Tag: Davos

  • Climate activist Greta Thunberg deletes her ‘end of the world’ tweet

    Climate activist Greta Thunberg deletes her ‘end of the world’ tweet

    Stockholm [Sweden]March 13 (ANI): Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has deleted a tweet she made in 2018 expressing concern that unless fossil fuels are phased out by 2023, climate change will “wipe out the entire human race,” Russia Today reported. In the post, Thunberg quoted a “leading climate scientist” who claimed that if we don’t…

  • Greta Thunberg deletes end-of-the-world tweet

    Greta Thunberg deletes end-of-the-world tweet

    The climate campaigner claimed in 2018 that humanity had until this year to prevent its demise Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has deleted a 2018 tweet in which she shared a warning that climate change “will wipe out all of humanity” unless fossil fuels are phased out by 2023. In the tweet, Thunberg quoted a…

  • The EU Parliament demands that the Iranian Guard be designated as a terrorist group

    The EU Parliament demands that the Iranian Guard be designated as a terrorist group

    Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been accused of cracking down on protests at home and supplying drones to Russia The European Parliament on Wednesday called on the EU and its member states to officially designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. The call was included in an amendment…

  • The EU Parliament demands that the Iranian Guard be designated a terrorist group

    The EU Parliament demands that the Iranian Guard be designated a terrorist group

    Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been accused of cracking down on protests at home and supplying drones to Russia The European Parliament on Wednesday called on the EU and its member states to officially designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. The call was included in an amendment…

  • World Economic Forum ’23: Participants braced for profound systemic transformation

    World Economic Forum ’23: Participants braced for profound systemic transformation

    It says a lot about this gathering that the managing directors and chairmen of most of Denmark’s largest companies – including the managers responsible for Mærsk, Carlsberg, DSV, Lego Group, Novo Nordisk, PensionDenmark, Vestas and Ørsted – will be present, but they won’t even be considered VIPs. So it’s no wonder snipers can be seen…

  • Greta Thunberg calls for the downfall of capitalism

    Greta Thunberg calls for the downfall of capitalism

    The teenage climate activist also blamed “racism” for warming the planet Swedish eco-activist Greta Thunberg has turned her attention to the political arena, calling for the downfall of capitalism, which she claimed is responsible for climate change. The 19-year-old climate campaigner launched his book – ‘The Climate Book’ – in London on Sunday night, telling…

  • Live: Ryssland beskjuter Charkiv, kriget i Donbas når maximal intensitet

    Live: Ryssland beskjuter Charkiv, kriget i Donbas når maximal intensitet

    Ryska styrkor beskjuter Charkiv och dödade fyra personer på torsdagen efter att Moskvas försök att erövra Ukrainas andra stad avvisades tidigt i kriget. Längre söderut nådde striderna i Donbas-regionen “maximal intensitet”, enligt en hög ukrainsk försvarstjänsteman. Följ FRANCE 24:s liveblogg för den senaste utvecklingen. Alla tider är Paris-tid (GMT+2). 18:03: Mariupols hamn mineras, öppen för…

  • Important NATO member for setting conditions for aspirants

    Important NATO member for setting conditions for aspirants

    Turkey says that written guarantees will be required from Sweden and Finland during a meeting on Wednesday Delegations from NATO aspirants Sweden and Finland will meet on Wednesday with top Turkish officials in Ankara to discuss Turkey’s objections to their membership in the alliance. The Turkish Foreign Minister said on Tuesday that his country will…

  • Ukraine demands faster arms deliveries

    Ukraine demands faster arms deliveries

    Pentagon – Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Tuesday called on other governments to send more weapons faster to help Ukraine’s fight against Russian forces. FIL – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is sitting at EU headquarters in Brussels on May 16, 2022. On Tuesday, he called on other governments to send weapons to help…

  • Haavisto: Finland, Sweden will send delegations to Ankara on Wednesday

    Haavisto: Finland, Sweden will send delegations to Ankara on Wednesday

    Finland and Sweden to send delegations to Ankara on Wednesday to discuss Turkey’s opposition to NATO membership applications from the two Nordic countries, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (Green) has revealed. "We will send our delegation to visit Ankara, in fact both Sweden and Finland. This will happen tomorrow, so the dialogue will continue," Haavisto…

  • Live: Ukrainian court sentences a Russian soldier to life in prison for war crimes

    Live: Ukrainian court sentences a Russian soldier to life in prison for war crimes

    A Ukrainian court on Monday sentenced a Russian soldier to life in prison for killing an unarmed civilian in the first war crimes trial that followed the Russian invasion on February 24. Follow FRANCE 24’s live blog for the latest developments. All times are Paris time (GMT + 2). 12:47: Russia’s Avtovaz appoints former transport…

  • Niinistö will participate in the Munich Security Conference in the shadow of the crisis in Ukraine

    Niinistö will participate in the Munich Security Conference in the shadow of the crisis in Ukraine

    President Sauli Niinistö head to the Munich security conference on Friday, his office announced on Monday. To southern Germany 18–20 The meeting in February is likely to overshadow the events around Ukraine. Niinistö, a regular participant in the annual event, will take part in a panel discussion on European security architecture and East-West relations next…

  • We need a great reset – and a different burden of proof

    We need a great reset – and a different burden of proof

    That meeting and its theme give rise to a number of new theories – we all get microchips for continuous monitoring by a “social credit system” run by a single world government, etc. – and in our 21st century authoritarian era, it’s hard to accuse anyone of fearing movements in that direction. I think the…

  • World Economic Forum meeting scheduled for January postponed to summer 2022 due to Omicron concerns

    World Economic Forum meeting scheduled for January postponed to summer 2022 due to Omicron concerns

    The annual meeting was scheduled to take place in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland on 17-21. January 2022. It is now planned for the early summer in the light of the continuing uncertainty about the Omicron epidemic, read the WEF bulletin. Despite the strict health practices of the meeting, Omicron’s portability and its impact on travel and mobility…

  • Seeds can be in short supply for global tree projects

    Seeds can be in short supply for global tree projects

    When extensive global tree planting projects are now being planned, the lack of the right kind of seeds is a problem. Because if the plantings are to be as good for climate and biodiversity as one hopes, a large number of different tree species will be needed. Last year, the World Economic Forum in Davos…

  • VMA in Borlänge, Dalarna County.

    VMA in Borlänge, Dalarna County.

    Norway’s national ski team does not go to the World Cup competitions in Davos and Dresden in December. Norway also does not intend to participate in the Tour de Ski as the situation looks now, the Norwegian Ski Association writes in a press release. “In addition to the risk of traveling, we have experienced keeping…

  • Norwegian national ski team in quarantine

    Norwegian national ski team in quarantine

    Norwegian ski coach Eirik Myhr Nossum has tested positive for covid-19, the Norwegian Ski Association writes in a press release. The Norwegian ski national team skiers have therefore been quarantined and risk missing Friday’s World Cup premiere in Ruka, Finland. Nossum shows no symptoms and no one else in the Norwegian national team has tested…

  • Call on the way back: “Very easy training”

    Call on the way back: “Very easy training”

    Swedish ski star Charlotte Kalla is on her way back after testing positive for covid-19 two weeks ago. Kalla, who still misses the world cup premiere in Ruka, Finland, is in the process of light training, and the next possible World Cup start is Davos’ weekend 12-13 December. “I have made a plan for Charlotte…

  • Denmark gets new technological ambassador

    Denmark gets new technological ambassador

    Denmark hit the global headlines in 2017, when Casper Klynge became the first tech ambassador in the world. Now the position is getting attention again after the news about Anne Marie Engtoft succeeds Klynge to become the youngest Dane to hold an ambassadorial post in Danish history. The 33-year-old takes over the position in Silicon…

  • Ambassador: IT giants have too much power over our lives

    For the next three years, Anne Marie Engtoft will represent the interests of Denmark and Danish citizens towards the tech industry in Silicon Valley in the USA. The 33-year-old newly appointed tech ambassador will be the youngest Danish ambassador in history. She can not imagine a more important and exciting job, she says. But she…