World Economic Forum

From Bill Gates to JPMorgan: Businesses and billionaire leaders caught up in the Epstein scandal

Also among those implicated in the saga are US President Donald Trump and former Prince Andrew

President and CEO of World Economic Forum Borge Brende is to step down after US DOJ revealed his meetings and messages with the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

World Economic Forum CEO Borge Brende quits after Epstein ties scrutinised

WEF’s Alois Zwinggi will serve as interim president and CEO

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during the 56th annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan 20, 2026.

Canada’s Carney walked back Davos comments in call with Trump, US treasury chief says

World leaders and industry chiefs had given Carney a standing ovation for his speech

ECB President Christine Lagarde said: "We should be identifying, much more so than we have probably in the past, the weaknesses, the sore points, the dependencies and the autonomy."

World order changing, not rupturing, finance chiefs say

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney had called on nations to accept that a rules-based global order is over

(From left) Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky with US President Donald Trump during their meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, Jan 22, 2026.

Trump says Putin, Zelensky want to make a deal to end the war

[ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE] President Donald Trump said on Thursday both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have said they would like to make a deal to end the near...

“Indonesia’s economy grew by more than 5 per cent every year over the last decade,” President Prabowo Subianto said.

Indonesia will see faster growth in 2026, Prabowo tells Davos

The president has consistently portrayed Indonesia as open to foreign investment

Trump’s U-turn raises questions about how much damage has been done to transatlantic ties and business confidence.

Trump touts ‘total access’ Greenland deal as Nato asks allies to step up

The US president’s ambitions for the Danish territory have threatened to blow the alliance apart

Canadian Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says that it is the speed, scale and scope of change of the tariffs that is really rattling the world.

New trade map takes shape in Davos as world adjusts to Trump tariffs

Business among plurilateralists and China’s commerce with allies in the Global South are the key drivers of global dealings: BCG

Trump has given the world a glimpse of a future in which the US joins the ranks of the revisionist powers seeking to redraw the map through threats and force.

The world is hedging its bets

We will enter an age of terrible instability if new security, economic and political structures don’t arise before the old ones are hollowed out

The 2026 Davos theme is “A Spirit of Dialogue”, addressing issues from responsible innovation to investing in people in the age of artificial intelligence.

World Economic Forum 2026: Hope for ‘multi-bilateralism’

As the world fragments towards multiple poles, Davos holds out for a possible yet fragile new global economic order