to handle the maintenance...

    Before his election Biden had promised to make Saudi leaders "pay" for the murder of US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

    In late January Biden ordered a review of all arms contracts concluded by his predecessor Donald Trump with Saudi Arabia and other countries.

  • The council will aim to enhance bilateral economic and trade relations between the two countries.

    The MoU was signed by Abdullah Mohammed Al Mazrouei, Chairman of the Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce and Industry

    Peeter Raudsepp, CEO of Enterprise Estonia, signed the agreement on behalf of his country

  • The UAE has vowed to invest £10 billion ($13.8bn) in the UK over five years as Abu Dhabi Crown Prince...

    The focus of investment will be on the UK's technology, infrastructure and energy transition sectors

    Mubadala's investment plans is likely to 'drive a significant increase' across the three target sectors

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