A speech by the U.N. chief, economic growth potential in places like China and Russia, the challenges of artificial intelligence and leaders from Spain to Malaysia are set to headline the agenda at the World Economic Forum’s annual event in Davos.

The world’s political and business elite present in Davos on Wednesday faced an uncompromising address from UN chief António Guterres as he rounded on a lack of multilateral collaboration in an “increasingly rudderless world” at risk from two existential dangers: climate change and unregulated Artificial Intelligence (AI).

The focus at the 2024 World Economic Forum will be U.N. chief António Guterres's speech, AI risks and Trump's trade tariff plans.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos S

The Democratic Republic of Congo's president has cut short his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos as a deadly conflict escalates back home. Fighting has intensified in DR Congo's eastern region since the start of the year,

Advances being made by the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo are "heightening the threat of a regional war," according to U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

As delegates gathered for champagne at a US stock market hub on the Davos Promenade to watch Donald Trump's inauguration, there was a frisson of excitement.

At Davos, Barzani's participation was not merely ceremonial but a strategic endeavor to articulate and advance the interests of the Kurdistan Region amidst a complex geopolitical landscape.

Leading business and political figures attending the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, have discussed and debated topics such as technology, tariffs, climate change, Ukraine, Gaza and the global economy this week.

DHAKA, Jan 26, 2024 (BSS) - Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has said Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus’s visit to Davos was a tour of historical achievement for Bangladesh, while the chief adviser joined 43 events during the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Since the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, opened on the same day as Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president in the USA, the news coverage of the WEF annual meeting 2025 under the theme 'Collaboration in the Intelligent Age' was less than it otherwise would have been.

It was zero degrees and mostly sunny this week in Davos, the setting for the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting. That’s positively balmy for the highest town in the Swiss Alps in ...