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”

UK Appeals Court Rules That Plan To Send Asylum Seekers to Rwanda Is Unlawful

UK Appeals Court Rules That Plan To Send Asylum Seekers to Rwanda Is Unlawful

A British court ruled Thursday that a government plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is unlawful,...

Wagner Move Rattles Baltic Nerves, Broadens NATO Summit Agenda Beyond Ukraine

Wagner Move Rattles Baltic Nerves, Broadens NATO Summit Agenda Beyond Ukraine

WASHINGTON – The fallout from Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s aborted mutiny and exile to Belarus is set to broaden the...

 Latest in Ukraine: Death Toll in Kramatorsk Attack Rises to 12

 Latest in Ukraine: Death Toll in Kramatorsk Attack Rises to 12

Latest developments:   European Union leaders to discuss security assistance for Ukraine at summit.  U.S. State Department approves sale of up...

‘Godfather of AI’ Urges Governments to Stop Machine Takeover

‘Godfather of AI’ Urges Governments to Stop Machine Takeover

Geoffrey Hinton, one of the so-called godfathers of artificial intelligence, on Wednesday urged governments to step in and make sure...

Unrest Erupts in France Again in Response to Police Shooting of Teen

Unrest Erupts in France Again in Response to Police Shooting of Teen

PARIS – Protesters shot fireworks at police and set cars ablaze in the working-class Paris suburb of Nanterre on Wednesday,...

US: Prigozhin’s Mutiny Shows Putin’s War in Ukraine Has Failed

US: Prigozhin’s Mutiny Shows Putin’s War in Ukraine Has Failed

US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken say Saturday’s armed rebellion in Russia shows that President Vladimir...

Ukraine Calls for Signal on NATO Membership at Alliance Summit

Ukraine Calls for Signal on NATO Membership at Alliance Summit

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged NATO on Wednesday to send Ukraine a clear signal at a summit next month that it...

Cambodia’s Hun Sen Leaves Facebook for Telegram 

Cambodia’s Hun Sen Leaves Facebook for Telegram 

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, a devoted and very active user of Facebook — on which...

White House Expanding Affordable High-Speed Internet Access

White House Expanding Affordable High-Speed Internet Access

U.S. President Joe Biden says he wants to make sure that every American has access to high-speed internet. VOA’s Julie...

Biden: Putin ‘Absolutely’ Diminished by Wagner Group Mutiny

Biden: Putin ‘Absolutely’ Diminished by Wagner Group Mutiny

U.S. President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin had “absolutely” been weakened inside his country...

Ukraine, China, Migration – EU Summit Tackles a Raft of Sticky Issues  

Ukraine, China, Migration – EU Summit Tackles a Raft of Sticky Issues  

The war in Ukraine remains high on the agenda as European Union leaders meet Thursday and Friday in Brussels, just...

France Heightens Security After Unrest Over Police Shooting of Youth

France Heightens Security After Unrest Over Police Shooting of Youth

France’s government on Wednesday announced heightened police presence around Paris and other big cities and called for calm after scattered...

South Korea Sanctions Ex-Citizen for Working on Behalf of North Korea 

South Korea Sanctions Ex-Citizen for Working on Behalf of North Korea 

South Korea has for the first time placed sanctions on a former South Korean national for setting up business entities...

Generative AI Might Make It Easier to Target Journalists, Researchers Say

Generative AI Might Make It Easier to Target Journalists, Researchers Say

Since the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT launched last fall, a torrent of think pieces and news reports about the ins...

Five Eyes Security Partners Meet in New Zealand

Five Eyes Security Partners Meet in New Zealand

Politicians from the Five Eyes alliance are meeting in the New Zealand capital, Wellington, where migration and security are top...

Latest in Ukraine: Deadly Russian Strike Hits Kramatorsk

Latest in Ukraine: Deadly Russian Strike Hits Kramatorsk

Latest developments:  Pope Francis' peace envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi traveled to Moscow weeks after a visit to Kyiv, with the...

An NPR Icon Bids Farewell After 40 Years of Reporting From Italy

An NPR Icon Bids Farewell After 40 Years of Reporting From Italy

As a veteran correspondent for National Public Radio, Sylvia Poggioli spent the bulk of her 41-year career at the American broadcaster...

Klimt Portrait Sets European Auction Record: $108 Million

Klimt Portrait Sets European Auction Record: $108 Million

A portrait of an unnamed woman by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt sold for 85.3 million pounds ($108.4 million) on Tuesday,...

US Election Commission Not Acting on Deepfakes in Campaign Ads

US Election Commission Not Acting on Deepfakes in Campaign Ads

The commission that enforces rules for U.S. elections is not regulating AI-generated deepfakes in political advertising ahead of the 2024...

US Sanctions Companies Linked to Gold Trade to Fund Wagner Fighters

US Sanctions Companies Linked to Gold Trade to Fund Wagner Fighters

The United States on Tuesday accused companies in the United Arab Emirates, the Central African Republic and Russia of engaging...

UN: Hundreds of Civilians Arbitrarily Detained in Ukraine, Most by Russia

UN: Hundreds of Civilians Arbitrarily Detained in Ukraine, Most by Russia

A blistering new report by the U.N. human rights office shows that nobody in Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine...

US Plans Action Against Prigozhin’s Wagner for Activities in Africa

US Plans Action Against Prigozhin’s Wagner for Activities in Africa

The United States will this week announce actions to hold the Russian mercenary Wagner Group accountable, the U.S. State Department...