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Wars, climate, trade top global challenges for leaders at Davos

More than 2,800 leaders from 120 countries were expected at the World Economic Forum gathering this week.

The theme of the 2024 gathering at Davos, Switzerland is "rebuilding trust."
The theme of the 2024 gathering at Davos, Switzerland is "rebuilding trust." (AN/J. Heilprin)

Fighting in Gaza and Ukraine, rising temperatures and trade disruptions – along with fears of AI-driven falsehoods during an important year of elections around the globe – top the list of priorities for global elites to discuss at the World Economic Forum's annual gathering.

WEF's widely ridiculed talkfest among some 2,800 political leaders, billionaires, CEOs, academics, journalists and other attendees from 120 countries that opened on Monday in the Swiss resort town of Davos will have to get at the "root causes" of all these major challenges to be considered a success, according to WEF's leader.

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