Klaus Schwab – an apology
We accept that an article headlined “Let’s make attending Davos as shameful as running a sweatshop” (Comment, 24 January, page 38) was wrong to suggest that World Economic Forum executive chairman Klaus Schwab received fees from Arab nations to keep discussions of gay rights or transgender issues off the Davos conference agenda. We are pleased to state that gay rights and transgender issues were on the official agenda of the World Economic Forum this year and have been the subject of fringe meetings and a World Economic Forum global report in the past. We apologise to Mr Schwab.
We said Portsmouth had failed to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup since they won the trophy in 2008, ignoring the fact they reached the final again in 2010 (Sport, last week, page 4).
Two errors introduced at the editing stage spoilt a piece on pyjamas last week. The designer Sacha Rose is male, not female – apologies to him – and Cherie Blair did not open the door of Number 10 in her nightie; that picture was taken at the Blairs’ Islington home (“From showbusiness to the school gate: why everyone is wearing pyjamas”, News, page 12).
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