A speech by the U.N. chief, economic growth potential in places like China and Russia, the challenges of artificial intelligence and leaders from Spain to Malaysia are set to headline the agenda at the World Economic Forum’s annual event in Davos.

The world’s political and business elite present in Davos on Wednesday faced an uncompromising address from UN chief António Guterres as he rounded on a lack of multilateral collaboration in an “increasingly rudderless world” at risk from two existential dangers: climate change and unregulated Artificial Intelligence (AI).

The focus at the 2024 World Economic Forum will be U.N. chief António Guterres's speech, AI risks and Trump's trade tariff plans.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos S

DAVOS, Switzlerand — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres ratcheted up his warning about climate change and said the world’s thirst for fossil fuels is a “Frankenstein monster” that ...

A speech by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres criticizing ... Forum’s annual event in Davos DAVOS, Switzlerand -- U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres ratcheted up his warning about ...

Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, speaks during a plenary session in the Congress Hall during the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos ...

Organizers and attendees at this week’s annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, had to have

Leading business and political figures attending the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, have discussed and debated topics such as technology, tariffs, climate change, Ukraine, Gaza and the global economy this week.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's president has cut short his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos as a deadly conflict escalates back home. Fighting has intensified in DR Congo's eastern region since the start of the year,

Advances being made by the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo are "heightening the threat of a regional war," according to U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

As delegates gathered for champagne at a US stock market hub on the Davos Promenade to watch Donald Trump's inauguration, there was a frisson of excitement.