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”

British Conservative Leaders Who Were Toppled by Their Party 

British Conservative Leaders Who Were Toppled by Their Party 

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is the latest Conservative leader to feel his party’s wrath following a string of resignations...

With UK’s Boris Johnson Set to Quit, Who Could Replace Him? 

With UK’s Boris Johnson Set to Quit, Who Could Replace Him? 

Boris Johnson was due to resign as Britain’s prime minister on Thursday, bringing an end to a turbulent two and...

TIMELINE:   The Rise and Fall of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson 

TIMELINE:   The Rise and Fall of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson 

Boris Johnson lasted just three years as British prime minister. Weakened by scandals, he refused for months to resign but...

Australia Urges China to Push Russia to End Ukraine War

Australia Urges China to Push Russia to End Ukraine War

In a major policy address at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Singapore Wednesday, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong...

Mercury Hold Public Rally in Support of Brittney Griner

Mercury Hold Public Rally in Support of Brittney Griner

 They shared laughs, smiles, memories. There also were tears, fears, unease.  Through the range of emotions, one common thread bonded...

Russia Info Ops Home In on Perceived Weak Links

Russia Info Ops Home In on Perceived Weak Links

Russian influence peddlers appear to have narrowed their focus as they continue attempts to sow disunity and undermine Western efforts...

Zelenskyy: Western Artillery Effective Against Russians

Zelenskyy: Western Artillery Effective Against Russians

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that artillery his forces have received from Western allies has “started working powerfully” and...

For Ukrainians Forced Into Russia, Leaving Can Be Hard

For Ukrainians Forced Into Russia, Leaving Can Be Hard

As evacuees from Mariupol and other occupied Ukrainian cities make their way through Russia to third countries, they are beginning...

UN: 828 Million More People Faced Hunger in 2021

UN: 828 Million More People Faced Hunger in 2021

The United Nations warned Wednesday that the world is failing in its efforts to eradicate hunger, as 828 million more...

Death Toll Rises to 9 in Italian Glacier Avalanche

Death Toll Rises to 9 in Italian Glacier Avalanche

The death toll rose to nine Wednesday from a glacier avalanche Sunday in the Italian Dolomite Mountains, Maurizio Fugatti, president...

Europe Starts New Chapter in Repatriations of IS-linked Citizens

Europe Starts New Chapter in Repatriations of IS-linked Citizens

Europe is repatriating increasing numbers of its Islamic State-linked women and children, who have languished for years in Syrian camps....

Turkey Faces More Questions on Russia Sanctions-Busting

Turkey Faces More Questions on Russia Sanctions-Busting

Turkish authorities have detained a Russian ship, which Kyiv claims is carrying stolen grain. The move comes as Turkey faces...

Russia Sees Start of New Cold War

Russia Sees Start of New Cold War

Until February 24, when Vladimir Putin sent his troops into Ukraine, the Cold War was encapsulated in museums as a...

Spain Uses Natural Advantages to Push for Green Hydrogen

Spain Uses Natural Advantages to Push for Green Hydrogen

On a grim industrial park on the edges of Barcelona lies a shiny new depot that could hold the key...

Embattled British PM Under Fire Again

Embattled British PM Under Fire Again

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing yet another threat to his tenure in the wake of the resignations of...

Sweden Charges 18-year-old in March School Attack 

Sweden Charges 18-year-old in March School Attack 

Swedish prosecutors announced Wednesday they charged an 18-year-old man with two counts of murder in connection with a March attack...

Ukrainians Displaced Near Kyiv Fear for War-damaged Homes

Ukrainians Displaced Near Kyiv Fear for War-damaged Homes

Valentyna Klymenko tries to return home as late as possible to avoid the darkness of her war-damaged home outside Ukraine’s...

A Long War? Ukraine, Russia, US Negotiations Remain Far Off

A Long War? Ukraine, Russia, US Negotiations Remain Far Off

U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration plans to participate in this week’s foreign ministers’ meeting of the Group of 20 leading...

Turkish Police Break Up LGBTQ Pride March; 30 Detained

Turkish Police Break Up LGBTQ Pride March; 30 Detained

Police in Turkey’s capital broke up an LGBTQ Pride march Tuesday and detained dozens of people. Turkish authorities have banned...

Israel’s Lapid Meets Macron in Paris on First Trip as PM

Israel’s Lapid Meets Macron in Paris on First Trip as PM

Israeli caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Tuesday used his first trip abroad since taking office to urge world powers...

UN: Civilians Bear the Brunt of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

UN: Civilians Bear the Brunt of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is calling for an end to the war in Ukraine and for...

International Hockey Body Rejects Russia, Belarus Appeals

International Hockey Body Rejects Russia, Belarus Appeals

The disciplinary board of the International Ice Hockey Federation on Tuesday rejected appeals by Russia and Belarus of the IIHF’s...