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Six startups make World Economic Forum tech pioneers list

Global list highlights early growth-stage companies ‘poised to have a significant impact on business and society’; previous cohorts included Google, Twitter, Airbnb, Spotify

June 22, 2023, 7:55 pm

Six startups make World Economic Forum tech pioneers list

Global list highlights early growth-stage companies ‘poised to have a significant impact on business and society’; previous cohorts included Google, Twitter, Airbnb, Spotify

By Sharon Wrobel

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, from Kyiv on May 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

May 27, 2022, 11:17 am

Invoking Holocaust, Zelensky rips Kissinger for proposing Ukraine cede turf to Putin

Ukrainian president accuses former US secretary of state of acting like it’s 1938, in reference to Munich Agreement allowing Nazi Germany to annex parts of Czechoslovakia

By Ron Kampeas

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on May 26, 2022. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)

May 26, 2022, 3:29 pm

Germany’s Scholz vows Putin ‘won’t win’ as Zelensky implores West for unlimited aid

Berlin faces accusations from Ukraine that it could do more to help; Russia presses its slow advance into neighbor’s east

By Charlotte Plantive, Dmitry Zaks and David Stout

President Isaac Herzog addresses the assembly during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, on May 25, 2022. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)

May 25, 2022, 8:16 pm

At Davos, Herzog issues sweeping call for ‘renewable Middle East’

President outlines plan for Middle East to become a ‘global hub of sustainable solutions in food, water and health,’ paving the way for Israel to broker ties with more Arab nations

By Amy Spiro

A woman pushes a baby in a stroller past a sign hanging outside Pfizer headquarters in New York, May 23, 2022. (Mary Altaffer/AP)

May 25, 2022, 6:10 pm

Pfizer says it will offer low-cost medicines, COVID-19 vaccine to poor nations

US-based company will charge only manufacturing costs and ‘minimal’ distribution fees; most target countries are in Africa, along with Haiti, Syria, Cambodia, North Korea

By Tom Murphy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is seen on a screen as he addresses the audience from Kyiv during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, May 23, 2022. (AP/Markus Schreiber, File)

May 25, 2022, 5:29 pm

Zelensky demands Russian troops leave Ukraine as precondition to diplomacy

Addressing World Economic Forum via video link, president vows Ukraine will reclaim ‘all its territories’; Russian lawmakers scrap age cap of 40 for first-time army volunteers

By Ricardo Mazalan

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky displayed on a screen as he addresses the audience from Kyiv on a screen during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, May 23, 2022. (Markus Schreiber/AP)

May 23, 2022, 1:57 pm

Zelensky urges ‘maximum’ sanctions, oil and trade embargo on Russia in Davos talk

Russia not invited to World Economic Forum in Switzerland, where Ukrainian president, in virtual address, asks for $15 billion a month to fight invaders

By Jamey Keaten

Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Klaus Schwab is seen at the opening of the WEF Davos Agenda virtual sessions at the WEF's headquarters in Cologny near Geneva on January 17, 2022. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

January 19, 2022, 5:50 pm

100-plus global millionaires make unusual plea: ‘Tax us now’

Appeal comes as study finds wealth tax on world’s richest could raise $2.52 trillion per year — enough to pay for COVID vaccines for all, pull 2.3 billion people from poverty

By Laurent THOMET

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the virtual 2022 Davos World Economic Forum (screenshot)

January 18, 2022, 1:59 pm

Bennett to Davos forum: Do not invest in ‘octopus of terror’ Iran

As nuclear talks continue in Vienna, prime minister seeks to focus world attention on Iranian terror networks; highlights Israeli economic measures for Palestinians

By Lazar Berman

CropX sensors are installed in minutes and connect to the cloud to constantly monitor farmers’ fields (CropX)

June 15, 2021, 11:56 am

Five Israeli startups make World Economic Forum tech pioneers list

Global list highlights early growth-stage companies ‘poised to have a significant impact on business and society’; previous cohorts included Google, Twitter, Airbnb, Spotify

By Shoshanna Solomon

Palestinians sit as PA Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh opens a hospital for COVID-19 patients in the West Bank city of Nablus, on January 16, 2021. (Nasser Ishtayeh/ Flash90)

January 29, 2021, 12:15 am

Israel to give Palestinians vaccines for 1,000 medical workers — report

PA also said to have asked for help coordinating transfer of vaccine shipments to West Bank, starting with some 10,000 doses of the Russian-made Sputnik inoculation

By AFP and ToI Staff

Jordan's King Abdullah II gives a speech during the inauguration of the 19th Parliament’s non-ordinary session, in Amman, Jordan, December 10, 2020. (Yousef Allan/The Royal Hashemite Court via AP)

January 28, 2021, 9:53 pm

Jordan’s King Abdullah urges Israel to vaccinate Palestinians

Jordanian monarch tells World Economic Forum that Jerusalem’s stance is hurting its own fight against COVID-19

By AFP and ToI Staff

An illustration of the steak prototype produced in an Aleph Farms Ltd. lab out of cow cells (Courtesy)

June 22, 2020, 1:32 pm

6 Israeli firms named among 100 ‘tech pioneers’ by World Economic Forum

Aleph Farms, Optibus, Morphisec, Prospera, Seebo, 3D Signals cited among the global firms that ‘stand out as potential game-changers’

By Shoshanna Solomon

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin attends a session at the Congres center during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 21, 2020. (Fabrice COFFRINI/AFP)

January 23, 2020, 2:29 pm

US treasury secretary ridicules teen climate activist Thunberg

Steven Mnuchin pretends not to have heard of Swedish 17-year-old, says she should ‘go study’ before offering advice on fossil fuels

By Agencies

The Swiss town of Davos. (CC BY-SA MadGeographer, Wikimedia Commons)

January 22, 2020, 10:38 am

Suspected Russian ‘plumber’ spies found in Davos in 2019

Pair reportedly held diplomatic passports, were suspected — but not charged — of planning to spy on World Economic Forum being held this week in Swiss resort town

By Dario Thuburn