But a troubling reality looms: 64% of citizens in advanced economies report dissatisfaction with how democracy works. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, a distinguished panel dives into the ...

The annual gathering in the Swiss ski resort had a complicated geopolitical backdrop this year.

The comments by Christine Lagarde alluding to a U.S.-European Union rift offered a fitting final note at the World Economic Forum’s weeklong meeting. Trump’s return to the White House on ...

In the face of a sluggish world economic recovery, the rising threat of protectionism, and the widening gap between the rich and the poor, discussions around economic globalization are increasing ...

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DAVOS, Switzerland - As Donald Trump appeared on giant screens at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the world’s rich and powerful rapturously applauded and snapped photos of the US leader.

World leaders and business executives left the Swiss mountain resort of Davos after a week of discussions dominated from a ...

Smaller firms struggle to get the finance they need to become greener – but new partnerships between governments and banks ...

America leads the world in producing more trash than it knows what do with — running out of landfills by 2036.

The richest man in the world is backing far-right parties against a political establishment that has failed to deliver.

The Biden administration's 2021 removal of the term 'alien' is reversed by ICE on January 21, 2025, reinstating 'alien' and 'alienage' to define foreigners. This language, criticized for creating ...

Israeli authorities have arrested two citizens, Yuri Eliasfov and Georgi Andreev, for allegedly conducting missions on behalf of Iran. The suspects, in contact with an Iranian agent, passed on ...