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”

FBI Warns About China Theft of US AI Technology

FBI Warns About China Theft of US AI Technology

China is pilfering U.S.-developed artificial intelligence (AI) technology to enhance its own aspirations and to conduct foreign influence operations, senior...

UN Weekly Roundup: July 22-28, 2023

UN Weekly Roundup: July 22-28, 2023

Editor’s note: Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as...

Ukrainian, Polish Farmers Call for Solutions Amid Global Food Security Threat

Ukrainian, Polish Farmers Call for Solutions Amid Global Food Security Threat

The European Union allowed the free trade of Ukrainian crops after Russia invaded. The glut that resulted prompted some EU...

Pope Francis Sounds Alarm on Climate Threat as Crews Battle Europe Fires

Pope Francis Sounds Alarm on Climate Threat as Crews Battle Europe Fires

Pope Francis urged governments to do more to fight climate change and protect “our common home” as improving weather conditions...

Prospect of AI Producing News Articles Concerns Digital Experts 

Prospect of AI Producing News Articles Concerns Digital Experts 

Google’s work developing an artificial intelligence tool that would produce news articles is concerning some digital experts, who say such...

Leading Tech Companies Pledge to Develop AI Safeguards Set by White House

Leading Tech Companies Pledge to Develop AI Safeguards Set by White House

Seven leading tech companies recently agreed to abide by a request from President Joe Biden to develop their artificial intelligence...

Vietnam Orders Social Media Firms to Cut ‘Toxic’ Content Using AI

Vietnam Orders Social Media Firms to Cut ‘Toxic’ Content Using AI

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM – Vietnam’s demand that international social media firms use artificial intelligence to identify and remove...

From Pakistan to Paris, Journalist Brings Together Exiles at Risk

From Pakistan to Paris, Journalist Brings Together Exiles at Risk

A Pakistani journalist forced to flee for his own safety now runs a club for fellow exiles in France. They...

Latest in Ukraine: Russia-Africa Conference Opens in St. Petersburg

Latest in Ukraine: Russia-Africa Conference Opens in St. Petersburg

Latest developments: Ukrainian soldiers recaptured the southeastern village of Staromaiorske in Donetsk region. the recapture is part of Ukraine's ongoing...

Latest in Ukraine: Ukraine Recaptures Southeastern Village Staromaiorske

Latest in Ukraine: Ukraine Recaptures Southeastern Village Staromaiorske

Latest developments: Ukrainian soldiers recaptured the southeastern village of Staromaiorske in Donetsk region. the recapture is part of Ukraine's ongoing...

US, Italy Reaffirm Partnership as Rome Looks Away From Beijing  

US, Italy Reaffirm Partnership as Rome Looks Away From Beijing  

President Joe Biden met with Italy’s new leader Thursday at the White House, where the two reaffirmed their support for...

New Permit Applications to Burn Religious Books Worry Swedish PM

New Permit Applications to Burn Religious Books Worry Swedish PM

Sweden’s prime minister said Thursday that police have received several permit applications for the burning of religious texts in the...

Interview: Kirby Discusses US Dismissal of Russia’s Offer of Free Grain to Africa

Interview: Kirby Discusses US Dismissal of Russia’s Offer of Free Grain to Africa

The Biden administration is dismissing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s offer to supply free grain to several African nations whose leaders...

Putin Promises Grain to Africans in Bid to Ease Isolation

Putin Promises Grain to Africans in Bid to Ease Isolation

Russia is hosting a summit of African countries as world tensions grow due to the increase in food prices following...

In Norway, Russians Keep the Free Press Flame Alive

In Norway, Russians Keep the Free Press Flame Alive

KIRKENES, Norway — In a place far above the Arctic Circle, a group of Russian journalists are working with Norwegians...

Greek Wildfires Reach Outskirts of Athens  

Greek Wildfires Reach Outskirts of Athens  

Wildfires reached the outskirts of Athens on Thursday as strong gusts of wind caused flare-ups around Greece, disrupting highway traffic...

Latest in Ukraine: Russian Missile Attack Hits Odesa

Latest in Ukraine: Russian Missile Attack Hits Odesa

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says Ukrainian forces have been deliberate in their counteroffensive against Russia and have been “conserving...

Ukraine’s Grinding Counteroffensive Still Has ‘Options,’ Lloyd Says

Ukraine’s Grinding Counteroffensive Still Has ‘Options,’ Lloyd Says

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA – U.S. defense officials watching Ukraine’s slow-moving counteroffensive against Russia are not yet ready to...

Ambassador: China Will Respond in Kind to US Chip Export Restrictions 

Ambassador: China Will Respond in Kind to US Chip Export Restrictions 

If the United States imposes more investment restrictions and export controls on China’s semiconductor industry, Beijing will respond in kind,...

North Korea’s Kim Shows off Banned Missiles to Russian Minister

North Korea’s Kim Shows off Banned Missiles to Russian Minister

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – Russia’s defense minister accompanied North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to a defense exhibition that featured...

Blinken Says Door Open for New Zealand ‘to Engage’ in AUKUS Pact

Blinken Says Door Open for New Zealand ‘to Engage’ in AUKUS Pact

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday raised the possibility of New Zealand and other...

North Korea’s Kim Meets Russian Defense Minister 

North Korea’s Kim Meets Russian Defense Minister 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday. Shoigu was on a rare...