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”

Ukraine’s War-Battered Economy Shows Signs of Recovery

Ukraine’s War-Battered Economy Shows Signs of Recovery

Ukraine’s economy shrank 29% in 2022, the year Russia launched its full-scale invasion. In addition, Ukrainian businesses were destroyed, exports...

Suspected Gas Leak at Swedish Intel Service Sends 7 to Hospital

Suspected Gas Leak at Swedish Intel Service Sends 7 to Hospital

STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s Security Service office was evacuated Friday after a suspected gas leak that saw seven people treated at a...

4 Dead After Fire Engulfs Spanish Apartment Block; 19 Missing

4 Dead After Fire Engulfs Spanish Apartment Block; 19 Missing

VALENCIA, SPAIN — A fire engulfed two residential buildings in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia on Thursday, killing four people...

Hungary Appears to Be Strengthening Ties With Russia, China

Hungary Appears to Be Strengthening Ties With Russia, China

Budapest — Hungary continues to buy billions of dollars of Russian oil and gas annually, despite most other Western nations’ cutting...

Ukrainian Railways Plays Critical Role as Wartime Lifeline

Ukrainian Railways Plays Critical Role as Wartime Lifeline

During the two years since Russia invaded Ukraine, Ukrainian Railways became the country’s key means of transportation. With over 22,000...

Ukrainians Bracing for Prospect of Prolonged War With Russia

Ukrainians Bracing for Prospect of Prolonged War With Russia

Entering the third year of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainians say that with intense fighting on the eastern front and daily...

Ukrainian Officials Say Russian Drone Attack in Odesa Kills at Least 3

Ukrainian Officials Say Russian Drone Attack in Odesa Kills at Least 3

Biden Meets With Navalny’s Widow in California

Biden Meets With Navalny’s Widow in California

As the United States is set to announce sanctions against Moscow following Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s death, President Joe...

US Plans ‘Crushing’ Sanctions on Kremlin 2 Years After Ukraine War

US Plans ‘Crushing’ Sanctions on Kremlin 2 Years After Ukraine War

Buenos Aires, Argentina — Two years after Russia’s war on Ukraine, the United States is doubling down pressure on the Kremlin...

UNRWA Chief Says Israeli Pressure, Funding Freeze Threaten Agency

UNRWA Chief Says Israeli Pressure, Funding Freeze Threaten Agency

United Nations —  The head of the embattled U.N. agency that assists Palestinian refugees warned Thursday that it is at a...

Russian Journalists Detained While Covering Navalny Memorials

Russian Journalists Detained While Covering Navalny Memorials

Why is Hungary Strengthening Ties with Russia and China?

Why is Hungary Strengthening Ties with Russia and China?

While many Western nations have cut economic ties with Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, Hungary continues to buy billions...

France’s Call for Stronger Europe Finally Gains Traction

France’s Call for Stronger Europe Finally Gains Traction

PARIS — For years, French President Emmanuel Macron has argued for a stronger, more independent European defense. “What Europe, Defense Europe,...

Turkey’s Erdogan Eyes Key Role in Postwar Gaza

Turkey’s Erdogan Eyes Key Role in Postwar Gaza

As Israeli forces close in on the Gaza Strip’s last main population center and international pressure grows for cease-fire, Turkish...

Q&A: Top US Global Criminal Justice Diplomat Discusses Justice for Ukrainians

Q&A: Top US Global Criminal Justice Diplomat Discusses Justice for Ukrainians

Navalny’s Mother Sees His Body, But Says Authorities Demanded ‘Secret’ Burial

Navalny’s Mother Sees His Body, But Says Authorities Demanded ‘Secret’ Burial

Investigators Bust English Channel Smuggling Ring

Investigators Bust English Channel Smuggling Ring

US, UK Endorse Dutch Prime Minister for Next NATO Leader

US, UK Endorse Dutch Prime Minister for Next NATO Leader

Guinness World Records Annuls ‘Oldest Dog Ever’ Title for Dead Portuguese Canine

Guinness World Records Annuls ‘Oldest Dog Ever’ Title for Dead Portuguese Canine

Lisbon — Guinness World Records has ruled against a Portuguese dog that died last year keeping the title of oldest canine...

British Judges to Rule on US Extradition of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange

British Judges to Rule on US Extradition of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange

London — British judges are set to rule whether Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, will be extradited...

British Judges to Rule on US Extradition of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange

British Judges to Rule on US Extradition of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange

Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, this week launched a last-ditch legal bid to prevent his extradition...

At G20 Meeting, Western Ministers Criticize Russia Over Ukraine

At G20 Meeting, Western Ministers Criticize Russia Over Ukraine

RIO DE JANEIRO — Western foreign ministers from the G20 group of nations meeting in Brazil on Wednesday attacked Russia for...