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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

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 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…

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…

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.”

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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…

Leaders at the World Economic Forum are making the case for globalisation amid fears it is in decline.

All eyes in Davos were on the arrival of climate activist Greta Thunberg, who slammed the oil and gas giants who participate in the World Economic Forum. At a panel entitled "Treating the climate crisis like a crisis", she and fellow activists said that energy giants are "prioritising greed" rather…