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Friday, January 9, 2026
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Topic: WEF

ASEAN Secretary-General meets GCC counterpart to discuss regional cooperation

The talks were held on the sidelines of the WEF Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth, and Energy for Development in Phnom Penh.

ASEAN Secretary-General & Head of Regional Agenda, Asia Pacific, discuss areas of collaboration

The meeting was held on the sidelines of the WEF's special meeting on global collaboration, growth.

ASEAN Secretary-General to participate in World Economic Forum meeting in Saudi Arabia

ASEAN Secretary-General to participate in World Economic Forum meeting on global collaboration, growth, and energy for development.

Why do people fall for misinformation? These 2 internal biases are to blame

Anyone can make a claim, start a conspiracy theory or post a statistic. If people want it to be true it will go viral. But we have the tools to combat it.

Japan is going all out to attract ‘digital nomads’—they’re shaping local economies, innovation

Mitsubishi Estate has announced plans to supply 10,000 rental homes for foreigners by 2030, catering to the increasing demand from digital nomads.

Pay attention to wildlife health. It’s the key to stop the sixth mass extinction

Veterinarians must be adequately trained in disease surveillance and have the necessary tools to be able to recognise and respond to health emergencies both in wildlife & humans.

There will be plenty of jobs in the future — even with artificial intelligence

If you were a farm worker 120 years ago, would it have been possible for you to imagine a world where only one in 20 people worked on farms?

3 trends that’ll influence cyberattacks & ransomware in 2024

If you have an undetected loophole in your network, it is a potential Achilles heel.

3 innovations are closing the gender health gap across the world

A new global health alliance aims to drive innovations in women's health, such as one-shot HPV vaccines and self-administering family planning solutions.

WEF only pushes the agenda of MNCs that fund it. Don’t expect welfare from Davos forum

At WEF 2024, the five-day conference in Davos mainly focussed on how friendship rather than ‘efficient partnerships’ is driving trade and investment globally.

On Camera

Why Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella needed a low-budget blog

The site is intended to become a written record of evidence Nadella is a big idea kind of guy. A cynic might call it a kind of intellectual cosplay.

Global economic growth to slow in 2026 as Trump’s tariffs bite, UN says

The global economy is forecast to expand 2.7% this year, down from an estimated 2.8% in 2025. Growth is expected to go back up to 2.9% by 2027.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.