Norway open to gas price caps
NEW YORK — Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre says his country is open to the previously unthinkable step of imposing price caps on gas to rein in Europe’s energy crisis. As political leaders,...
View ArticleUS, Europe whip UN votes for historic Russia rebuke
The Biden administration and its international allies are hunting for votes at the United Nations this week in their quest to get as many countries as possible to support a historic resolution...
View ArticleStrong majority of countries rebukes Russia at UN
An overwhelming majority of countries castigated Russia on Wednesday over its claims to have annexed Ukrainian territory, with 143 voting in favor of a critical U.N. resolution after heavy lobbying by...
View ArticleWhat Washington can expect from Rishi Sunak
Most of Washington doesn’t know Rishi Sunak. But there’s one sector of the nation’s capital that is quite familiar with him — financial regulators — and those relationships give a glimpse of how he...
View ArticleAn inconvenient truth: Climate change won’t be solved in this desert
The global climate confab that begins on Sunday is on a nasty crash course with reality. Organizers of the U.N. climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, known as COP27, are framing it as a forum for...
View ArticleWho’s not coming to Davos
DAVOS, Switzerland — The World Economic Forum’s annual conclave in the Swiss Alps is the greatest intersection of wealth and political power on the global calendar, but this year the balance is...
View Article‘Succession’ has nothing on Davos: Elite conclave mulls next leader
DAVOS, Switzerland — It’s the political race everyone is afraid to talk about. For 52 years the World Economic Forum has been synonymous with its founder and executive chair Klaus Schwab, whose humble...
View ArticleTrust me! Scaramucci reinvents himself as crypto king of Davos
DAVOS, Switzerland — Dressed in a big black puffy coat and bright red boots, Anthony Scaramucci was shaking hands with several passersby as he walked the halls of the World Economic Forum’s main...
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