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Boeing plans to conduct the first test flight of the new 777X

Test flight should take place before January 23 or 24
Boeing plans this week to conduct its first test flight of the new 777X. It is reported by Reuters .

It is reported that according to sources close to the company, tests are planned at the Boeing base near Seattle in the United States. Tentative dates of the test flight are January 23 or 24. At the same time, the corporation itself has not yet confirmed this information.

Note, the Boeing-777X should be the longest passenger aircraft in the world. Airlines such as Emirates, Qatar Airways, Cathay Pacific, All Nippon, Singapore Airlines, Etihad Airways and British Airways have already made large orders for new Boeing 777-X aircraft.

Forum in Davos 2020: the main thing

The World Economic Forum kicks off in Davos on January 21 . The meeting of state leaders, representatives of international organizations and business in 2020 will be a jubilee. Details about the program and forum participants are in the material of RBC-Ukraine.

Zelensky will make a special statement tomorrow

According to the official program published on the forum’s website, Vladimir Zelensky will make a special statement tomorrow , January 22, at 17:45 Kyiv time.

Two Russians detained on suspicion of espionage
A few months before the start of the Davos forum, police detained two Russians . They are suspected of espionage. According to the Tribune de Geneve, one of them introduced himself as a plumber, but at the same time, both presented Russian diplomatic passports. Presumably they could plan to install wiretaps during the forum or hack computers.
However, the founder of the British Hermitage Capital Fund, William Browder, referring to information from Swiss law enforcement authorities, suggested that he could be the target of the spies.

The theme and program of Davos 2020

The events of the 50th session in Davos, Switzerland will last from January 21 to January 24 and will be united by the key theme “Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable Peace”.
During the forum they will discuss:

• issues of development of new technologies and possible threats from their implementation;
• climate change and protecting the biodiversity of the planet;
• business development in the context of technological and social changes;
• health issues;
• professional development issues and the future of the “labor market”;
• Settlement of military conflicts in “hot spots”.

Within the framework of WEF-2020, two global projects will start - an educational program that will cover 1 billion people, as well as an initiative to plant 1 billion trees on the planet.
In the evening of January 20, the grand opening of the anniversary forum took place. January 21-24, there will be speeches by participants in the session. January 24 at 12:00 will be the closing ceremony.

Ukrainian delegation in Davos

President Vladimir Zelensky will visit the World Economic Forum on January 22. The speech of the head of state in the Davos program is scheduled from 16:15 to 16:45 local time.

Within the framework of the forum, from January 21 to 24, the Ukrainian House platform will also work. The event is organized by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation for the third year in a row. The topic of discussion at the Ukrainian House in 2020 will be “Ukraine: Creativity, Innovation, Opportunity”.

Among the speakers: the head of the “Servant of the People” faction David Arahamia, the head of the board of NAK Naftogaz Ukrainy Andrei Kobolev, the head of the agricultural holding “Mironovsky bakery product” Yuri Kosyuk, director Oleg Sentsov and others.

On January 22, at 18:00, President Vladimir Zelensky will speak in the Ukrainian House.