US businesses would suffer more if Donald Trump were to impose tariffs on EU exports to the United States, France's top diplomat says.

The ECB is expected to cut rates by 25bps to 2.75% on Thursday as inflation nears 2% and growth remains weak. Analysts see further cuts in 2025, but US trade tariffs could add uncertainty.

Trump criticised EU legislation as “very cumbersome” in a video address to the World Economic Forum last week, which also attacked the bloc over its tax and trade regime and touted his own deregulation drive.

Ten years ago, after being invited to attend Davos, Shelley Zalis was told she may not fit in due to the "boys club". She took a stand to change the face of Davos.

Rebels from the Rwanda-backed M23 have killed a military governor as they advanced through eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the army confirmed on Friday. Maj Gen Peter Cirimwami, North Kivu's Governor, was shot by M23 fighters when visiting the frontline on Thursday.

It was very difficult to hear properly amid the roar of the helicopter's engine, but Trump did say he was "very surprised" to hear that Republican Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski would vote against confirming Pete Hegseth, his choice to head the Department of Defense.

An international assistance mission for the Gaza Strip should be considered once Israeli troops withdraw as part of the second phase of the ceasefire

President Javier Milei's government wants to strip femicide from Argentina's Penal Code, eliminate non-binary IDs and remove quotas for disabled and trans people.

The initiative will affect approximately 1 million square kilometers of indigenous territories - almost 14% of Brazil's territory and equivalent to the sum of the areas of France and England. DAVOS

Police arrested 10 people for the kidnapping of David Balland and his wife after a massive operation by elite units and crypto experts

World Trade Organization chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala urged nations Thursday to keep calm over tariffs, warning that a tit-for-tat trade war would be 'catastrophic' for the world economy.

The eurozone Composite Purchasing Managers' Index, released by Hamburg Commercial Bank and S&P Global on Friday, rose in January to 50.2 from 49.6 a month earlier, beating economists' forecasts. The reading over 50 indicates private-sector activity increased for the first time since August, but only very slightly.