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Geoeconomic confrontation — ranging from sanctions to tariffs — is the top threat, found the World Economic Forum (WEF)'s Global Risks Report on the eve of its annual meeting gathering the world's business and political elites, set to take place in Davos next week.

Many world leaders and top companies will attend the World Economic Forum's annual meeting

With the announcement this week that tech giant Amazon will cut 14,000 jobs, the era of AI-related redundancies appears to be well and truly under way. While restructuring and a slowdown in recruitment are already evident in the United States, the impact of this technology in France remains difficult to…

It will take an estimated 131 years for the world to achieve gender parity, defined as equal access, opportunities and outcomes for women and men across economic, political, educational and health dimensions. That’s according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2023.

Anand Rao is a Distinguished Service Professor of Applied Data Science and AI at Carnegie Mellon University. He’s published over 160 papers on AI and Computer Science, and advised nearly 100 companies on six continents.

People are becoming more divided and ill informed. In January 2024, a report by the World Economic Forum identified misinformation and disinformation as “the most severe global risk anticipated over the next two years”.

Schwab started the WEF, which transformed Davos into a hub of networking and diplomacy, in 1971.

As anti-immigration rhetoric surges across Europe and the United States, it is vital that we look beyond the fearmongering and analyse what is really going on. While human mobility is often presented as a burden, the truth is quite the opposite. It is an essential driver of economic growth, demographic…

Leadership initiative designed to foster ideas is endorsed by chiefs of the key EU institutions, with four pillars chaired by EU Commissioners.