Hopes are high that G20 summit will provide a breath of fresh air to help world leaders chart a new course A decade after the first G20 leaders meeting in Washington, world leaders will meet this week in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for the 2018 G20 Summit. This time is different due to an expected sidelines…
If the ancient Silk Road was a theater, then the Sogdians were its most dynamic performers. Monopolizing the trans-Eurasian trade route for half a millennium between the fourth and eighth centuries, they left behind nothing but legends. Natural-born dancers, they entered history’s stage just as they exited it – with a twirl. This twirl captured…
Trade organization’s deputy head says China ‘has a big role to play’ in cooperative push for reforms The World Trade Organization wants its members to work more closely for reforms and modernization, according to its deputy head. At the two-day G20 Leaders’ Summit, which begins on Nov 30 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, leaders were expected…
The G20 meeting in Buenos Aires will aim to demonstrate the important contribution Latin America can make to the rest of the world, according to Argentine President Mauricio Macri. Argentina is the first South American country to host the G20 Leaders’ Summit, although not the first from Latin America, with Mexico staging it in 2012.…
Time is running out to seize opportunities or face potentially disastrous consequences As negotiators prepare for the 24th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Katowice, Poland, the world is at an existential crossroads: It can continue on a path of gradual but insufficient progress on climate change, or…
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