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hello lovely people it's Thursday
January 18th welcome to the best 10
minutes in news where I tell you the
what letting you decide what to think
happy Friday Eve I'm KY wire this is CNN
10 we start today by heading to the
mountain town of Davos in Switzerland
it's known for its ski resorts and the
world economic Forum which is happening
this week it's an annual meeting of
business political and academic leaders
more than 60 heads of state are meeting
in Davos including presidents of Ukraine
and Israel the US Secretary of State
Anthony blinkin and prime minister of
China Lee Chung Microsoft CEO saan
Adella and Sam Altman of open AI are
attending as well among many other
business Executives so what's the goal
of the world economic Forum Davos gives
space for all of these powerful people
from different countries and industries
to meet in formal and informal ways to
share ideas and brainstorm solutions to
the world's biggest problems what's on
the agenda global conflict including
tensions between China and Taiwan the
wars in Ukraine and the Middle East the
world leaders are also expected to talk
about climate catastrophes and pivotal
elections happening this year in several
major countries including the US India
and Mexico among other big topics are
how artificial intelligence will impact
jobs and the Pand mic's impact on the
world economy that's still in recovery
CNN's Richard Quest is in Davos and he's
found a pretty unusual way to explain
the goals and Ambitions of the event and
the basics of the global economy he's
doing it through the sport of curling
take a
look it is a scene of Alpine
Beauty the Landscapes of winter ad
Davos the Peaks the
vistas the
snow the world economic forum's theme
this year rebuilding trust where it aims
to hit the target that's also the
philosophy of the Davos Curling Club so
when the skip says here you make the CR
like that so that's why it's called
curling cuz you Cur curs curs yes think
of these Stones as being the economy
various governments PR ministers
presidents Finance ministers they set
their course and send it on its way so
many factors threatened to sweep the
economy of its
power for starters interest rates
Central Bankers have hiked them to the
point where economies have slowed down
to kill
inflation and now they're trying to hit
that Target 2% without knocking
themselves off
Global growth is expected to slow this
year I hope it's not going to spiral
down that did
nothing that did
nothing cuz I wasn't able to Swift
Enough out the way and so the economy
came to a
stop it is also the year of Elections
political candidates charting their
Collision Course for victory hoping to
knock Rivals off the stage
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good AI is like a curling stone heavy
and once set free may be difficult to
control and even if all do the right
things well accidents can still happen
it's
unbelievable the world of curling can
teach us much about today's global
economy having raised interest rates and
then still trying to keep things going
without coming to a complete stop and
then when all said and done in a
competitive environment you want to
knock your competitors to one side but
you don't want to completely ruin the
game Rich Quest CNN
Davos 10-second trivia what year was the
latest space mission in which humans
successfully landed on the moon 1959
1969 1972 or
1970 if you said 1972 you are correct
that was the last time humans set foot
on the moon during the final lunar
Landing mission in NASA's Apollo program
Apollo 17 last week the US launched its
first lunar lander mission in more than
50 years there was no crew on this craft
but the moonshot this time was not
successful due to a critical fuel leak
the parag spacecraft had to turn back
from the vicinity of the Moon and head
back towards Earth astrobotic the
company that built the paragan Lander
under a $18 million contract with NASA
said the spacecraft was about
218,000 miles from the earth uh there
were options to crash land the paragan
on the moon or leave it to the cosmos
but as robotic decided that the safest
option would be to turn the spacecraft
back and allow it to smash into the
thick atmosphere of the Earth at high
speeds if the paragan mission had been
successful it might have become the
first US spacecraft to land on the moon
since Apollo 17 all right we possibly
have some good news for air Travelers
the airline industry is set to have its
first quote normal year since the
pandemic airfare is at a 15-year low and
more passengers are now ditching the
economy seats and upgrading to more
premium seating arrangements did you
know CNN has been speaking with a travel
expert who's giving predictions on
what's next for Airlines and passengers
if I had to pick one word to describe
travel in 2024 I'm going to have to say
normal after years of pandemic related
disruptions 2024 is set to be the first
full year of relative normaly for air
travel since the end of the pandemic was
declared last year so we asked travel
expert Katie nastro to share her crystal
ball with us airfare is 12% lower than
it was a year ago it's almost 25% lower
than it was in 2019 airfare hasn't been
this cheap since 2009 while inflation
might have consumers worried about price
increases at the grocery store nastro
doesn't expect airfare to Skyrocket like
it has in recent more volatile years
when the pandemic made travel
unpredictable without these sort of
spikes that we saw over the last 2 years
we're likely to see 2024 mirror those
years in 2019 2018 cheap lights are so
available and the amount of people
looking and wanting to travel is not
going to go down it's likely to go up of
course not all Airlines survive the
pandemic and some Airlines amidst
continuing Financial struggles propos
mergers last year to make their
businesses more competitive they claim
but nastro warns the opposite could be
true for travelers the single biggest
factor for why we see cheap flights is
competition so even if you never fly on
a budget carrier like a spirit we want
those carriers in the mix because it
actually places downward pressure on the
Legacy carriers like a Delta An American
in United and so basically when we hear
of mergers between Airlines that's the
first thing that comes to mind less
competition and that means less
availability of sheep flights for
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consumers today's story getting a 10 out
of 10 is proof that some ambitious
travel plans don't even need a plane
ticket Banna DeSantis a hiker from New
England has decided to hike the entire
United States her goal is to be the
first woman to complete the American
Discovery Trail it spans More Than 6,800
Miles of hiking and biking routes on her
journey Brianna said she encountered
wild animals she hiked through a
temperature drop at one point where it
went from 22 degrees to just two degrees
in a 40-minute time span she said people
don't really get outside that much these
days so she's determined to push herself
in hopes of inspiring others I hope some
of you out there are finding a path that
might Inspire others along the way
remember you never know when or how or
for whom but you will be the light that
someone needs someday so shine bright
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Bulldogs see you tomorrow lovely people
I'm KY wire and we are CNN
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