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The Davos Agenda 2021: What You Need To KnowIf not for Covid-19, world leaders would be enroute to the Swiss ski resort of Davos to discuss critical issues affecting the globe.
Jan 25, 2021 04:15 PM GMT
However, the main event will now take place in Singapore near the end of May thanks to the coronavirus situation in Europe.
Nevertheless, an online event named ‘The Davos Agenda’ kicks off today till January 29th under the theme “A Crucial Year to Rebuild Trust”.
Who is invited?
I would love a personal invite, but not anybody can attend this prestigious event.
This is reserved for key government, business leaders, financial heavyweights, and heads of states. Major speakers include European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, Bill Gates, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and many others.
Senate Republicans endorse Bidens Deep State picks
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January 25, 2021
In his column Clintons Brilliant Strategy, Dennis Cuddy suggests that the fate of Donald J. Trump, who is going out of office under questionable circumstances, is a function of Hillary and Bill Clintons revenge. He writes, Bill Clinton and the Democrats correctly believed that with Trumps political inexperience, he could as president easily be set up. Trump was elected, he writes, because the GOP base, comprised mostly of the Tea Party and Christian Right, were tired of promises by the Republican Establishment never being fulfilled. They wanted an outsider Trump. But this turned out to be Trumps Achilles heel. He didnt understand the forces out to get him.
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CHINA / DIPLOMACY
Intl governance should not be on the order given by one or a few countries: Xi By GT staff reporters Published: Jan 25, 2021 08:09 PM Updated: Jan 25, 2021 08:59 PM
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) Virtual Event of the Davos Agenda and delivers a special address via video link in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 25, 2021. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday calls for upholding multilateralism and building a community with a shared future for mankind to come together against global challenges at the 2021 World Economic Forum Davos Agenda, stressing that confrontation will lead all peoples to a dead end.
Davos President to Asharq Al-Awsat: Extreme Poverty Levels Rising for First Time in Two Decades Børge Brende warns of the continuation of a fractured world and calls for a global compact. Monday, 25 January, 2021 - 06:00
Brende speaks at Building Sustainable Markets at The World Economic Forum. (WEF) London - Najlaa Habriri
The continuation of a fractured world, lack of international collaboration and rising inequalities within and between countries will impede efforts to fight the pandemic and face the climate change crisis, warned the president of the World Economic Forum in an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat.
“We need to make sure that the recovery (from the Covid-19 pandemic) will be sustained, and that it will be inclusive,” Børge Brende insisted on the eve of the “Davos Agenda” week.