
— Interim leader Delcy Rodriguez said the sum would be used to 'stabilize' the foreign exchange market. Before the US incursion on January 3, Venezuela had been forced to offer huge discounts on its crude oil to circumvent a US embargo.
— Ideas on the Move - with Gita Gopinath
— New growth prospects
— Closing the AI diffusion divide
— Yuval Noah Harari: 'More intelligence doesn’t mean less delusion'
— Building a business case for nature
— "For many people, this meeting feels out of step with the moment: elites in an age of populism, an established institution in an era of deep institutional distrust," he said. "If WEF is going to be useful going forward, it has to regain that trust." He hinted that the forum, which holds occasional offshoots in China and the Middle East, will add new events "in the places where the modern world is actually built," naming Detroit, Dublin, Jakarta, and Buenos Aires.
— a new series of on-the-move video interviews today, catching up with Davos participants as they travel between panel sessions. First up: social media creators Marina Mogilko, better known as Silicon Valley Girl, and Max Klymenko from the Career Ladder.
— Data and insights on Day 1 of Davos 2026: AI paradoxes, Investing in Blue Foods: Innovation and Partnerships for Impact
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt on finding happiness in an AI age.
— Opening Concert sets the tone for Davos 2026
— Davos 2026 Monday morning media scan
— "This year's World Economic Forum, which starts Monday, underscores a sharp shift for an event long caricatured as a 'woke' talking shop: Climate and diversity have slipped down the agenda, AI and growth are ascendant, and the United States — led by Trump and his inner circle — is set to dominate the stage. That shift coincided with a months-long campaign to land the U.S. president and reassert Davos' relevance after years of drift."
— Those of us who covered Trump's first administration thought we knew what to expect. Boy, were we wrong.
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