World's Eight Richest As Wealthy As Half Humanity, Says Oxfam

Just eight individuals, all men, own as much wealth as the poorest half of the world's population, Oxfam said on Monday in a report calling for action to curtail rewards for those at the top.

A three-minute-long clip from a republished interview of Alibaba founder Jack Ma is once again going viral on social media. Recorded during the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos this year, the video shows the billionaire businessman talking about the failures that shaped his life, including the time he was rejected by both Harvard and KFC. The video, shared thrice o...

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India will serve as a hub to supply cars worldwide says Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn. He was speaking at the on-going World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

President Barack Obama on Friday addressed SXSW -- the technology world's Davos and Woodstock rolled into one -- making a recruitment pitch to America's whizkids, even as the government is embroiled in a high-profile battle with Apple.

Actor Liam Cunningham, who plays Davos Seaworth in the fantasy series, admitted that from what he has seen and filmed, the new season is set to be even raunchier and more violent than ever before. "It's bigger, badder, bolder and naughtier," he said

Switzerland is "extremely keen" on greater cooperation in India's fight against suspected black money stashed in Swiss banks and is putting in place a new law on automatic information exchange that will take about a year to come into force, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said.

The US is not asking countries like India and Vietnam to take sides in the Asia Pacific region, but steps Beijing is taking in the disputed South China Sea are "self-isolating" and driving countries towards America, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said.

As India is growing fast at over 7 per cent, the nature of BRICS bloc has undergone a major change with each member showing an economic performance very different from the other, IMF chief Christine Lagarde said today.

Confident of pushing GDP growth higher and continuing the reforms agenda, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said one main reform which is still work in progress is 'ease of doing business' in India and steps are under way on that front.

Senior Saudi and Iranian figures clashed behind closed doors at a private meeting convened by the World Economic Forum in Davos this week to try to promote peace in Syria, participants said.

The United States is not looking for conflict with China but steps it is taking in the South China Sea are self-isolating and prompting other countries to seek help from Washington, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Friday.

The deployment of autonomous weapons would represent a dangerous new era in warfare, scientists said.

The United States wants the United Nations to raise funding for refugees this year by 30 per cent to $13 billion and says it will ask for the extra cash at a summit to be hosted by President Barack Obama in September.

Pakistan is the best place to invest in given its geographical location and lands full of natural resources, said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today.

"Unbelievable", "embarrassing" even "dangerous" are some of the words the financial elite gathered at the World Economic Forum conference in the Swiss resort of Davos have been using to describe US Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that initial talks in Geneva involving the Syrian government and opposition groups would be "proximity talks", not a face-to-face meeting of participants.

A day after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley dismissed one of the Congress party's demands on the Goods and Services Tax as "preposterous", senior Congress leader Kamal Nath told NDTV's Vikram Chandra in an interview at Davos that the differences between the two sides "can be ironed out."

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today said normalisation of ties with India and restoration of the bilateral composite dialogue can give a big boost to the trade relations between the countries.

Government today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not scheduled to travel to Davos for World Economic Forum meeting, debunking reports that he has decided to skip the visit to "avoid" a meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.