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’s Grenfell Tower to be demolished more than seven years after blaze

UK’s Grenfell Tower to be demolished more than seven years after blaze

LONDON — London’s Grenfell Tower, which was engulfed in flames more than seven years ago in a disaster that killed 72...

2 years after quake disaster, Turkey’s painful recovery continues

2 years after quake disaster, Turkey’s painful recovery continues

ANKARA, TURKEY — Two years after the deadliest and most destructive earthquake in modern Turkish history, hundreds of thousands of people...

Letter to the United Nations

Letter to the United Nations

British foreign minister meets with Zelenskyy, announces $68.7M financial package

British foreign minister meets with Zelenskyy, announces $68.7M financial package

British Foreign Minister David Lammy met Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv and announced a new $68.7 million...

Greenlanders explore Pacific Islands’ relationship with Washington

Greenlanders explore Pacific Islands’ relationship with Washington

WASHINGTON — Greenland’s representative in the United States met recently with at least one ambassador from the Pacific Islands to learn...

French PM survives no-confidence vote

French PM survives no-confidence vote

France’s prime minister survived a no-confidence vote by parliament on Wednesday after he invoked special constitutional powers to force through...

Earthquakes keep rattling Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini every few minutes

Earthquakes keep rattling Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini every few minutes

ATHENS, GREECE — Earthquakes rattled Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini every few minutes through the night and into Wednesday as authorities...

China says it is willing to work with EU on ‘global challenges’

China says it is willing to work with EU on ‘global challenges’

BEIJING — China is willing to work with the European Union on boosting cooperation and responding to “global challenges,” its foreign...

Swedish police warn of online misinformation after mass school shooting

Swedish police warn of online misinformation after mass school shooting

OREBRO, Sweden — Swedish police said on Wednesday there was no evidence of “ideological motives” behind a mass shooting at an...

Russia says Ukrainian drone attack sparks oil depot fire in Krasnodar

Russia says Ukrainian drone attack sparks oil depot fire in Krasnodar

A Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire at an oil depot in Russia’s Krasnodar region, the area’s governor said Wednesday....

Former Google engineer faces new US charges he stole AI secrets for Chinese companies

Former Google engineer faces new US charges he stole AI secrets for Chinese companies

U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled an expanded 14-count indictment accusing former Google software engineer Linwei Ding of stealing artificial intelligence...

Trump orders target several UN bodies

Trump orders target several UN bodies

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday stopped U.S. engagement with the U.N. Human Rights Council, extended a halt to...

As quakes rattle Greek islands, a few brave tourists enjoy having Santorini to themselves

As quakes rattle Greek islands, a few brave tourists enjoy having Santorini to themselves

Santorini, Greece — More Greek islands closed schools Tuesday as hundreds of earthquakes rattled the Aegean Sea, while a handful of...

VOA Creole: Macron asks UN to consider peacekeeping force for Haiti

VOA Creole: Macron asks UN to consider peacekeeping force for Haiti

French President Emmanuel Macron has asked the United Nations to consider sending a peacekeeping force to Haiti.  The suggestion was...

Chadians who worked for now-departed French troops appeal to government for jobs 

Chadians who worked for now-departed French troops appeal to government for jobs 

Yaounde, Cameroon — More than 400 civilians rendered jobless by the departure of French troops from Chad are asking the government...

Despite the war, Ukrainian culture is blooming

Despite the war, Ukrainian culture is blooming

Ukrainian culture is booming amid the war with Russia. That’s despite the constant rocket attacks and damage to almost 500...

5 shot at adult education center in Sweden

5 shot at adult education center in Sweden

OREBRO, SWEDEN — Five people were shot at an adult education center in Sweden on Tuesday, police said. The conditions of...

Russian missile attack kills 4 in Kharkiv

Russian missile attack kills 4 in Kharkiv

A Russian missile attack Tuesday killed at least four people in the Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine, officials said. Kharkiv...

EU leaders agree to step up defense efforts

EU leaders agree to step up defense efforts

BRUSSELS — European Union leaders agreed Monday to do more to bolster their defenses against Russia and other threats by hiking...

A Russia-like crackdown has jailed dozens in Georgia

A Russia-like crackdown has jailed dozens in Georgia

Tbilisi, Georgia — Jailed journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli gets weaker every day as her hunger strike has reached three weeks in Rustavi,...

France pitches AI summit as ‘wake-up call’ for Europe

France pitches AI summit as ‘wake-up call’ for Europe

PARIS — France hosts top tech players next week at an artificial intelligence summit meant as a “wake-up call” for Europe...

Scientists hope these tiny froglets can save their species

Scientists hope these tiny froglets can save their species

LONDON — It was quite the journey for such tiny froglets: traveling thousands of miles from the forests of southern Chile...