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Foreign secretary says there are legal, moral and political justifications for using assets of $350bnBritain is ramping up pressure on western governments to use $350bn (£275bn) of frozen Russian assets to help rebuild Ukraine’s war-shattered economy, with David Cameron insisting there were legal, moral and political justifications for action.The foreign secretary said the countries that were backing Ukraine had economies that when combined were...

Abigail Disney, Brian Cox and Valerie Rockefeller among signatories of open letter condemning inequalityGeopolitical tensions and AI dominate start of WEFMore than 250 billionaires and millionaires are demanding that the political elite meeting for the World Economic Forum in Davos introduce wealth taxes to help pay for better public services around the world.“Our request is simple: we ask you to tax us, the very...

Rolling coverage of the opening day of the World Economic Forum in DavosGeopolitical tensions and AI dominate start of World Economic ForumUkraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has met business chiefs at a session for “CEOs for Ukraine”, here at the World Economic Forum, before his speech this afternoon.He was seated alongside Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission President, who will also address WEF today: Continue...