May Joins Trump, Macron in Dumping Davos Amid Problems at Home, by Simon Kennedy.

British Prime Minister Theresa May became the latest leader to cancel a trip to next week’s annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, forced to stay home by the need to address domestic political drama. …

President Donald Trump canceled his visit because of the U.S. government shutdown. French President Emmanuel Macron is also not attending after weeks of protests against his reform program. …

Some leaders are still making the trip, including Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.