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DAVOS, Switzerland — French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that he would not recognize Palestine as an independent state as a reaction to US President Donald Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Angela Merkel has attacked the “poison” of right-wing populists, slammed the building of “walls”, and defended free movement and globalism during her speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says the European Union needs to reform itself this year to be able to compete with big powers like China and the United States.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross defended Donald Trump’s tough stance on trade, warning the world that he was ready to fight.

White House National Security Adviser Gen. H.R. McMaster declined to say whether he was planning to leave Donald Trump’s administration.

Donald Trump is headed to the world’s top globalist gathering in Davos, Switzerland to tout his economic accomplishments and encourage investment in the United States, White House officials said Tuesday.

More than 1,000 private jets have been delivering globalist elites to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, where attendees will discuss the ‘major threat’ of climate change.

The annual meeting of globalist elites at the Swiss ski resort Davos got off to an unintentionally ironic start this week as delegates including 60 heads of state and hundreds of top business leaders found themselves severely delayed by snow storms.

The annual World Economic Forum meeting – widely referred to as simply “Davos” after its traditional venue in Davos-Kosters, Switzerland – is scheduled to begin on January 23. A week ahead of the meeting, the WEF has released its Global Risks Report 2018, warning that the chance of a major war breaking out is increasing.

“The president welcomes opportunities to advance his America First agenda with world leaders,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told the New York Times.

Third world migrants have ‘greatly helped’ economies in Europe, and can help prevent violent extremism, according to World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Agenda Council on Migration chairman Dr. Khalid Koser MBE.

The British economy is the strongest it has been in more than a decade as the nation prepares to leave the European Union (EU), an influential index has claimed.

The Gulf boycott Israel movement issued a statement slamming Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal (pictured) for meeting with Israel’s former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni at the World Economic Forum last week.

In a thinly veiled attack on Donald J. Trump, Britain’s economic minister has blasted the “fool’s paradise” of populism, as well as insisting the UK will continue to need European Union (EU) migration after Brexit.

Wealthy nations should “welcome” migrants and invest in more “integration” to allay the concerns of their citizens, a high ranking Vatican official has said.

Actor Forest Whitaker appeared at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Wednesday, where he addressed the importance of finding “common ground” with President-elect Donald Trump, race relations in the U.S. and Hollywood’s habit of casting white males leads in film.

DAVOS (SWITZERLAND) (AFP) – Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday told the world’s elite in Davos that Britain would be open for business despite Brexit, but EU leaders warned of challenges ahead and banks said they would have to shift jobs.

WASHINGTON – In his final public remarks as secretary of state, John Kerry called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a friend. But he had a message for the Israeli leader that he explained he has repeatedly offered in private.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has become the first Chinese head of state to address the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He took the occasion to slam populism, skepticism of free trade agreements, and suspicion of Chinese trade practices.

Anthony Scaramucci, appointed Director of Public Liasion in the incoming Trump administration, has told the elite at Davos that NATO needs radical reform to be equipt to deal with Islamic terrorism, and members who haven’t abided by the bloc’s spending obligations should “start paying up”.

President-Elect Donald J. Trump’s advisor Anthony Scaramucci told an audience at the exclusive conclave in Davos that Trump is speaking to people in the U.S. and Europe who “are feeling a common struggle” that the elites don’t understand, and warned European Union (EU) bureaucrats “to pay much closer attention to working class families”.

Corporations should be encouraged to support gay rights as a means to further economic gain, attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos will hear this week.

The World Economic Forum’s annual gathering of globalist political, financial and cultural elitists is underway in Davos, Switzerland, but the organization’s founder is planning an emergency Washington, D.C., meeting in 2017 for worried elites worldwide to discuss how to deal with President-elect Donald J. Trump.

The globalists in world politics and international finance are celebrating a somber occasion in Davos, media reports indicate, as their influence on the global stage is waning rapidly in the wake of the U.K. referendum to leave the European Union and the U.S. election of Donald Trump to the presidency.

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — At the Davos economic conference, “it’s important to listen to the populists,” says the founder of the annual gathering of movers and shakers, adding that he hopes to welcome U.S. President Donald Trump “expressing his ideas”

The political and business elite, who attend the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, admit their push for globalisation and open borders contributed to the worldwide populist backlash and the rejection of the mass integration project.

The leaders of some of the European Union’s largest countries and institutions will be giving the elite gathering at Davos a miss next week, despite the timely issue of populism being high on the agenda.

US Secretary of State John Kerry will attend a Middle East peace conference in Paris on Sunday, in a move likely to dismay an already angry Israel.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will urge world leaders to create “a uniform standard in the war on terrorism,” he said Tuesday before boarding his plane to New York, where he will address the United Nations General Assembly later this week.

CNN warns not to “hold your breath” waiting for Saudi Arabia to trim back oil production and stabilize prices.

Jerusalem (AFP) – Former Israeli president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres was rushed to hospital on Sunday after feeling chest pains and being diagnosed with an “irregular heartbeat”, a spokeswoman said. Peres will stay overnight at a Tel

Actor Kevin Spacey, who plays President Frank Underwood on House of Cards, offered his opinion of the 2016 presidential race while he attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, saying Donald Trump’s campaign reminds him of George Wallace’s independent campaign in 1968.

Time is running out to solve Europe’s refugee crisis with the unity of the continent hanging in the balance, top officials at the elite World Economic Forum in Davos said Friday. Discussions about the waves of refugees still making their

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has warned that the EU “could very well break up in a very short time” because of the ongoing migrant crisis that is overwhelming Europe. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the

JERUSALEM/BRUSSELS (EJP)— The European Union has “double standards’’ when it comes to Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini during a meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Netanyahu’s comment came after the

It’s that time of year for the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, which means it’s also time for the usual left-wing, class-envy triathlon event.