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”

US President Biden Hosts German Chancellor Scholz

US President Biden Hosts German Chancellor Scholz

U.S. President Joe Biden will welcome German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to the White House Friday for discussions on continued support...

Nobel Peace Prize Activist Sentenced to 10 in Prison in Belarus

Nobel Peace Prize Activist Sentenced to 10 in Prison in Belarus

Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison by a Belarus court. Bialiatski is...

Blinken: Russia Cannot Wage War with Impunity

Blinken: Russia Cannot Wage War with Impunity

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday, after meeting with his counterparts from India, Japan and Australia, that Russia...

More Protests Expected in Greece as Train Collision Death Toll Mounts

More Protests Expected in Greece as Train Collision Death Toll Mounts

Anger is mounting in Greece over lax railway safety with the search for survivors in the nation’s deadliest train crash...

France’s Macron Promises $53M to New Forest Protection Plan

France’s Macron Promises $53M to New Forest Protection Plan

French President Emmanuel Macron promised $52.9 million (50 million euros) to a new global scheme to reward countries for protecting...

US Attorney General Says He Would Not Object to Designating Wagner a Foreign Terrorist Organization

US Attorney General Says He Would Not Object to Designating Wagner a Foreign Terrorist Organization

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland says he would not “object” to designating Russia’s Wagner mercenary group as a Foreign Terrorist...

American Cindy McCain to Head UN World Food Program

American Cindy McCain to Head UN World Food Program

American Cindy McCain will take over as executive director of the United Nations World Food Program when current director David...

Earthquake Deals Another Blow to Turkey’s Struggling Local Media

Earthquake Deals Another Blow to Turkey’s Struggling Local Media

Local journalists in southern Turkey have been torn between mourning their loved ones and reporting the scope of destruction in...

Turkey’s Erdogan Faces Polls Amid Rising Quake Anger

Turkey’s Erdogan Faces Polls Amid Rising Quake Anger

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces reelection amid growing anger over his government’s response to the massive earthquakes that have...

After a Year of Nonstop Bombardment, Ukraine’s Capital Braces for More

After a Year of Nonstop Bombardment, Ukraine’s Capital Braces for More

One year after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the city of Kyiv has survived Russian assault and shelling....

US Launches Aggressive National Cybersecurity Strategy

US Launches Aggressive National Cybersecurity Strategy

The Biden administration is pushing for more comprehensive federal regulations to keep the online realm safer against hackers, including by...

Blinken, Lavrov Meet Briefly as US-Russia Tensions Soar

Blinken, Lavrov Meet Briefly as US-Russia Tensions Soar

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov talked briefly Thursday at a meeting of top...

Ukraine Reports Russian Missile Strikes Residential Building

Ukraine Reports Russian Missile Strikes Residential Building

Authorities in Ukraine said Thursday a Russian missile struck an apartment building in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing...

Britain Intercepts Iranian Arms in Gulf of Oman

Britain Intercepts Iranian Arms in Gulf of Oman

The British navy said Thursday its forces seized Iranian anti-tank missiles and fins for ballistic missiles from a small boat...

A Inside Look at US–NATO Interoperability Lab

A Inside Look at US–NATO Interoperability Lab

NATO is made up of 30 members and each country’s military has its own technical systems on the battlefield. Some...

Greek Stationmaster to Appear Before Prosecutor After Collision Kills 43  

Greek Stationmaster to Appear Before Prosecutor After Collision Kills 43  

A Greek stationmaster is set to appear Thursday before a prosecutor as the country mourns following the collision between a...

 In War-Torn Kharkiv, Residents Brace for Uncertain Future

 In War-Torn Kharkiv, Residents Brace for Uncertain Future

The second-biggest city in Ukraine, Kharkiv, is 30 kilometers from the Russian border. Under siege by Russian troops for more...

Russians Place Flowers at Burned-Out Tanks in Baltic Cities

Russians Place Flowers at Burned-Out Tanks in Baltic Cities

Burned-out Russian tanks seized by Ukrainian forces last year have gone on display in recent days in the capitals of...

Russia Says it Will Only Renew Grain Deal if its Own Exports Are Unblocked

Russia Says it Will Only Renew Grain Deal if its Own Exports Are Unblocked

Russia said Wednesday it would only agree to extend the Black Sea grain deal, which allows grain to be safely...

Ukraine’s Call for Weapons Remains Tough Sell in South Korea

Ukraine’s Call for Weapons Remains Tough Sell in South Korea

South Korea should more explicitly support Ukraine’s fight against Russia, the Ukrainian ambassador to Seoul told VOA, renewing a push...

In Ukraine’s Kharkiv, Past Haunts Visions of Future

In Ukraine’s Kharkiv, Past Haunts Visions of Future

The second biggest city in Ukraine, Kharkiv, is just 30 kilometers from the Russian border. Under siege by Russian troops...

Can AI Help Solve Diplomatic Dispute Over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam?

Can AI Help Solve Diplomatic Dispute Over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam?

Ethiopia’s hydropower dam on the Blue Nile River has angered downstream neighbors, especially Sudan, where people rely on the river...