<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 12): Malaysia’s Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will participate in the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos, Switzerland.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>WEF confirmed Anwar's attendance via a LinkedIn post on Saturday.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of #Malaysia will join the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos, Switzerland,” said the post.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Scheduled from Jan 20 to 24 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, the 55th annual meeting, themed "Collaboration for the Intelligent Age", will convene global leaders from government, business and civil society to address pressing global and regional challenges</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Key topics include responding to geopolitical shocks, stimulating economic growth to improving living standards, and guiding a just and inclusive energy transition.</p></div>

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<p>Apple's board of directors recommended investors vote against a shareholder proposal to abolish the company's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programmes, according to a proxy filing from the company.</p>


<p>US special counsel Jack Smith, who led the federal cases against Donald Trump on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat and mishandling of classified documents, has resigned, as the Republican president-elect prepared to return to the White House.</p>


<p>KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 12): Renowned cosmetics tycoon and newly minted executive chairman of The Body Shop, Mike Jatania, is setting his sights on revitalising the brand’s core values and reinstating its image as the face of sustainable beauty.</p>

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<p>Malaysia’s Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will participate in the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos, Switzerland.</p>


<p>Scott Bessent, the investor selected by President-elect Donald Trump to be his Treasury secretary, will divest from his Key Square Group hedge fund and other investments, according to a letter to the Treasury Department's ethics office.</p>


<p>The Biden administration delayed until June an order for Nippon Steel to abandon its US$14.9 billion (RM67 billion) bid for US Steel, the companies said on Saturday, giving them some time to revive the politically contentious deal.</p>


<p>Outgoing SEC chair Gary Gensler has a word of caution for the next administration: be careful about messing with the guardrails that protect mom-and-pop traders.</p>


<p>South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol will not attend the first formal hearing of the trial to determine if he is removed from office or reinstated because of concerns about his safety, <em>Yonhap News</em> reported citing his lawyer.</p>
