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”

Norway’s Kon-Tiki Museum returns artifacts to Chile’s remote Easter Island

Norway’s Kon-Tiki Museum returns artifacts to Chile’s remote Easter Island

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the late 1940s are being returned...

Russia launches one of its fiercest missile and drone attacks at Ukraine’s infrastructure

Russia launches one of its fiercest missile and drone attacks at Ukraine’s infrastructure

KYIV — Russia on Sunday launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine, described by officials as the largest over...

Chinese social media reels over woman’s illegal surrogacy case

Chinese social media reels over woman’s illegal surrogacy case

BEIJING/HONG KONG — A 22-year-old Chinese woman’s account of how she was lured into the country’s illegal surrogacy industry before suffering...

Josep Borrell wraps up tumultuous time as EU’s top diplomat

Josep Borrell wraps up tumultuous time as EU’s top diplomat

Brussels — Josep Borrell took a deep breath as the train rumbled across Ukraine at the end of his final visit...

Russia’s Gazprom stops flow of natural gas to Austria, utility says

Russia’s Gazprom stops flow of natural gas to Austria, utility says

VIENNA — Russia’s state-owned natural gas company Gazprom stopped supplies to Austria early Saturday, according to the Vienna-based utility OMV, after...

Protesters in Georgia’s separatist region refuse to give up government buildings

Protesters in Georgia’s separatist region refuse to give up government buildings

TBILISI, GEORGIA — Opposition protesters in Georgia’s breakaway province of Abkhazia have refused to cede control of key government buildings that...

Protesters gather at UN climate talks in ‘global day of action’

Protesters gather at UN climate talks in ‘global day of action’

BAKU, AZERBAIJAN — Hundreds of activists formed a human chain outside one of the main plenary halls at the United Nations...

Ireland’s Jake Paul beats boxing legend Mike Tyson

Ireland’s Jake Paul beats boxing legend Mike Tyson

ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Jake Paul beat boxing legend Mike Tyson by unanimous decision to win an intergenerational heavyweight battle in Texas...

Russia captures 2 villages in eastern Ukraine, defense ministry says

Russia captures 2 villages in eastern Ukraine, defense ministry says

MOSCOW — Russian forces have captured the villages of Makarivka and Hryhorivka in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Russia’s Defense Ministry said on...

Wild deer population boom has some in England promoting venison to consumers

Wild deer population boom has some in England promoting venison to consumers

WINCHESTER, England — In the half-light of dusk, Martin Edwards surveys the shadows of the ancient woodland from a high seat...

Operation False Target: How Russia plotted to mix a deadly new weapon among decoy drones in Ukraine

Operation False Target: How Russia plotted to mix a deadly new weapon among decoy drones in Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine — At a secretive factory in Russia’s central grasslands, engineers are manufacturing hundreds of decoy drones meant to overwhelm...

Protesters demand resignation of leader in Russian-backed breakaway region of Georgia

Protesters demand resignation of leader in Russian-backed breakaway region of Georgia

Protesters stormed the parliament of the Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia on Friday and demanded the resignation of its...

Dutch government survives dispute over Amsterdam violence

Dutch government survives dispute over Amsterdam violence

AMSTERDAM — Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof saved his governing coalition on Friday despite threats of an exodus by Cabinet members...

Democratic senators ask Pentagon, US officials to probe reports of Musk’s alleged calls with Russia

Democratic senators ask Pentagon, US officials to probe reports of Musk’s alleged calls with Russia

washington — Reports that billionaire Elon Musk has held multiple calls with Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, should be investigated...

Families of North Korean soldiers in Russia face fear, anxiety 

Families of North Korean soldiers in Russia face fear, anxiety 

washington — North Korean defectors say Pyongyang has likely kept the deployment of that nation’s soldiers to fight in Russia’s war...

Germany’s Scholz speaks with Putin, demands Russia withdraw from Ukraine

Germany’s Scholz speaks with Putin, demands Russia withdraw from Ukraine

A German government spokesperson said that Chancellor Olaf Scholz held direct talks via telephone Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin...

Ukrainians face harsh winter as Russian attacks destroy energy infrastructure

Ukrainians face harsh winter as Russian attacks destroy energy infrastructure

GENEVA — Ukraine is heading into its third, most challenging winter since the war started nearly 1,000 days ago because “systematic...

Dutch government says needs ‘more time’ for strategy on anti-Semitism 

Dutch government says needs ‘more time’ for strategy on anti-Semitism 

The Hague, Netherlands — The Dutch government needs “more time” to flesh out a strategy to fight anti-Semitism after last week’s...

Spanish regional leader admits ‘mistakes’ in handling deadly floods 

Spanish regional leader admits ‘mistakes’ in handling deadly floods 

Valencia, Spain — The head of Spain’s eastern Valencia region admitted Friday to “mistakes” in handing the country’s deadliest flood in...

Australia’s plan to ban children from social media proves popular, problematic

Australia’s plan to ban children from social media proves popular, problematic

MELBOURNE, Australia — How do you remove children from the harms of social media? Politically the answer appears simple in Australia,...

1 dead, thousands without heat after Russian strike on Ukraine port city

1 dead, thousands without heat after Russian strike on Ukraine port city

Kyiv, Ukraine — A massive Russian attack that set apartments alight and knocked out heating to thousands in Ukraine’s southern port...

A criticized Airbnb deal will let users play gladiator in Rome’s Colosseum

A criticized Airbnb deal will let users play gladiator in Rome’s Colosseum

ROME — The ancient Roman Colosseum will be the venue of gladiator fights — albeit staged — for the first time...