Wars top global risk as Davos elite gathers in shadow of fragmented world
(This Jan. 15 story has been refiled with an amended comment from the WEF Managing Director in paragraph 4) By Elisa Martinuzzi LONDON (Reuters) – Armed conflict is the top risk in 2025, a World Economic Forum (WEF) survey released on Wednesday
Top Canadian banks quit global climate coalition ahead of Trump inauguration
By Nivedita Balu TORONTO (Reuters) -Four of Canada’s biggest lenders said on Friday they were withdrawing from a global banking sector climate coalition, joining six major U.S. banks. The departures from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance began with Goldman Sachs’ announcement on Dec.
Trump taps Penny Schwinn for deputy secretary of education
(Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump said he would name Penny Schwinn, former Tennessee education commissioner, to be his deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. In addition to Tennessee, Schwinn has worked at the Texas Education Agency as deputy commissioner
TikTok stops working for US users
(Reuters) – TikTok went dark in the U.S. on Saturday before a federal ban on the Chinese-owned short-video app took effect, cutting off access to the platform that captivated nearly half of all Americans, fueled small businesses and shaped online