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Businesses are beginning to play a bigger role in achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, says Anoush Rima Tatevossian.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Chinese city of Dalian this week for the so-called Summer Davos comes at a time when China is assuming a greater global profile. [...] This week’s forum is not the first time this year that China has used the WEF to position itself positively on the world stage.
A trailblazing all-female orchestra overcomes barriers to bring Afghan music before world leaders.
While global leaders who gathered at the World Economic Forum's meeting debate solutions to social, political and economic uncertainty, quietly a new force is gaining credibility around the world: the desire for "soft power."