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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says he “is planning to engage on these issues” and “other pressing challenges including the war in Ukraine

The prospect of imminent global recession cast a long shadow over Davos on Monday as participants gathering for the opening of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting counted the likely cost for their economies and businesses.

The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting — which will draw some of the world’s wealthiest and most influential figures to the Swiss mountain town of Davos this week — has increasingly become a target for bizarre claims from a growing chorus of commentators who believe the forum involves a group…

Kicking off on January 15, this year’s World Economic Forum's theme is Rebuilding Trust

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has canceled his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos in order to deal with his country’s worsening power blackouts

Oxfam Ireland is calling for a tax on Irish wealth at graduated rates of 2%, 3% and 5% above a threshold of 4.7 million euro, which it said would raise billions annually 'with the potential to transform Irish public services'

The charity said the richest 1% in Ireland have gained 70 times more wealth than the bottom 50% in the last 10 years.

Some 2,700 leaders from 130 countries, including 52 heads of state and government, will be at the meeting in Davos.

In today’s newsletter: As the high society conference kicks off in the Swiss Alps, it faces new questions about its influence in a fractured world