Pope Francis on Thursday urged political, economic and business leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos to keep close oversight of the development of artificial intelligence, warning the technology can exacerbate a growing "crisis of truth".

President Donald Trump plans to speak remotely Thursday to an international audience of business leaders, politicians and other elites at the World Economic Forum’s annual event in Davos, Switzerland.

DAVOS, Switzerland -- Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang on Tuesday delivered a special address at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos, Switzerland. The following is the full text of the speech entitled "Keeping to the Right Path of Multilateralism and Promoting Open and Inclusive Development":

China can tap a large software engineer talent pool from its consumer-focused companies, Pan Jian of battery maker CATL told the World Economic Forum.

"We actually no longer call it EV. We call it EIV. 'I' stands for intelligent," Pan Jian, a cochair of CATL, told a WEF panel in Davos, Switzerland.

China does not seek trade surpluses, a top official told the World Economic Forum Tuesday as the next round of U.S. tariffs looms.

US President Donald Trump will deliver a live virtual address at the 2025 World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday (January 23) at 11:00 AM ET (9:30 PM IST).

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said on Wednesday it was important for the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economic superpowers, to improve their bilateral ties.

China is not aiming for a trade surplus and wants to import more high-quality goods to balance international trade, according to Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang. At the World Economic Forum, Ding emphasized that global trade benefits everyone and criticized protectionism,

There will always be border disputes in Asia, and China should not be singled out because of tensions in the South China Sea, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Wednesday.

"I have always said that I feel like the world is a better place and the global economy is a better economy if the US and China can figure out how to coexist," Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins told Yahoo Finance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.