The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is underway this week — and there are calls for taxing the extremely rich to address global inequality.

The World Economic Forum kicks off in the Swiss Alpine resort on the same day as the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump.

US president Donald Trump has signalled that all imports into the country will face tariffs, a move that could spark tit-for-tat trade wars across the global economy as well as hitting Ireland’s valuable €54 billion export trade with the US. Eoin Burke-Kennedy reports from the world Economic Forum in Davos.

A leading NGO warned Monday of an emerging "aristocratic oligarchy" with massive political clout and primed to profit from Donald Trump's presidency, as global elites descend on Davos for their annual confab.

Trump — who juiced his own net worth by tens of billions of dollars with a memecoin strategically released just before his inauguration — is likely to dominate discussions in the Swiss Alps

a top anti-poverty group reported on Monday as some of the world's political and financial elite prepared for an annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland. Oxfam International, in its latest ...

Billionaire wealth surged by $2 trillion in 2024—equivalent to $5.7 billion per day—as global inequality reached unprecedented levels, Oxfam International reported Monday. Oxfam's analysis ...

Davos—where the world's richest and most powerful huddle together for public talks. Here's what happened at the forum on Tuesday.

Billionaires' wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, top anti-poverty group Oxfam International reported in its latest assessment of global inequality as some of the world's political and financial elite prepared for the opening of the World Economic Forum,

Although the sun may be setting on the era of free trade, crypto supporters say a new dawn is rising for digital currencies thanks to US President Donald Trump.

Billionaire's wealth has grown faster last year, and now the world can expect at least 5 trillionaires within a decade, even as the number of people in poverty has barely budged since 1990