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”

Former Spanish football chief guilty of sexual harassment

Former Spanish football chief guilty of sexual harassment

Spain’s High Court in Madrid on Thursday found former Spanish football federation chief Luis Rubiales guilty of sexual assault for...

Ivory Coast takes control of last remaining French base

Ivory Coast takes control of last remaining French base

ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST — Ivory Coast officially took control of the last remaining French military base in the country Thursday as...

EU approves $960 million in German aid for Infineon chips plant

EU approves $960 million in German aid for Infineon chips plant

BRUSSELS — The European Commission said Thursday it had approved 920 million-euro of German state aid, or $960 million, to Infineon...

China says it’s ‘doing its best’ to push for tariff negotiations with EU

China says it’s ‘doing its best’ to push for tariff negotiations with EU

BEIJING — China has been “doing its best” to push for negotiations with the European Union over its tariffs on Chinese-made...

Crews in Ukraine’s Odesa region work to restore power after Russian attacks

Crews in Ukraine’s Odesa region work to restore power after Russian attacks

Tens of thousands of people remained without power Thursday in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa as a result of...

VOA Uzbek: Kazakh officials voice support for US-Russia talks

VOA Uzbek: Kazakh officials voice support for US-Russia talks

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has praised the recent U.S.-Russia talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. “This is a...

Thousands without power, heat in Odesa 

Thousands without power, heat in Odesa 

Thousands of residents in Ukraine’s city of Odesa were without electricity or heating after Russia launched a massive drone attack...

Trump’s comments on Ukraine draw mixed reaction from US lawmakers

Trump’s comments on Ukraine draw mixed reaction from US lawmakers

U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments this week claiming Ukraine was responsible for starting the three-year conflict with Russia and calling...

US figures do not support Trump claims on Ukraine spending

US figures do not support Trump claims on Ukraine spending

President Donald Trump on Wednesday repeated a claim that the United States has spent $350 billion on Ukraine’s war —...

VOA Russian: Experts say US-Russia talks start of long process

VOA Russian: Experts say US-Russia talks start of long process

VOA Russian talked to experts after the U.S.-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia on how to end the Ukraine war. They...

Program helps Ukrainians displaced by war find new homes

Program helps Ukrainians displaced by war find new homes

Many Ukrainians are dealing with the reality of starting over after losing their homes in the war with Russia. One...

VOA Mandarin: Chinese netizens prefer DeepSeek to Musk’s Grok 3

VOA Mandarin: Chinese netizens prefer DeepSeek to Musk’s Grok 3

WASHINGTON — Chinese social media users are not impressed by the newly released AI model Grok 3 by Elon Musk’s xAI,...

US envoy visits Kyiv as Trump, Zelenskyy trade barbs

US envoy visits Kyiv as Trump, Zelenskyy trade barbs

President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine and Russia visited Kyiv Wednesday, a day after U.S.-Russian talks in Saudi Arabia....

Trump assails Ukraine’s Zelenskyy as ‘dictator without elections’

Trump assails Ukraine’s Zelenskyy as ‘dictator without elections’

U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday, calling him a “dictator without elections,” after...

Does AI detect breast cancer better than doctors can?

Does AI detect breast cancer better than doctors can?

A recent study found doctors were able to detect breast cancer more often when they used artificial intelligence to help...

Solar refrigerators in Kenya reduce food waste

Solar refrigerators in Kenya reduce food waste

NAIROBI, KENYA — Milk and egg vendor Caroline Mukundi has lost a lot of her stock in her years of selling...

Italian Premier Meloni visits Pope Francis in hospital, says he’s ‘alert and responsive’

Italian Premier Meloni visits Pope Francis in hospital, says he’s ‘alert and responsive’

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited Pope Francis in the hospital Wednesday and reported he was “alert and responsive” and full...

Austria arrests teen over foiled plot to attack Vienna station

Austria arrests teen over foiled plot to attack Vienna station

VIENNA — Austria arrested a 14-year-old on Feb. 10 on suspicion of planning a militant attack on a Vienna train station,...

VOA Russian: US diplomacy uses different channels for Russia, Ukraine

VOA Russian: US diplomacy uses different channels for Russia, Ukraine

As President Donald Trump’s administration launched intense diplomatic efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, VOA Russian looks at how...

VOA Spanish: Venezuelan merchants navigate gap between official, parallel dollar

VOA Spanish: Venezuelan merchants navigate gap between official, parallel dollar

The Voice of America visited Caracas to find out what alternatives businesses are using to continue selling, despite the challenges...

US envoy in Ukraine for talks following US-Russia meeting

US envoy in Ukraine for talks following US-Russia meeting

U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy for Ukraine and Russia said Wednesday the United States understands the need for security guarantees...

Ukrainian drone hits oil pumping station

Ukrainian drone hits oil pumping station

Russia shot down 21 Ukrainian drones late Tuesday, but a drone attack on an oil pumping station in southern Russia...