Wars leading worldwide threat as Davos elite collects in shadow of fragmented world
(This Jan. 15 story has actually been refiled with a changed remark from the WEF Managing Director in paragraph 4) By Elisa Martinuzzi LONDON (Reuters) - Armed dispute is the leading threat in 2025, a World Economic Forum (WEF) study launched on Wednesday revealed, a suggestion of the deepening worldwide fragmentation as federal government and magnate participate in a yearly event in Davos next week. Almost one in 4 of the more than 900 professionals surveyed throughout academic community, company and policymaking ranked dispute, consisting of wars and terrorism, as the most extreme danger to financial development for the year ahead. Severe weather condition, the no. 1 issue in 2024, was the second-ranked threat. "Rising geopolitical stress and a fracturing of trust are driving the worl...