Tensions are high as the global elite gather in Davos, Switzerland.

That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post.

I'm Hannah Jewell.

It's Wednesday, January 21st.

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

Every year, the World Economic Forum holds its annual meeting in the Alpine Resort

Town of Davos.

It's a place for world leaders, executives, and other jet-setting types to get together.

But this year, the fresh Swiss air is tinged with the smell of a diplomatic crisis.

That's thanks to President Donald Trump's renewed demands for the U.S. to take control of Greenland

from its NATO ally, Denmark. Two nights ago, Trump went on a posting spree bashing various European leaders who do not support his Greenlandic ambitions.

Yesterday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned in his Davos speech of a rupture in the world order.

Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition.

He went on.

Great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons.

Tariffs is leverage.

Financial infrastructure is coercion.

Supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited.

Carney got a standing ovation.

It will be Trump's turn later this morning.

He's set to speak at 8.30 Eastern.

If you want to follow along with all the Swiss happenings,

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