Irish premier hopeful of a breakthrough on post-Brexit trade dispute
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar talking to the media outside the Stormont hotel on Jan. 12. Brian Lawless – Pa Images | Pa Images | Getty Images Irish premier Leo Varadkar on…
Novartis CEO says Covid to become endemic, calls for better pandemic preparedness
Novartis said in August that it plans to spin off its generics unit Sandoz to sharpen its focus on its patented prescription medicines. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The…
$1.4 trillion wipeout hits crypto industry at WEF
Along the Davos Promenade in 2023 there were fewer crypto companies than in previous years after the market crash. Circle, the company behind the stablecoin USDC, was one the few…
UN slams oil and gas giants for ignoring their own climate science
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that without further action, humanity was on course for a global temperature increase of 2.8 degrees Ceslius. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty…
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy renews call for supplies of Western tanks
“Mobilization of the world must outpace a next military mobilization of our joint enemy,” Zelenskyy said via videoconference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Bloomberg | Bloomberg |…
IEA chief expects Russia to lose the energy battle
The IEA’s Birol said that prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 last year, “Russia was the number one energy exporter to the world.” Natalia Kolesnikova |…
Ukraine’s energy giant Naftogaz will be out of default soon: CEO
The CEO of Ukrainian state energy giant Naftogaz said the company is working toward resolving its debt default problems quickly. Yuriy Vitrenko told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble at the World Economic…
country will likely face ‘very mild’ recession
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said Tuesday that he believed the country would experience a mild recession in 2023, but that he felt positive about his country’s economic outlook. “We…
Davos 2023: Spain Sanchez
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images DAVOS, Switzerland — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told CNBC Monday that the European Union has something…
China’s reopening overwhelmingly positive to tackle inflation
OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann on Monday said China’s reopening is “overwhelmingly positive” in the global fight to tackle surging inflation. “We certainly very much welcome the easing of Covid related…