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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.
  • CO2 pollution this year will be just shy of the record set in 2019, according to the Global Carbon Project...

    Capping the rise in global temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels would limit mortality and damage

    However, it requires slashing carbon emissions nearly in half by 2030 and to net zero by 2050

  • The UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt have made some strong climate-action pledges at or before COP26.

    The summit may not achieve its target of reducing carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030

    COP26 wants governments to adopt carbon emission targets through 2030

  • During the recent olive harvest, Palestinian farmer Dalal Sawalmeh raked her fingers through the silvery green leaves of her family's...

    Like many farmers across the occupied West Bank, Gaza Strip and Israel, she blames climate change for impacting the iconic gnarled trees

    This year her trees produced less than half their usual yield and "not all the trees bore fruit"

  • The first global corporate effort to tackle air pollution was launched today, named the Alliance for Clean Air, bringing together...

    Ten companies are committing to measuring their air pollution footprint and creating clear, actionable plans to help deliver clean air

     In 2019, it was the fourth leading risk factor for early death worldwide, surpassed only by high blood pressure, tobacco use and poor diet

  • The key idea behind metaverse, supposedly the internet of the future, is the blurring of the divide between the physical...

    Augmented Reality is believed to be the early stage of the metaverse envisioned by Facebook.

    With AR, you put on a device and you're still in your world, but we're augmenting it with digital content, says Peggy Johnson, CEO of Magic Leap

  • The United States can now start giving children aged 5-11 the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid vaccine, US health authorities said Tuesday in...

    Days after gaining authorization from the Food and Drug Administration, the vaccine was endorsed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    The government was well ahead of the decision, procuring enough doses for the children in the 5-11 age group

  • The world is at a turning point on climate change. IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva has urged world leaders at the...

    The IMF chief has urged world leaders to make strong policy on climate change, calling it a grave threat

    Kristalina Georgieva said in a blog that global policies will leave 2030 carbon emission far higher than needed to achieve current goals

  • Dubai Municipality has begun a new drive to plant mangrove trees in Dubai’s natural reserves as part of its efforts...

    Dubai Municipality will start planting mangrove trees in its marine reserves in Ras Al Khor and Jebel Ali

    These trees will be planted in areas that are not exposed to waves, such as shallow areas and creeks, where the tidal rate does not exceed 1-2 meters

  • The 25 percent reduction would equal to a dip of 37 Mat CO2 eq by 2030, according to national figures,...

    The reduction said to be part of the National Climate Change Action Plan to reduce emissions in Qatar

    The plan is expected to take Qatar closer to achieving its sustainable development goal by 2030

  • The move comes barely days after the country announced during the Saudi Green Initiative forum that it aims to achieve...

    Saudi Space Commission has signed the joint international statement on space monitoring of the climate

    The signing took place at the headquarters of the Saudi pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai

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