I was among 700 people in the hall to hear Donald Trump address the World Economic Forum in Davos. I wondered whether his blunt style landed.

President Trump will virtually join the Davos Forum at 11 a.m., slated to give a speech and join World Economic Forum chief Børge Brende for a question-and-answer session. Trump attended the summit of global business leaders in Switzerland twice during his first term.

President Donald Trump corrected World Economic Forum CEO Børge Brende after Brende asked about a conversation with President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping. "He called me."

DAVOS, Switzerland-- ( BUSINESS WIRE )--The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host a regular high-level World Economic Forum (WEF) global meeting in Riyadh, with the first slated for the Spring of 2026, it was announced today.

Thursday night brought a big change to Davos — and not just because it snowed for the first time all week. At just past 5 p.m., U.S. President Donald Trump presented his “America First” priorities virtually, telling the crowd: “Three days ago I took the oath of office, and we began the Golden Age of America.”

Argentina’s President uses second address to World Economic Forum to slam his critics and “the mental virus of the woke ideology,” saying it has “colonised the most important institutions in the world.

VP Shettima has returned to Nigeria after his engagements at the 2025 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Davos, Switzerland 25 th January 2025 Smriti Irani, Chairperson of the Alliance for Global Good: Gender Equity and Equality, emerged as a transformative force, leading several key initiatives on Gender Equity and Equality agenda at Davos along the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2025,

US President Donald Trump delivered a virtual address at the World Economic Forum on Thursday, held in Davos, Switzerland. He engaged in a discussion with prominent business leaders, including Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan and Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman.

Since the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, opened on the same day as Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president in the USA, the news coverage of the WEF annual meeting 2025 under the theme 'Collaboration in the Intelligent Age' was less than it otherwise would have been.

Nigeria has sought collaboration with the World Economic Forum, WEF, to drive the country’s economic growth through key projects such as the African Atlantic Gas Pipeline, AAGP, and the recharging of Lake Chad.

Vice President Kashim Shettima as joined other world leaders to push for the full implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) with a target to boost Africa's economy to $29 trillion by 2050.