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”

EU Agrees to Ban Majority of Russian Oil

EU Agrees to Ban Majority of Russian Oil

European Union leaders agreed late Monday to ban two-thirds of Russian oil imports as part of a compromise deal to...

France Blames Ticket Fraud for Champions League Final Chaos

France Blames Ticket Fraud for Champions League Final Chaos

French authorities defended police on Monday for indiscriminately firing tear gas and pepper spray at Liverpool supporters at the Champions...

Greece Planning Major Wall Extension on Border With Turkey 

Greece Planning Major Wall Extension on Border With Turkey 

Greek authorities say they are planning a major extension of a wall along the country’s border with Turkey and are...

Erdogan Discusses Turkey’s Syria Incursion Plans With Putin

Erdogan Discusses Turkey’s Syria Incursion Plans With Putin

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has discussed Ankara’s planned military operation in northern Syria and the war in Ukraine with...

Fierce Fighting Erupts on Streets of Sievierodonetsk in Eastern Ukraine

Fierce Fighting Erupts on Streets of Sievierodonetsk in Eastern Ukraine

Fierce fighting has erupted on the streets of the eastern Ukraine city of Sievierodonetsk, with Kyiv’s forces trying desperately to...

EU Leaders Try to Break Deadlock on Russian Oil Sanctions at Summit 

EU Leaders Try to Break Deadlock on Russian Oil Sanctions at Summit 

The European Union heads of state meeting in Brussels Monday remain deadlocked over an oil embargo against Russia, with Hungary...

French Journalist Killed in Ukraine

French Journalist Killed in Ukraine

The French news broadcaster BFM TV said a 32-year-old French journalist was killed Monday in eastern Ukraine, fatally hit by...

COVID-Hit Archbishop of Canterbury to Miss Queen’s Service

COVID-Hit Archbishop of Canterbury to Miss Queen’s Service

The Archbishop of Canterbury said Monday he would miss a national service of thanksgiving for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee...

Mona Lisa Left Unharmed But Smeared in Cream in Climate Protest Stunt

Mona Lisa Left Unharmed But Smeared in Cream in Climate Protest Stunt

The Mona Lisa was left shaken but unharmed on Sunday when a visitor to the Louvre tried to smash the...

Zelenskyy Seeking More Help from Europe

Zelenskyy Seeking More Help from Europe

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to address the European Council Monday as he pushes for more help for Ukraine...

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 30

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 30

For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit Flashpoint Ukraine. The latest developments in the conflict between Russia and...

Pope Names 21 New Cardinals, From Asia, Africa, Elsewhere

Pope Names 21 New Cardinals, From Asia, Africa, Elsewhere

Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals Sunday, most of them from continents other than Europe — which dominated Catholic hierarchy...

France Denounces Iran’s Seizure of Two Greek Tankers

France Denounces Iran’s Seizure of Two Greek Tankers

Iran’s seizure of two Greek-flagged oil tankers in Gulf waters is “a serious violation of international law,” France’s foreign ministry...

Serbia Ignores EU Sanctions, Secures Gas Deal With Putin

Serbia Ignores EU Sanctions, Secures Gas Deal With Putin

As the war in Ukraine rages, Serbia’s president announced that he has secured an “extremely favorable” natural gas deal with...

Blame Game in France After Soccer ‘Chaotic’ Champions League Final 

Blame Game in France After Soccer ‘Chaotic’ Champions League Final 

Chaotic scenes at the French national stadium before and during Saturday night’s Champions League final were branded a national embarrassment,...

Strawberry Farms Threaten Spanish Wetlands

Strawberry Farms Threaten Spanish Wetlands

Standing in the middle of a stretch of land surrounded by dunes and pine forest, Juan Romero examines the cracked...

‘Now I Am a Beggar’: Fleeing the Russian Advance in Ukraine

‘Now I Am a Beggar’: Fleeing the Russian Advance in Ukraine

As Russian forces press their offensive to take the eastern Ukrainian cities of Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk, civilians who have managed...

Some UK Companies to Trial 4-Day Workweek

Some UK Companies to Trial 4-Day Workweek

Louis Bloomsfield inspects the kegs of beer at his brewery in north London, eagerly awaiting June, when he will get...

War Surges Norway’s Oil, Gas Profit. Now, It’s Urged to Help

War Surges Norway’s Oil, Gas Profit. Now, It’s Urged to Help

Europe’s frantic search for alternatives to Russian energy has dramatically increased the demand — and price — for Norway’s oil...

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 28

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 28

For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit Flashpoint Ukraine. The latest developments in the conflict between Russia and...

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Powerful Vatican Prelate, Dies at 94

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Powerful Vatican Prelate, Dies at 94

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, a once-powerful Italian prelate who long served as the Vatican’s No. 2 official but whose legacy was...

Fleeing the Russians: Evacuations are Slow, Arduous, Fraught

Fleeing the Russians: Evacuations are Slow, Arduous, Fraught

To a threatening soundtrack of air raid sirens and booming artillery, civilians are fleeing towns and cities in eastern Ukraine...