The European Union is keen to partner with countries around the world and is "open for business," European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday.

Trump's second presidency dominated proceedings at the World Economic Forum amid ominous warnings over the looming threat of trade tariffs and his decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement.

The Commission informed journalists on Jan. 3 that von der Leyen was suffering from “severe” pneumonia, but did not disclose that she had been hospitalized, even after direct questioning. German newswire DPA broke the news on Jan. 10, which is the same day von der Leyen left hospital, according to Pinho.

Former Salvadoran president, Mauricio Funes, died late on Tuesday in Nicaragua, where the leftist leader had been living since 2016 to avoid corruption charges in his home country. He was 65.

Officials and business executives at the annual gathering in Switzerland said the fight against global climate change would continue with or without the United States.

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, appears on a screen as she speaks at the Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 21,

Deutsch de EU-Kommissionspräsidentin spricht von historischem Abkommen Original Read more: EU-Kommissionspräsidentin spricht von historischem Abkomme “This agreement between the European Union ...

The European Commission will propose a single set of rules under which innovative companies would operate across the 27-nation European Union to make startups stay in Europe, rather than move to the U.

As the Commission struggles to find new outlets for its exports, the question of whether this will be enough in the face of the tariffs Donald Trump is threatening to impose remains open. #EuropeNews

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16th, 2024. The World Economic Forum officially began on Monday, but it's Tuesday when the event really kicks off.

Speaking in Davos, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy questioned whether Trump was committed to NATO and European security.