conferences and conventions

Hong Kong/Seoul CNN  —  South Korea’s leader is capping off a whirlwind week, after securing tens of billions of dollars in investment from the Middle East and vowing to have…

London CNN  —  For decades, business leaders, billionaires and politicians have gathered in Davos, Switzerland under the banner of forging ties that can help solve global…

New York CNN  —  The world’s wealthiest residents have been getting far richer, far faster than everyone else over the past two years. The top 1% have captured…

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CNN  —  The UK has greenlit a controversial plan to open the country’s first new coal mine in three decades, a little more than a year after the nation tried to convince the…

Bangkok, Thailand CNN  —  Chinese leader Xi Jinping has stressed the need to reject confrontation in Asia, warning against the risk of cold war tensions, as leaders gather for…

Bangkok, Thailand CNN  —  Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Bangkok Thursday for the last of three back-to-back international summits held over the past week in Asia – this…