E.U.'s €20B plan calls for AI gigafactories with 'green computing'
Europe's 'AI continent' would offer up to five large-scale but power-hungry facilities drawing Big Tech with simpler rules.
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U.N. panel's major powers urged to seek accountability for aid attacks
Officials updated the 2024 death toll for humanitarian workers to 377 people across 20 countries, the worst year on record.
CERN plans successor to world's highest-energy particle accelerator
More than 1,000 physicists and engineers helped create the $17 billion proposal, based on at least 100 different scenarios.
Health leaders warn of huge risks if U.S. cuts support for Gavi vaccines
One donor predicts more than 1 million kids in poor countries could die without U.S. funding for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Climate action to save glaciers 'a matter of survival' for people too
More than 275,000 glaciers cover 700,000 square kilometers of the planet. Glaciers and ice sheets store 70% of all freshwater.
Fallout deepens at U.N. and other organizations from 'brutal' aid cuts
From migrants to refugees, millions of lives and the organizations that help them are at risk from U.S. aid cuts.
Slowing gains among women in parliaments as rights are attacked
The averate rate of gains for women-held seats accelerated between 2000 and 2015, but slowed in the last decade.
Scattered climate follow-through as more scientists offer grim updates
Record heat and rightward political shifts toward nationalist self-interest undermine efforts to cut fossil fuel dependence.
Israel follows U.S. retreat from U.N. as Gaza faces 'ethnic cleansing' plans
Israel's brutal military campaign in Gaza has drawn direct criticism from all corners of the U.N. and its top officials.
European minimum wages on the rise but are they enough to keep up?
Minimum wage workers in the E.U. had the most purchasing power in Germany and the least in Estonia.
U.N. chief warns Davos crowd of a 'rudderless' and overheating world
His remarks were aimed at focusing attention on rising global temperatures and unregulated artificial intelligence.
S. Africa to focus G-20 on 'solidarity, equality, sustainable development'
The South African president invoked Nelson Mandela's emphasis on global 'interdependence' and cooperation.
From Washington to Davos, the ranks of billionaire elites grow
Billionaires' wealth 'surged' by $2 trillion in a year, while 44% of the world population lives on less than $6.85 a day.
WEF says Trump to join Davos virtually after retaking White House
Børge Brende, WEF's president, said there is "a greater level of global uncertainty than we have seen in a generation."
Iran and European powers resume nuclear discussions at Geneva
The secretive meetings reflect worries about Iran's nuclear program, its military aid to Russia, and Middle East tensions.
Ahead of its annual summit, WEF highlights geopolitical uncertainty
The post-Cold War international order is "giving way to a more fragmented landscape" that demands cooperation.