We are closing our live coverage of the 2025 Word Economic Forum in Davos. Goodbye. Al Hassaina Mosque on December 3, 2021, and the mosque after its destruction in an Israeli strike during the war, in Gaza City, January 22, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/Mahmoud Al-Basos

The World Economic Forum, colloquially called "Davos" after the location at which it's hosted in the Swiss mountains, is a yearly meeting of elites.

The 55 th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum opened this week with a powerful message and all-encompassing themes. Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum Founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, global leaders, leaving no doubt about his message: the undeniable need for, in Schwab’s words, Collaboration for the Intelligent Age.

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.

U.S. President Trump is to speak to an international audience for the first time after returning into the White House with a speech and Q&A by video conference to the World Economic Forum’s annual event in Davos on Thursday.

At the World Economic Forum, President Trump's return to the White House overshadowed traditional talk on climate change, trade and development.

As The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland unfolded over the last week, each day marked an important stride in the global business and political landscape.

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.

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.

Tuesday saw the World Economic Forum in Davos begin in earnest. Not even a star turn from David Beckham could stop AI dominating conversations.

A new U.S. president’s promise to expand fossil fuels that is at odds with global ambitions to combat climate change will be a topic of discussion at the World Economic Forum. By David Gelles ...

The jet fumes have now settled on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual gathering in Davos, which allows us to reflect on what business, political, and civil society leaders had to say about the pressing global issues of 2025.