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”

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 8

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 8

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

As Conflict and Climate Change Bite, Are High Food Prices Here to Stay?

As Conflict and Climate Change Bite, Are High Food Prices Here to Stay?

Food prices around the world have soared to record levels this year as the Russia-Ukraine war slashes key exports of...

Is Ukraine Conducting a Sabotage Campaign Inside Russia?

Is Ukraine Conducting a Sabotage Campaign Inside Russia?

A deadly fire at an aerospace research institute in Tver, northwest of Moscow. Another blaze at a munitions factory in...

Ukrainians Fleeing Mariupol Reach Safety in Zaporizhzhia

Ukrainians Fleeing Mariupol Reach Safety in Zaporizhzhia

Ukrainians are finding different ways to leave the areas under heavy fire along the southern front line of the Russian-Ukrainian...

Russian Blockade of Ukrainian Sea Ports Sends Food Prices Soaring

Russian Blockade of Ukrainian Sea Ports Sends Food Prices Soaring

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says global food prices stabilized last month at a very high level but...

Sinn Fein Set for Historic Win in Northern Ireland Election

Sinn Fein Set for Historic Win in Northern Ireland Election

Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein was widely expected to become the largest group in the Northern Ireland Assembly for the...

How Russia Tries to Counter Moldova Separatist Region’s Westward  Drift

How Russia Tries to Counter Moldova Separatist Region’s Westward Drift

Russia’s desire to create a land corridor to Moldova’s separatist region of Transnistria is drawing attention to Moscow’s efforts to...

Fighting in Ukraine Likely to Intensify This Weekend

Fighting in Ukraine Likely to Intensify This Weekend

Ukrainian officials have warned the country’s residents that the battles with Russian troops are likely to intensify this weekend, in...

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 7

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 7

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

Europe’s Farmers Stir Up Biogas to Offset Russian Energy

Europe’s Farmers Stir Up Biogas to Offset Russian Energy

In lush fields southwest of Paris, farmers are joining Europe’s fight to free itself from Russian gas. They’ll soon turn...

Belarus Sentences Activist’s Girlfriend to Six Years 

Belarus Sentences Activist’s Girlfriend to Six Years 

The Russian girlfriend of a Belarusian dissident, arrested with him a year ago when their plane was forced to land...

UN: Destabilizing Impact of Russia-Ukraine War Feared in Africa

UN: Destabilizing Impact of Russia-Ukraine War Feared in Africa

U.N. officials warn that soaring prices of food, fuel, fertilizers, and other commodities due to the Russia-Ukraine war could have...

Russian Court Orders Arrest in Absentia of Top Journalist Over ‘Fakes’

Russian Court Orders Arrest in Absentia of Top Journalist Over ‘Fakes’

A Moscow court on Friday ordered the arrest in absentia of Alexander Nevzorov, a prominent Russian journalist accused of spreading...

UNICEF: Ukraine War Has Devastating Psychological Impact on Children

UNICEF: Ukraine War Has Devastating Psychological Impact on Children

The U.N. Children’s Fund, UNICEF, reports the war in Ukraine is having a devastating impact on children, with tens of...

Jill Biden to Meet Ukrainian Refugees During Eastern Europe Visit

Jill Biden to Meet Ukrainian Refugees During Eastern Europe Visit

For weeks, first lady Jill Biden has been transfixed by the news coming out of Ukraine, by the bombings and...

Russian-Born Composer Gives Concerts to Raise Money for Ukraine’s Children

Russian-Born Composer Gives Concerts to Raise Money for Ukraine’s Children

When the war in Ukraine started, composer and cello player Ian Maksin immediately spoke up, condemning Russia’s aggression. Today, Maksin,...

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 6

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 6

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

Ukraine’s PM Details War Costs to VOA as Donors Dig Deep

Ukraine’s PM Details War Costs to VOA as Donors Dig Deep

Ukraine received $6.5 billion in pledges at an international donors’ conference in Warsaw Thursday.  VOA Eastern Europe Bureau Chief Myroslava...

UN Chief: More Evacuations Underway in Mariupol, Azovstal

UN Chief: More Evacuations Underway in Mariupol, Azovstal

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that a third evacuation operation is underway to assist civilians in Ukraine’s southern city...

Putin Apologizes to Israel for Lavrov’s Anti-Semitic Remarks

Putin Apologizes to Israel for Lavrov’s Anti-Semitic Remarks

Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly apologized to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for antisemitic comments made earlier this week by...

Russia Braces for Effects of Energy Export Losses

Russia Braces for Effects of Energy Export Losses

The international sanctions imposed on Russia for the invasion of Ukraine have opened a new front in the Ukraine conflict,...

 At US Urging, Fiji Seizes Russian Oligarch’s Yacht

 At US Urging, Fiji Seizes Russian Oligarch’s Yacht

Another Russian oligarch’s yacht was seized Thursday as part of efforts to punish Russia over its war in Ukraine.  At...