To state the truth, Africa was significantly nowhere at the World Economic Forum which took place this January 19 – 23. You may say absent figuratively, sidelined more specifically, and that has been very much the pattern over the years. The World Economic Forum was established in 1971 by Professor Klaus Schwab to provide a…
Mr. Trump could offer more details Thursday on his proposed international “Board of Peace” as questions linger over its composition and scope. The president floated the concept of a Board of Peace last year, as part of a plan brokered by his administration to end the Israel-Hamas war. The board was conceived of as an…
From Davos, the President of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday warned that the world has entered a “make-or-break” moment for multilateralism, saying the rules-based order can survive only if states speak the truth and act when it’s hard. She called for a cross-regional alliance to push back against growing lawlessness, disinformation, and power-based politics….
“We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition,” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in his speech at Davos on Monday. “Great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons, tariffs as leverage, financial infrastructure as coercion, supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited.” “You cannot live within the lie of mutual…
LONDON — European stocks sold off on Tuesday as the specter of fresh trade tariffs lingered, hurting market sentiment. The pan-European Stoxx 600 ended the session down 0.72%, with most sectors and all major regional bourses in negative territory. The market slump comes after Trump announced on Saturday that eight European allies would face increasing tariffs,…
