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View Slideshow In the landlocked Swiss town of Davos-Klosters, German designer Julia Lohmann has brought multi-sensory elements of the sea to guests of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 50th Annual Meeting. Hidaka Ohmu is a seaweed installation accompanied by a seaweed prototyping workshop. Created as part of the Cooper Hewitt…

The year 2020 marks two important anniversaries. It has been 75 years since the establishment of the United Nations (UN) by the victorious powers of World War II. And it has been 50 years since the establishment of the World Economic Forum (WEF) by Professor Klaus Schwab.One might say that…

Yves here. One bit of good news with Uber and its allies’ launch of an empty charter to pretend to deal with the job conditions of gig workers is it appears to have gotten little notice in the US. Perhaps the fact that it was launched at Davos was more…

Getty The World Economic Forum predicts that the digital revolution will transform the future of work and the workplace: as many as 133 million new jobs will be created, but 75 million jobs are likely to be eliminated. This “job churn” will eventually impact a quarter of all work, and will…

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - 2020/01/22: Limousines and cars are queuing up in a main Davos street during ... the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF). (Photo by Thierry Falise/LightRocket via Getty Images) LightRocket via Getty Images The World Economic Forum (WEF) convened in Davos Switzerland last week for its 50th Anniversary. This…

Ravin Jesuthasan For the last couple of years, the issues of climate change and the future of work have been front and center on the Davos agenda. So was 2020 just more of the same? Not quite. In the weeks leading up to Davos, the WEF outlined an ambitious agenda…

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ISLAMABAD: Terming his participation in the recently held World Economic Forum (WEF) as the "cheapest" official visit, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan disclosed that his trip was sponsored by two of his friends and well-known businessmen Ikram Sehgal and Imran Chaudhry, it was reported on Saturday. Addressing the 'Breakfast at…

Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa addressing a press conference in Bengaluru on Saturday. Minister for Large and Medium Industries Jagadish Shettar is also seen.   | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Chief Minister gives assurance after return from Davos meet For attracting investors to Karnataka, the BJP government has decided to…

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said on Friday that U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's comments had "no effect" on her during a news conference with other young climate activists in Davos. Mnuchin told Greta Thunberg she should study economics …