George Soros' absence from the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland has prompted questions and fresh conspiracy theories about the event. The billionaire financier tweeted on January 10 that his absence was "due to an unavoidable scheduling conflict," adding that he planned to deliver a speech in Munich on February 16—a full calendar month after the WEF annual meeting began. His non-attendance—alongside inaccurate claims that the WEF's founder, Klaus Schwab, was also not attending his own conference—has fuelled unfounded speculation on social media that Soros' absence was premeditated to avoid a catastrophic event. "Is something going down?" Lavern...