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A fire alarm prompted the partial evacuation of the Davos Congress Centre on Wednesday evening while Donald Trump was inside the building attending the World Economic Forum, Swiss authorities said.
Police in the Swiss canton of Graubünden said emergency services were deployed as a precaution due to the high-security environment surrounding the event. No injuries were reported, and officials said the exact origin of the incident was still being investigated.
Trump had delivered remarks earlier in the day and was present at the venue when the alarm was triggered. Parts of the congress centre were evacuated temporarily before the situation was brought under control, according to local reports.
Authorities said the incident coincided with a separate fire involving a nearby structure, which also led to precautionary evacuations. That fire was later extinguished, with no reported casualties.
The disruption came on a busy day at the forum, where global leaders have been holding meetings on security, trade and geopolitics. Trump earlier announced progress on discussions with NATO related to Greenland and said planned U.S. tariffs on several European countries would not proceed.
Officials said normal operations at the Davos venue resumed after emergency checks were completed.
JD Vance arrived in Armenia on Monday (9 February), becoming the first sitting U.S. Vice President to visit the country, as Yerevan and Washington agreed to cooperate in the civil nuclear sector in a bid to deepen engagement in the South Caucasus.
The United States and Azerbaijan signed a strategic partnership in Baku on Tuesday (10 February) encompassing economic and security cooperation as Washington seeks to expand its influence in a region where Russia was once the main power broker.
Buckingham Palace said it is ready to support any police investigation into allegations that Prince Andrew shared confidential British trade documents with late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as King Charles expressed “profound concern” over the latest revelations.
U.S. military forces have seized a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the vessel from the Caribbean Sea, the Pentagon said on Monday.
“Peace is not just about signing treaties - it’s about communication, interaction and integration,” Sultan Zahidov, leading adviser at the AIR Center, told AnewZ, suggesting U.S. Vice President JD Vance's visit to the South Caucasus could advance the peace agenda between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
China has unveiled a redesigned version of its state-backed digital currency, marking the latest step in the country’s long-running effort to modernise how money moves through its economy.
The Council of Europe has waived the diplomatic immunity of its former Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland, clearing the way for Norwegian prosecutors to pursue an investigation into allegations of aggravated corruption linked to the Jeffrey Epstein case.
Iran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi said Tehran has resumed negotiations with Washington "with seriousness and open eyes," stressing that progress depends on genuine commitment from the U.S. Meanwhile, security chief Ali Larijani warned that Israel is seeking to derail the newly resumed talks.
The Washington meeting between Israeli Prime Benjamin Minister Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump is not routine, says geopolitical analyst Ilan Scialom, calling it a “high-stakes preventive diplomatic strike” to secure Israel’s strategic priorities ahead of potential Iran talks.
An 18-year-old gunman killed one person and injured two others before being shot and arrested by police at a school in southern Thailand on Wednesday, according to local media and officials.
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