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Davos

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/ ˈdævɒs /

noun

  1. Romansch name: Tarau.  a mountain resort in Switzerland: winter sports, site of the Parsenn ski run. Pop: 11 417 (2000). Height: about 1560 m (5118 ft)

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Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Prime Minister Mark Carney said that Canada is working to secure "our shared objectives of security and prosperity in the Arctic" through "unprecedented" investments in radar systems, submarines, aircraft and "boots on the ground" in the region.

From BBC

"Middle powers must act together because if we're not at the table, we're on the menu," Carney said at the Davos meeting.

From BBC

A potential “decoupling” of Europe and U.S. tech was a hot topic of discussion among business leaders and policymakers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week.

From The Wall Street Journal

In recent years, the tech companies have gone further, adding options to store data with subsidiaries or partners under European control—something European executives in Davos said they are seeking.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition,” Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister, starkly told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this past week.

From Barron's