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”

Aid Group Welcomes Ukraine Refugees With Hot Meal in Poland

Aid Group Welcomes Ukraine Refugees With Hot Meal in Poland

In just three weeks, amid Russia’s invasion, an estimated 3 million people have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries, including Poland...

Russia Says YouTube Users Spreading ‘Terrorist’ Threats

Russia Says YouTube Users Spreading ‘Terrorist’ Threats

Russian internet regulator Roskomnadzor has accused Google’s YouTube of “spreading threats against citizens of the Russian Federation” in a statement...

Man Who Grew Up With War in Iraq Now in Kyiv Using His Business to Help

Man Who Grew Up With War in Iraq Now in Kyiv Using His Business to Help

When Iraqi-born American entrepreneur Emad Ballack watched footage of war breaking out in Ukraine from his office in Iraq’s northern...

Swiss Ambassador: Ukraine War Is Challenge to International Law

Swiss Ambassador: Ukraine War Is Challenge to International Law

“I was thinking of a hashtag, ‘Even Switzerland,'” Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud said half jokingly, noting that U.S. President Joe Biden...

Putin Tells Mass Rally That Russia Will Prevail in Ukraine

Putin Tells Mass Rally That Russia Will Prevail in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin used a rally before a packed soccer stadium on Friday to justify the invasion of Ukraine,...

Russian Missiles Strike Near Lviv Airport, Survivors Emerge From Mariupol Theater

Russian Missiles Strike Near Lviv Airport, Survivors Emerge From Mariupol Theater

Several Russian missiles were targeted at a western Ukrainian area near Lviv’s airport Friday. The airport was not hit, according...

British Regulator Revokes License of Russia-Backed Broadcaster RT

British Regulator Revokes License of Russia-Backed Broadcaster RT

Britain’s communications regulator has revoked the license of Russian-backed broadcaster RT amid investigations of its coverage of the Ukraine war....

Nigerian Medical Students Who Fled Ukraine Continue Education Online

Nigerian Medical Students Who Fled Ukraine Continue Education Online

A sixth-year medical student at Ternopil National Medical University in Ukraine, Dominic Oru, a Nigerian, was two months from completing...

More Assertive Japan Stands Up to Russia Over Ukraine

More Assertive Japan Stands Up to Russia Over Ukraine

Pallets loaded onto the Japanese Self-Defense Force cargo aircraft this month contained bulletproof vests, helmets, and other nonlethal military equipment...

Australia Sanctions Russian Billionaires With Mining Industry Links

Australia Sanctions Russian Billionaires With Mining Industry Links

Australia imposed sanctions on Friday on two Russian oligarchs with links to its mining industry, one of them a billionaire...

US Sees No Letup in Russian Influence Operations

US Sees No Letup in Russian Influence Operations

According to U.S. and Ukrainian officials, Moscow’s efforts to win over the world with its accounts of events in Ukraine...

Canada Offers 3 Years of Temporary Residency to Ukrainians

Canada Offers 3 Years of Temporary Residency to Ukrainians

Ottawa announced Thursday it was establishing a new immigration program that would offer Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion a temporary...

UN: Ukraine’s Humanitarian Situation Worsening Daily

UN: Ukraine’s Humanitarian Situation Worsening Daily

The head of the World Health Organization said Thursday that “the lifesaving medicine” needed in Ukraine is peace. “Prolonged conflict...

Turkey’s Opposition to Russian Sanctions Stokes Suspicions of Sanctions-Busting 

Turkey’s Opposition to Russian Sanctions Stokes Suspicions of Sanctions-Busting 

While the United States and European Union are enforcing powerful financial and trade sanctions on Moscow and closing their airspace...

VOA Interview: AFRICOM’s General Stephen Townsend

VOA Interview: AFRICOM’s General Stephen Townsend

VOA Pentagon Correspondent Carla Babb interviews AFRICOM commander Gen. Stephen Townsend. Their conversation touches on Somalia, Russia, China and Iran....

Ukraine President Appeals for Help as US Gaze Turns to China

Ukraine President Appeals for Help as US Gaze Turns to China

Washington turned its gaze at Beijing on Thursday, with U.S. President Joe Biden scheduling a rare phone call with Chinese...

With Odesa Bracing for Attack, Moldova Sees Refugee Surge

With Odesa Bracing for Attack, Moldova Sees Refugee Surge

Russian attacks on civilians in Ukraine are pushing millions out of the country. While most have fled through Poland, more...

Amid Ukraine War Diplomacy, Macron Launches Reelection Bid

Amid Ukraine War Diplomacy, Macron Launches Reelection Bid

Less than a month before France’s first round of presidential elections, incumbent Emmanuel Macron finally laid out his campaign platform...

Resident of Kyiv Apartment Building Shelled by Russians Shares Her Experience 

Resident of Kyiv Apartment Building Shelled by Russians Shares Her Experience 

Russia is pounding residential areas in Ukraine as its invasion continues. One such attack hit a high-rise apartment building in...

Experts Warn Russian Mercenaries in Africa May Be Headed to Ukraine

Experts Warn Russian Mercenaries in Africa May Be Headed to Ukraine

Russia has been deploying mercenaries to African countries for years. New reports indicate some of those battle-hardened soldiers may be...

Russian Refuseniks Endure Hostility, Suffer Grief, But Say Impossible to Stay in Putin’s Russia  

Russian Refuseniks Endure Hostility, Suffer Grief, But Say Impossible to Stay in Putin’s Russia  

Using the same kind of rough street language he used 22 years ago when talking about rubbing out Chechen rebels...

VOA Exclusive: Efforts Being Made to Recruit Wagner Mercenaries for Ukraine, AFRICOM Commander Says

VOA Exclusive: Efforts Being Made to Recruit Wagner Mercenaries for Ukraine, AFRICOM Commander Says

The Russian Wagner Group mercenary organization has tried to enlist some of its units in Africa to fight for Russia...