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World Economic Forum cancels big event in 2021 amid pandemic

May. 17, 2021 10:52 AM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — World Economic Forum organizers say they have decided to cancel their annual gathering — usually held in Davos, Switzerland each year — this year...

Report: Pandemic dealing setbacks to gender parity in jobs

Mar. 31, 2021 03:32 PM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — The think tank behind the annual gathering of world leaders in Davos, Switzerland, says the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting gender parity in the...

Davos event pushed back to August over COVID-related havoc

Feb. 03, 2021 11:59 AM EST
GENEVA (AP) — Leaders of the World Economic Forum say their annual gathering -- usually held in the Alpine snows of Davos, Switzerland -- is being postponed...

German Klaus Schwab, left, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, WEF, listens Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga displayed in screens during a video conference at the Davos Agenda, in Cologny near Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, January 29, 2021. The Davos Agenda, from 25 to 29 January 2021, is a online edition due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak gather global leaders to shape the principles, policies and partnerships needed in this challenging new context. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
Japan prime minister says he's determined to hold Olympics

By Mari Yamaguchi Jan. 29, 2021 08:10 AM EST

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a face mask as he attends a a rally in Sivsagar, east of Gauhati, India, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. Modi attended a rally to distribute land allotment certificates to landless indigenous people in Assam’s Sivasagar district, under a special programme of the state government. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
India invites investors to help develop manufacturing hub

Ashok Sharma Jan. 28, 2021 09:20 AM EST

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to participants of the the World Economic Forum via a video link in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Putin warned of rising global tensions and growing risks of new conflicts and called for broader international cooperation to tackle new challenges. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Russia's Putin warns of worsening global instability

By Vladimir Isachenkov Jan. 27, 2021 09:50 AM EST

Exterior view of the congress center in Davos, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. The World Economic Forum, WEF, was scheduled to take place in Davos between Jan. 25 and Jan. 29, 2021. Due to the Coronavirus outbreak it will be held in a digital format. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)
World Food Program chief warns of vulnerable supply chains

Jan. 27, 2021 06:09 AM EST

German Klaus Schwab, left, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, WEF, listens to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, displayed on a video screen, during a conference at the Davos Agenda in Cologny near Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. The Davos Agenda from Jan. 25 to Jan. 29, 2021 is an online edition due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
Merkel: pandemic shows German weaknesses, need to cooperate

By Geir Moulson Jan. 26, 2021 08:57 AM EST

FILE — In this Friday, April 24, 2020 file photo, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visits a field hospital in Johannesburg. Ramaphosa has announced he has gone into quarantine after coming into contact with a dinner guest who has tested positive for COVID-19. He came into contact with a guest at a dinner of 35 people in Johannesburg last weekend, the president's spokesman said Wednesday, Oct. 28. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
South Africa's president criticizes 'vaccine nationalism'

By Mogomotsi Magome Jan. 26, 2021 07:18 AM EST

A homeless with his little pet, bottom right, in front a store to rent for food, begs for alms while pedestrian walking past wearing face mask protection against the coronavirus, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
Oxfam urges radical economic rejig for post-COVID world

By Pan Pylas Jan. 24, 2021 07:01 PM EST

Xi, Modi expected for 'virtual' Davos in era of pandemic

Jan. 18, 2021 09:33 AM EST
GENEVA (AP) — World Economic Forum organizers are expecting leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, German...

Amid pandemic, Davos event to be held in Singapore next year

Dec. 07, 2020 11:29 AM EST
GENEVA (AP) — Organizers of the annual World Economic Forum event in Davos, Switzerland, have again changed their planned venue for next year’s edition,...

Indian laborers work at a building construction site in Gauhati, India, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Study: COVID speeds up human vs machine standoff over work

Jamey Keaten Oct. 20, 2020 06:01 PM EDT

Davos forum to change town for virus-delayed 2021 edition

Oct. 07, 2020 11:52 AM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — The next in-person gathering of the World Economic Forum won't be in the Swiss town of Davos as usual. Forum organizers said...

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 13, 2014 file photo, AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot leaves the British Parliament's Business Innovation and Skills Committee after a hearing in central London. Two firms developing COVID-19 vaccines say pharmaceutical companies are trying to give the public as much information as possible about their testing regimes as drugmakers and public health officials seek to boost confidence that any approved vaccine will be safe. AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot and Paul Stoffels, chief scientific officer of Johnson & Johnson, said Thursday Sept. 24, 2020, that they recognize the coronavirus emergency demands increased transparency from vaccine developers to ensure the public has faith in the end product. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
Drug companies work jointly to boost vaccine confidence

By Danica Kirka And Maria Cheng Sep. 24, 2020 07:06 AM EDT

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School first-grade student Blake wears a tie-dye mask on the first day of school Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, in De Pere, Wis. (Sarah Kloepping/The Post-Crescent via AP)
The Latest: SKorea reports highest new virus total in months

By The Associated Press Aug. 26, 2020 12:59 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 12, 2019, file photo, English computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web, delivers a speech during an event at the CERN in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland, marking 30 years of World Wide Web. Berners-Lee said Thursday, June 11, 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates “the gross inequality” of a world where almost half the population is unable to connect, telling a high-level U.N. meeting “our number one focus must be to close the digital divide.” (Fabrice Coffrini/Pool, Keystone via AP, File)
Web inventor: Closing digital divide must be top priority

By Edith M. Lederer Jun. 12, 2020 01:56 AM EDT