Europe, falling oil, inequality among worries - Davos chief

  19 January 2016    Read: 971
Europe, falling oil, inequality among worries - Davos chief
At Davos, Iran is center-stage, North Korea has been disinvited for nuclear saber-rattling, and World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab says he`s worried about Europe`s future, the fallout of plunging oil prices and gaping inequality worldwide.
The 77-year-old chief of the world`s most recognized annual economic confab tells The Associated Press in an interview Monday that his event fell in line with international condemnation of North Korea`s nuclear test this month when it disinvited its foreign minister. WEF had been working hard to bring North Koreans to the 45-year-old annual gathering at the highest level since the 1980s.

After this weekend`s landmark end to vast international sanctions against Iran, Foreign Minister Jarid Zarif is set to be a headliner at the Alpine resort as the mostly business event opens Wednesday.

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