https://time.com/collections/davos-2023/6247611/davos-2023-okonjo-iweala-georgieva/ https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/O3300zes/poster.jpg?width=720 IMF Chief Urges Greater Cooperation at TIME100 Dinner in Davos As the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 53rd annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland kicked off Monday, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva urged leaders not to let the global polycrisis distract from the urgent need for greater cooperation. https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/O3300zes.m3u8 https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/O3300zes 198 2023-01-17T06:15:45+00:00 no no https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/dL4Om8QI/poster.jpg?width=720 Klaus Schwab Says We Are at a Moment of Economic 'Transformation' Looking at the global economy in the year ahead, the chairman and founder of WEF said what many view as an economic crisis currently is actually an “economic transformation” that will have lasting impact. “When we speak about a crisis, we have the feeling of coming back to the old situation once the crisis is successfully overcome,” said Schwab. “We have a deep transformation of economies—delivered by the energy transformation, driven by the consequences of COVID still, driven by the reshaping of supply chains.” https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/dL4Om8QI.m3u8 https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/dL4Om8QI 189 2023-01-17T07:39:33+00:00 no no https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/DzQa1Idn/poster.jpg?width=720 Angelique Kidjo on the Centrality of African Women Discussing great challenges facing the world today, singer and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angelique Kidjo spoke about the integral role that African women must play in facing them. “We cannot achieve anything without the women of Africa being empowered,” said Kidjo, noting that women are “at the center of” major issues such as climate change and food insecurity. “If you’re not making progress there, all the progress we make in developed countries will be wasted because we only have one ecosystem and we all breathe the same air.” https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/DzQa1Idn.m3u8 https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/DzQa1Idn 213 2023-01-17T08:15:04+00:00 no no https://time.com/collections/davos-2023/6245731/global-collaboration-village-metaverse-davos-2023/ https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/dL4Om8QI/poster.jpg?width=720 Klaus Schwab Says We Are at a Moment of Economic 'Transformation' Looking at the global economy in the year ahead, the chairman and founder of WEF said what many view as an economic crisis currently is actually an “economic transformation” that will have lasting impact. “When we speak about a crisis, we have the feeling of coming back to the old situation once the crisis is successfully overcome,” said Schwab. “We have a deep transformation of economies—delivered by the energy transformation, driven by the consequences of COVID still, driven by the reshaping of supply chains.” https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/dL4Om8QI.m3u8 https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/dL4Om8QI 189 2023-01-17T07:39:33+00:00 no no https://time.com/6247652/chinese-new-year-china-covid-toll/ https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/h8wFzPKC/poster.jpg?width=720 What to Know About the New XBB.1.5 Variant A new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 is spreading in the U.S., raising concerns about a potential wave of infections and reinfections to start the new year. The variant, called XBB.1.5, is a descendent of Omicron and a close relative of the XBB variant, which spread widely in Singapore and India this past fall. A December study in the journal Cell demonstrated that XBB is better at evading immune defenses gained from vaccination and prior infection, compared to other variants. https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/h8wFzPKC.m3u8 https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/h8wFzPKC 238 2023-01-12T17:25:20+00:00 no no https://time.com/6247720/india-most-populous-country-china/ https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/BU2u9mZa/poster.jpg?width=720 At Least 69 Killed in Plane Crash in Nepal. Here’s What We Know So Far A domestic flight traveling from the capital of Nepal, Kathmandu, crashed near Pokhara International Airport on Sunday morning, killing at least 68 people, according to officials. https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/BU2u9mZa.m3u8 https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/BU2u9mZa 82 2023-01-17T17:49:34+00:00 no no https://time.com/6247732/shein-climate-change-labor-fashion/ https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/B3JI9jZm/poster.jpg?width=720 New CEO of the Failed Cryptocurrency Exchange FTX: 'Old Fashioned Embezzlement' The feds dropped the hammer on FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, arresting him in the Bahamas on Monday night as part of an eight-count indictment that includes wire fraud, securities fraud, and money laundering. Then, more hammer-strokes fell. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which regulates financial markets, filed civil charges alleging he defrauded his investors and his customers. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which Bankman-Fried (nicknamed “SBF”) had once lobbied to regulate FTX and the crypto industry, followed suit with allegations of its own. https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/B3JI9jZm.m3u8 https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/B3JI9jZm 165 2022-12-13T21:20:10+00:00 no no https://time.com/collections/davos-2023/6245704/klaus-schwab-interview-davos-2023/ https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/dL4Om8QI/poster.jpg?width=720 Klaus Schwab Says We Are at a Moment of Economic 'Transformation' Looking at the global economy in the year ahead, the chairman and founder of WEF said what many view as an economic crisis currently is actually an “economic transformation” that will have lasting impact. “When we speak about a crisis, we have the feeling of coming back to the old situation once the crisis is successfully overcome,” said Schwab. “We have a deep transformation of economies—delivered by the energy transformation, driven by the consequences of COVID still, driven by the reshaping of supply chains.” https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/dL4Om8QI.m3u8 https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/dL4Om8QI 189 2023-01-17T07:39:33+00:00 no no https://time.com/6247839/ukraine-yellow-kitchen-photo-dnipro/ https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/zyzgfN0f/poster.jpg?width=720 TIME Person of the Year 2022: Volodymyr Zelensky & The Spirit of Ukraine https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/zyzgfN0f.m3u8 https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/zyzgfN0f 416 2022-12-07T12:00:00+00:00 no no