The Taoiseach is hoping his trip to the World Economic Forum will lead to more investment in Ireland.

Boosted by a speech by US president Donald Trump that was deemed more measured and presidential, and helped by relief over impressive results by giant chip maker Intel, European stockmarkets rose and many US stocks hit record highs.

Addressing world leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the US president said: "The world is witnessing the resurgence of a strong and prosperous America."

President Donald Trump has dismissed as "fake news" a New York Times report that he ordered the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller last June, but backed down after White House lawyer Don McGahn threatened to resign.

BRITAIN’S prime minister used part of her Davos time yesterday to put pressure on Facebook, Twitter and others which have been lamentably slow in stopping the cancer of terrorist propaganda, while Pope Francis highlighted

Given what is happening in his country’s economy and financial markets, Donald Trump will undoubtedly have a greater swagger than usual, writes Jim Power.

French president Emmanuel Macron has said France will set up a €10 billion fund to finance innovation and research.

US officials have hailed America’s commitment to free and fair trade despite possible retaliation by China over new US import tariffs.

Stephen Hawking has warned of the dangers of ‘effective AI’. It needs to be governed before it gets too big, too quickly, writes Guy Verhofstadt.

The great and the good of Davos agree they have a problem with populism. Finding a solution is the hard part.

Rising inequality and social polarisation are set to shape world developments for the next decade after contributing to Britain’s decision to leave the EU and the US ballot-box success of Donald Trump, the World Economic Forum said.

ONE of the phrases Bertie Ahern must regret — and there may be a few — is the one he used to try to calm a self- fulfilling panic around a collapsing property market. 

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will travel to the World Economic Forum in Davos today.

Politicians and business leaders gathering in the Swiss Alps this week face an increasingly divided world, with the poor falling further behind the super-rich and political fissures in the US, Europe, and the Middle East running deeper than at any time in decades.

Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, JP Morgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon, and Alibaba’s Jack Ma will share the spotlight with a prize-winning South Korean robot called Hubo at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum this week in the Swiss ski resort.

As the crash in commodities prices spreads economic woe across the developing world, Europe could face a wave of migration that will eclipse today’s refugee crisis, says Klaus Schwab, executive chairman of the World Economic Forum.

More than 5m jobs will be lost by 2020 as a result of developments in genetics, artificial intelligence, robotics, and other technological change, according to World Economic Forum research.

Ireland moved up one notch to 24th place in the World Economic Forum competitiveness rankings, but the country’s overall debt and the ease of business to access capital is holding it back from performing even better.

Conversations at Davos typically focus on the thousands of wealthy and powerful folk who trek to the Alps every January for the World Economic Forum.

Oxfam is calling on the Taoiseach to help drive discussion about tackling global inequality.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny opened European markets this morning from Davos.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has responded to criticism of remarks he made yesterday, when he blamed Ireland's economic collapse on a "mad borrowing frenzy".

Global trade chiefs meeting in Switzerland spoke today of their optimism that a new deal to liberalise international commerce can be finalised, but offered little in the way of concrete progress to indicate they can reach agreement before the end of the year.

The Taoiseach has rejected comparisons between Ireland and Iceland made at the Davos economic forum in Switzerland.

The global financial chaos cast its shadow over a gloomy opening of the World Economic Forum today.