The ambitious lineup of this year's World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting offers performances, exhibitions, and installations designed to inspire, provoke, and unify.

Misinformation and disinformation pose the greatest risk to countries, businesses and individuals, over the next two years. The rise of fake news, the decline of fact checking on social media, and the growth of AI-generated deep fakes threaten to erode trust and deepen divisions between countries,

Ursula von der Leyen, president of European Community, and German chancellor Olaf Scholz, also taking part in Jan. 20-24 meeting in Switzerland - Anadolu Ajansı

Several thousand soldiers have been deployed in the Swiss ski resort of Davos a week before the start of the meeting of the World Economic Forum that brings world leaders, business execs and campaigners to the Alpine nation each year.

War between nation-states in 2025 is top of the list of worries keeping global risk experts, policymakers and business leaders up at night amid growing geopolitical tensions, the World Economic Forum said.

Armed conflict is the top risk in 2025, a World Economic Forum (WEF) survey released on Wednesday showed, a reminder of the deepening global fragmentation as government and business leaders attend an annual gathering in Davos next week.

Risk specialists identified armed conflict, extreme weather and misinformation among the top global risks for the year ahead, according to a new WEF survey.