World leaders and business executives left the Swiss mountain resort of Davos after a week of discussions dominated from a distance by Donald Trump's return as U.S. President.

“Rachel Reeves is thinking the right way but she’s in a difficult position,” said a senior UK bank executive in Davos . “Labour in the UK have made a lot of good decisions but it is very hard for them and the [bond market] challenges of last week reinforce that issue.”

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President trump’s return looms over swiss meeting In Davos, Switzerland, business and world leaders convene to discuss pressing global challenges, including climate change and artificial intelligence.

A day-long event filled with MIT speakers, including Sally Kornbluth and Sir Tim Berners-Lee, touched on AI sustainability and US-China competition.

While addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos one day later, Trump said that he will ask MBS, whom he called a “fantastic guy”, to round up the $600bn pledge to “around $1trn”. Trump asserted that the Saudis would do this “because we’ve been very good to them”.

Prime Minister James Marape returned to Port Moresby tonight, 7PM, after attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.

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It’s become something of a cliché for delegates at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting to quiz each other about “the mood in Davos”. The nearly 3,000 political leaders, executives, financiers, and policymakers who descended on the Swiss mountain resort last week offered differing answers to that theme.

The event saw a host of world leaders, executives, and celebrities come together in the Alpine town to discuss some of the hottest global topics.

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