Healthcare experts at the Davos summit on Wednesday said that planning for Disease X might help save lives, and money, if countries start research and preventative steps before a recognised epidemic.
I doubt whether there is anything companies can do to mitigate Monday Blues, unless they have an open bar and no work policy on the first day of the week.
Greta gets arrested, Sheba the Tiger shot, Pigeon with a backpack full of drugs, Primates learn to use touchscreens, Davos a boom for prostitutes, Pieter Dirk-Uys, ‘Tax Us’, begs the rich.
For the first time in a quarter of a century, the rise in extreme wealth was accompanied by an increase in extreme poverty, Oxfam said.
Cape Town’s very own Ayakha Melithafa was inspired to take up climate activism during the water shortage, a decision that took her all the way to the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Donald Trump spewed some empty words, while Greta Thunberg accused politicians of “empty words and promises”, and that’s just the beginning of the drama.
Concerned about the future of cryptocurrencies? Well, let’s see what three people in the know had to say about it when they were questioned at Davos.
Are we finally witnessing the world turning against Silicon Valley’s tech companies, who have for too long got away with doing exactly what they want?
Last month we told you about Femen, the naked Ukranian protest group who tried to break into an invitation-only gathering of international CEOs and political leaders held in Davos. These politically conscious ladies have struck again, this time demonstrating outside the headquarters of Russian gas monopoly, Gazprom. See the full gallery of their passionate protests after the jump.
Femen is a Ukrainian group of activists that has become popular in Europe for staging small, half-naked protests. Some of their members were arrested over the weekend after trying to break into an invitation-only gathering of international CEOs and political leaders held in the Swiss resort town of Davos.