Business

Economy and business news. Business is the practice of making one’s living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (such as goods and services). It is also “any activity or enterprise entered into for profit”

Kremlin Critic Navalny Convicted of Extremism, Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison

Kremlin Critic Navalny Convicted of Extremism, Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison

MELEKHOVO, Russia — A Russian court convicted imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny of extremism charges and sentenced him to 19...

Washington: Upcoming Ukraine Talks in Saudi Arabia Won’t Result in Peace Deal

Washington: Upcoming Ukraine Talks in Saudi Arabia Won’t Result in Peace Deal

The Biden administration says they don’t expect “tangible deliverables” from upcoming Ukraine peace plan talks hosted by Saudi Arabia but...

Exclusive: Canada Acknowledges Families’ Request That ICC Probe Iran’s 2020 Downing of Ukrainian Airliner

Exclusive: Canada Acknowledges Families’ Request That ICC Probe Iran’s 2020 Downing of Ukrainian Airliner

Canada is publicly acknowledging for the first time that families, including Canadians, who lost loved ones when Iran shot down...

Blinken Singles Out Russia for ‘Assault’ on Global Food Supply

Blinken Singles Out Russia for ‘Assault’ on Global Food Supply

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called out Russia Thursday at a meeting of the U.N. Security Council for the...

Germany Arrests Syrian War Crimes Suspect

Germany Arrests Syrian War Crimes Suspect

A Syrian national accused of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes during the early stages of the Syrian Civil...

Blinken Criticizes Russia for Impact of War on Global Hunger

Blinken Criticizes Russia for Impact of War on Global Hunger

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called out Russia at the United Nations on Thursday for the impact its “unjustified,...

Car-Carrying Ship That Burned for a Week in North Sea Towed to Dutch Port for Salvaging

Car-Carrying Ship That Burned for a Week in North Sea Towed to Dutch Port for Salvaging

Tugboats towed a freight ship that burned for a week on the North Sea while carrying thousands of cars into...

Two-Time Champion Germany Out of Women’s World Cup After 1-1 Draw With South Korea

Two-Time Champion Germany Out of Women’s World Cup After 1-1 Draw With South Korea

BRISBANE, Australia — Germany failed to reach the knockout stage for the first time at the Women’s World Cup after...

Kosovo Media Protest Move to Revoke Station’s Business License  

Kosovo Media Protest Move to Revoke Station’s Business License  

A decision by Kosovo’s government to revoke the business license of one of the country’s leading media outlets has sparked...

Pope, in Portugal to Rally Young Catholics, Says Church Needs Purification

Pope, in Portugal to Rally Young Catholics, Says Church Needs Purification

Pope Francis on Wednesday said the Catholic Church needs a “humble and ongoing purification” to deal with the “anguished cries”...

Russia Launches Baltic Naval Drills, Ratcheting Up Tensions With European Neighbors

Russia Launches Baltic Naval Drills, Ratcheting Up Tensions With European Neighbors

Russia’s Ministry of Defense said it began live-fire naval exercises Wednesday in the Baltic Sea, ratcheting up tensions with nearby...

France Faces Uncertain Way Forward in Africa’s Sahel Region

France Faces Uncertain Way Forward in Africa’s Sahel Region

Planeloads of French citizens are returning home. Anti-French demonstrations are peppered with Russian flags. French military and political interests are...

Russian Reporter Loses Appeal Against 22-Year Jail Term

Russian Reporter Loses Appeal Against 22-Year Jail Term

MOSCOW – Russia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by prominent investigative journalist Ivan Safronov against his 22-year prison...

Kgatlana Scores Late to Send South Africa Into Last 16 Over Italy

Kgatlana Scores Late to Send South Africa Into Last 16 Over Italy

Thembi Kgatlana scored early in stoppage time Wednesday to give South Africa a 3-2 win over Italy and send it...

Sweden Tops Group G After 2-0 Win Over Argentina

Sweden Tops Group G After 2-0 Win Over Argentina

A much-changed Sweden side reached the Women’s World Cup last 16 with a perfect record after Rebecka Blomqvist’s second-half header...

Latest in Ukraine: Russian Attacks Hit Grain Sites in Odesa

Latest in Ukraine: Russian Attacks Hit Grain Sites in Odesa

Latest developments: Poland boosts troop presence at border with Belarus after it says two helicopters from Belarus violated Polish airspace....

France, Italy Evacuate Citizens from Niger

France, Italy Evacuate Citizens from Niger

Military chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) were set to hold talks Wednesday in the Nigerian...

Australian Lawmakers Highlight Social Media’s Threat to National Security

Australian Lawmakers Highlight Social Media’s Threat to National Security

A parliamentary committee investigating foreign interference in Australia has found that Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat could present major security...

France and Japan Conduct Military Drills Amid China Tensions – but Paris Wary of NATO Role

France and Japan Conduct Military Drills Amid China Tensions – but Paris Wary of NATO Role

The French and Japanese air forces have conducted aerial exercises in Japan, the first of their kind between the two...

UK Recognizes Islamic State Atrocities Against Yazidis as ‘Genocide’

UK Recognizes Islamic State Atrocities Against Yazidis as ‘Genocide’

The British government on Tuesday recognized as genocide those crimes committed against the Yazidi minority by Islamic State (IS) militants...

France and Japan Conduct Military Drills Amid China Tensions – but Paris Wary of NATO Role

France and Japan Conduct Military Drills Amid China Tensions – but Paris Wary of NATO Role

The French and Japanese air forces completed four days of aerial combat exercises in Japan Saturday, the first of their...

Ukraine, Poland Call In Envoys after Grain, War Support Comments

Ukraine, Poland Call In Envoys after Grain, War Support Comments

Ukraine and Poland called in the ambassadors from each other’s countries on Tuesday as a dispute escalated after a foreign...