The Latest Breaking News from Davos

China’s future to AI and jobs: five big questions from Davos

From the threat of AI weaponising spam to a trade war sparked by green subsidies, the taxing topics at this year’s World Economic Forum

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2023

Ukraine, climate, economy: Takeaways from glitzy Davos event

Power brokers have wrapped up the World Economic Forum’s annual conclave in the Swiss town of Davos as worries about the war in Ukraine, a warming planet and a cooling global economy dominated discussions about the world’s ills

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2023

Davos 2023: CEOs face challenge over sluggish climate efforts

A return to Davos by corporate titans and their bankers after recent record Alpine temperatures has turned a spotlight on just how quickly they are moving to rein in carbon emissions.

Reuters · Jan 20, 2023

Davos forces CEOs to step back and take a broader view of their place in society

The conference forces CEOs to step back and take a broader view of their place in society.

Fortune · Jan 20, 2023

Davos 2023: French finance minister defends pension reform plan

A day after more than 1 million people took to the streets and millions more went on strike across France in protest at the government's plan to raise the legal retirement age, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire tells FRANCE 24's Business Editor Kate Moody in Davos that the government "stands…

France 24 · Jan 20, 2023

Davos 2023: How is funding for Ukraine being spent?

The international community has contributed billions of dollars to the war effort in Ukraine. But where is that money going? And can the country look ahead to reconstruction? Business Editor Kate Moody speaks to Beata Javorcik, Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, on the sidelines of…

France 24 · Jan 20, 2023

Saudi Arabia Launches Food Ecosystems and Arid Climates Challenge at Davos

The Saudi Ministry of Economy and Planning (MEP) and UpLink, the World Economic Forum's (WEF) open innovation platform, launched an innovation challenge designed to crowdsource transformative solutions to enhance food security in countries impacted by low rainfall, drought, and desertification. The Food Ecosystems and Arid Climates Challenge is a global…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 20, 2023

Francis Wilkinson: Sinema will have to be partisan to be independent

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema showed up in Davos this week, where she celebrated her recently declared independence from partisanship. The most pressing problem in U.S. politics, the former Democrat from Arizona told the World Economic Forum, was “a deeply broken two-party system.”

Tribune News Service · Jan 20, 2023

Davos day 4: IMF’s Georgieva says economic outlook ‘less bad’ than feared; Russia heading for ‘incredible poverty’ – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the final day of the World Economic Forum

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2023

Davos: Calls to Increase Investment in Climate Protection

US special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry has praised Germany's climate policy, expressing his confidence that Berlin would be able to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. "We can hit 1.5 [degrees warming]," said Kerry, adding that: "We are not on track to do it now, and it is…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 20, 2023