The world needs 8.5x higher GDP to give everyone a Swis...

Three senior partners at McKinsey have a new book, "A Century of Plenty," looking back at 100 years of human progress and asking i...

Gates Foundation, OpenAI unveil $50 million ‘Horizon100...

Gates recalled that a few years ago, he predicted that AI would mark a technological revolution. "Everything I’ve seen since then ...

The U.S. debt now equals $229,000 per household—and a h...

Spiraling interest payments—which grew from $352 billion in 2021 to $970 billion in 2025—put the debt train on an accelerated trac...

Palantir CEO says AI ‘will destroy’ humanities jobs but...

Alex Karp said he struggled to market his humanities skills to get his first job.

Forget the four-day workweek: Despite what Bill Gates a...

Billionaire tech CEOs promise shorter weeks thanks to AI—but IWG’s Mark Dixon says automation won’t free time, it’ll just create m...

Carney warns of ‘rupture’ to global order as Trump ratt...

Canadian leader calls on ‘middle powers’ to unite as Davos braces for US president’s arrival

Republicans begin to push back against Trump’s pursuit ...

Party may vote to block any military action as it seeks to defuse growing rift with allies over the Arctic territory

Can the EU keep up with Trump in a trade war?

While the US president fires off social media posts increasing tariffs, the bloc has to overcome political divisions to retaliate

Gold hits record as Trump heads to Davos for Greenland ...

President en route to World Economic Forum in new plane after electrical problems forced Air Force One to turn back

World Economic Forum weighs moving flagship event from ...

Organisation’s executives including chair Larry Fink discuss future of annual shindig for political and business elites

Trump row over Greenland derails Ukraine postwar deal

Signature of ‘prosperity plan’ expected at Davos has been postponed amid transatlantic rift

Private equity giant Thoma Bravo eyes software deals as...

Firm’s co-founder Orlando Bravo tells FT that sector sell-off is creating a ‘huge buying opportunity’