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Every 30 hours, Covid creates a billionaire: Oxfam at the Davos Forum

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Davos: The Covid pandemic has created a new billionaire every 30 hours, and now one million people may slip into extreme poverty at the same rate, according to Oxfam on the day of the return of the Davos summit. As the global elite gathered in the Swiss mountain refuge for the World Economic Forum after … Read more

Davos forum to be held in person from May 22 to 26

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GENEVA: The Davos summit will be held in person for the first time during the Covid-19 pandemic, from May 22 to 26, the World Economic Forum announced on Friday. The annual gathering of the world’s political, economic and business elite traditionally takes place in January against the idyllic snowy backdrop of the Swiss ski resort of … Read more