The world's political and business leaders have converged on the Swiss resort town of Davos to discuss global challenges. Leaders from China, Ukraine and Germany are taking the stage on day one. Follow DW for more.

The European Union is working on a proposal for bloc-wide purchase incentives for electric vehicles to support the bloc’s struggling automakers, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Tuesday.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz voiced cautious optimism on Tuesday on the potential for German-U.S. relations under President Donald Trump, citing good first talks with his administration, but stressed the importance of "cool heads" in the face of uncertainty.

Multiple casualties were feared after a barrier broke at a Hindu religious festival, the Maha Kumbh Mela, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, The Hindu newspaper reported, citing news agency Press Trust of India (PTI).

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday vowed to "defend free trade as the ... "Isolation comes at the expense of prosperity," Scholz told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. "We will defend free trade as the basis of our prosperity, together ...

Billionaire Elon Musk criticized German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during the World Economic Forum in Davos. Musk posted on his social media platform, calling Scholz 'Oaf Schitz' after the chancellor's remarks on free speech and extreme-right views.

As President Donald Trump’s return to the White House hogged the world’s attention this week, a photo of a half-empty auditorium in Davos, Switzerland, circulated online, leading critics to declare the annual gathering of global political and business leaders “dead.”

Germany’s ambassador to Washington has warned internally of turbulent relations under Trump while German companies have sounded the alarm over threatened tariffs under the new U.S. administration.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz Tuesday criticised Elon Musk's support for "extreme-right positions" after the tech mogul backed Germany's far-right AfD party and sparked criticism with a gesture some likened to a Nazi salute.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed cautious optimism regarding German-U.S. relations under President Trump, following positive discussions. Emphasizing the importance of sustained alliance and self-reliance for Europe,

BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 21. We need a European arms industry which is able to develop major projects together as it is already done in the field of battle tanks and fighter jets, Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor of Germany, said in his special address during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trend reports.

A dispatch from the fifty-forth annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where the focus this year is on the presence of emerging economies—from Brazil to Indonesia—while the political and