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Donald Trump joins WEF 2025 virtually; world leaders, CEOs, and innovators unite in Davos to shape a sustainable, inclusive future under the theme "Collaboration for the Intelligent Age."
Donald Trump will join virtually to the World Economic Forum 2025 in Davos, which will bring together close to 3,000 leaders from diverse geographies and industries to drive dialogue amid challenges shaped by geopolitical tensions, economic shifts, and technological advancement.
Trump is due to be sworn in as the 47th US president at the Capitol building in Washington, DC, on January 20.
Davos organizers said that there will be “strong” government representation from around the world and more than 350 governmental leaders are expected to participate this year, including 60 heads of state and government.
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Community, Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, and Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia are among of top political leaders taking part in the high-profile event hosted in Swiss resort from on 20th – 24th January.
"Despite divergent positions and great uncertainties, the Annual Meeting 2025 will foster a spirit of cooperation and constructive optimism with the objective of shaping the forthcoming Intelligent Age in a more sustainable and inclusive way," said Klaus Schwab, founder and chairman of the WEF Board of Trustees.
According to WEF’s press-release, the 55th WEF’s Annual Meeting will convene under the theme “Collaboration for the Intelligent Age” focusing on five core, interconnected pillars - Reimagining Economic Growth through technology-driven innovation; Industries in the Intelligent Age, Investing in People, Safeguarding the Planet scaling climate solutions, Rebuilding Trust to foster global cooperation.
Over 1,600 business leaders, including over 900 of the world’s top CEOs and Chairs from the World Economic Forum’s Members and Partners, will also participate, over 120 of which are Global Innovators, Tech Pioneers and Unicorns who are transforming industries.
Heads of international organizations taking part include António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization; Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund; Mark Rutte, Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization; Achim Steiner, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme.
Fears of wider escalation grow despite President Donald Trump saying U.S. strikes on Iran could end within weeks. Meanwhile missile attacks, tanker incidents and rising casualties across Israel, Lebanon and the Gulf heighten risks to regional stability and energy routes.
Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday on NASA's Artemis II mission, a high-stakes voyage around the moon that marks the United States' boldest step yet toward returning humans to the lunar surface later this decade in a race with China.
An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck in Indonesia's Northern Molucca Sea on Thursday, killing one person, damaging some buildings and triggering tsunami waves, authorities and witnesses said.
President Donald Trump staunchly defended his handling of the month-old U.S.-Israeli war on Iran in a prime-time address on Wednesday, saying the U.S. military was nearing completion of its mission while also reinforcing his threats to bomb the Islamic Republic back to the Stone Age.
Iran has rejected claims it has been weakened, vowing instead “more crushing” attacks against the United States and Israel. President Masoud Pezeshkian also warned that Israel is fabricating threats about Iran, as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed affecting the global energy market.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reshuffled his cabinet on Friday (3 April) in a bid to contain a growing scandal over the alleged fraudulent use of European Union farm subsidies.
One crew member from a U.S. warplane shot down over Iran has been rescued, U.S. officials said, as a search continues for a second crew member.
Across China, people are taking part in a wide range of activities to honour fallen heroes ahead of the Qingming Festival, a traditional time for remembrance and paying respect to the deceased.
France and South Korea have agreed to strengthen defence ties and energy security cooperation following a two-day visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Seoul.
In a highly unusual move highlighting shifting narcotics diplomacy, the U.S. has handed over a Chinese fugitive accused of serious drug crimes to authorities in Beijing.
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