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It's little wonder the World Economic Forum's latest report, based on the insights of more than 1,200 experts, finds the biggest short-term risk to the world economy is today's globalized cost-of-living crisis and widespread social unrest.
Next week's gathering is focused on increasing cooperation in a fragmented world beset by war and conflicts, hunger and health crises, and climate emergencies, WEF announced.
Russia's war in Ukraine and a daunting set of global challenges cast a long shadow over WEF's gathering of political and business elites at this Swiss resort.
Despite U.S.-China tensions, leaders touted cooperation on the pandemic, climate action, and economic recovery during the Davos Agenda virtual gathering.
The World Economic Forum cancelled a summer version of its annual meeting in Singapore and pushed its annual Davos meeting to "the first half of 2022."
Thousands normally descend on Davos this time of year. But with the pandemic still raging, WEF will meet virtually to take on mistrust and division.
WHO officials ended the year with a warning that a future pandemic more severe than the coronavirus may hit one day if the world is not ready.
The top U.N. official for global climate action said 65% of the world body's 193 member nations will seek net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Summer hiking paths instead of winter ski trails await world leaders and power brokers at the World Economic Forum's next annual gathering in Davos.
U.S. President Donald Trump and 17-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg seemed to be talking about two entirely different planets at WEF in Davos.
WEF's annual compendium of the biggest risks on the planet, released to shape next week's gathering at Davos, overwhelmingly focuses on the climate crisis.
Ahead of its Davos meeting, the World Economic Forum released a mission statement for 21st century businesses to elevate the importance of doing good.
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, backed by Emmanuel Macron, Bill Gates and Bono, said it reached its US$14 billion pledges target.
A meeting of top Swiss and U.S. diplomats focused on Iran but extended to America's rising tensions with other nations.
Many of the questions asked in Versailles 100 years ago appear to be resurfacing today in a U.S. hostile to multilateralism.
Businesses and consumers are subject to "a patchwork of rules" from bilateral and regional trade agreements.
