With Donald Trump back as US president with his confrontational style, Chinese, European and Ukrainian leaders are expected to defend global cooperation on Tuesday at the annual gathering of the world's elites in Davos.

World Economic Forum President Børge Brende said while some tariffs may be introduced by the US administration, Donald Trump's ultimate goal will likely be to negotiate favourable deals.

If Banco Santander’s Ana Botín wants to sell her British retail business, there’s an obvious buyer: Barclays boss C. S. Venkatakrishnan. The biggest questions would be when the 42-billion-pound ($51 billion) UK bank decides to pounce – and whether its relatively new CEO, known as Venkat, can get his buyback-hungry investors on side.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16th, 2024. The World Economic Forum officially began on Monday, but it's Tuesday when the event really kicks off.

Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), a prominent gathering in the Swiss town of Davos, is set to commence on Jan. 20, gathering

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden greeted incoming President-elect Donald Trump and future first lady Melania Trump outside the White House Monday morning in a return to presidential transition tradition.

There was "cause for hope" in the new White House administration's approach to tariffs, Minister of State for Trade, Employment and Enterprise Peter Burke has said.

Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight have been announced as special envoys to the White House, acting as ambassadors for Hollywood.

Some 300 people including two millionaires protested in Davos on Sunday. Demonstrators carried placards with slogans such as "Tax the rich", "Shut up! Pay taxes" and "Smash colonial capitalism".

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