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— "Due to the organization's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, and other global health crises, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states. In addition, the WHO continues to demand unfairly onerous payments from the United States, far out of proportion with other countries' assessed payments."
— California Attorney General Rob Bonta told Axios the state will immediately challenge the executive order in federal court.
— Trump falsely claimed the US experienced "record inflation" during the Biden administration. Americans bore almost the entire cost of Trump's tariffs on Chinese products in his first term.
— Trump said, "Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries, we will tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens." Study after study, including one from the federal government's bipartisan US International Trade Commission, found that Americans bore almost the entire cost of Trump's tariffs on Chinese products in his first term.
— Trump and his presidential campaign have never corroborated the claim that "many" Biden-era migrants have come from prisons or mental institutions
— Attendees this year include Ding Xuexiang, the vice premier of China, Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Argentina's Javier Milei, and Cyril Ramaphosa, the president of South Africa. U.S. President Donald Trump is also expected to address the event via video link.
— WEF watcher: "The leaders of Brazil, of China, of India, who gave the keynote speeches 10 years ago, are not there now. Russia has not been welcomed for some years now, Keir Starmer is not going to be there. Macron's not going to be there. The general picture [...] is that it's not the big players."
— A poll from consultancy Accenture out on Monday revealed that 58% of execs expect generative AI solutions to be adopted at scale within the organization in 2025, up from just 37% in 2024. Several companies from Intel to Salesforce and Workday displayed AI-linked branding on the front of their spaces on the Davos Promenade.
— boredpanda: "Far from being an intentional jab at the President or other attendants, Fetterman's choice of attire is consistent with his habit of ignoring formal clothing in favour of more comfortable options, regardless of the nature of the events he goes to. His down-to-earth attitude, coupled with his 6-foot-8-inch stature, endeared him to his supporters, who consider Fetterman's refusal to wear formal clothing unless strictly necessary a boost to his image."
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