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”

Special camp helps Ukrainian youths deal with war trauma

Special camp helps Ukrainian youths deal with war trauma

For the second year in a row, specialized summer camps are being held in Ukraine’s Carpathian Mountains for teens who...

Sweden charges woman with war crimes for allegedly torturing Yazidi women, children in Syria

Sweden charges woman with war crimes for allegedly torturing Yazidi women, children in Syria

Copenhagen, Denmark — Swedish authorities on Thursday charged a 52-year-old woman associated with the Islamic State group with genocide, crimes against...

Ukraine reports destroying 42 Russian drones targeting areas across Ukraine

Ukraine reports destroying 42 Russian drones targeting areas across Ukraine

Far-right’s fate in German regional vote could break Scholz — or remake him

Far-right’s fate in German regional vote could break Scholz — or remake him

berlin — Weeks after topping a state vote for the first time and nearly winning another, Germany’s far-right is taking aim...

Cuban dissident leader wins Norwegian human rights award

Cuban dissident leader wins Norwegian human rights award

OSLO, Norway — A Norwegian human rights foundation gave its annual prize on Thursday to jailed Cuban dissident leader Luis Manuel...

Flood-hit region leaders to meet in Poland to discuss EU aid

Flood-hit region leaders to meet in Poland to discuss EU aid

Lawyers question if drugged French woman was unconscious, consented

Lawyers question if drugged French woman was unconscious, consented

AVIGNON, France — Lawyers for some of the men accused of raping an unconscious French woman who had been drugged by...

Pakistan, Russia expand economic ties amid Western sanctions

Pakistan, Russia expand economic ties amid Western sanctions

Islamabad/Washington — Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk met with Pakistani officials in Islamabad on Wednesday to deepen economic ties and...

California laws target deepfake political ads, disinformation

California laws target deepfake political ads, disinformation

Russia pledges to back Pakistan’s BRICS membership

Russia pledges to back Pakistan’s BRICS membership

islamabad — Russia expressed support Wednesday for Pakistan’s entry into the BRICS intergovernmental group of major emerging economies from the Global...

US official: China’s support for Russia’s war effort in Ukraine ‘comes from very top’ 

US official: China’s support for Russia’s war effort in Ukraine ‘comes from very top’ 

state department — A senior U.S. State Department official said Wednesday that Beijing’s support for Moscow’s defense industry comes directly from...

Pressure grows on Britain ahead of Commonwealth summit to pay slavery reparations

Pressure grows on Britain ahead of Commonwealth summit to pay slavery reparations

London — Britain is facing growing pressure to address the issue of reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and other atrocities,...

Who still uses pagers?  

Who still uses pagers?  

Pressure grows on Britain ahead of Commonwealth summit to pay slavery reparations

Pressure grows on Britain ahead of Commonwealth summit to pay slavery reparations

The three candidates vying to become the next secretary-general of the Commonwealth have all given strong backing for Britain and...

Youth group exposes Turkey’s Israel trade

Youth group exposes Turkey’s Israel trade

A group of young activists in Turkey known as 1000 Youth for Palestine is posing a rare and potent challenge...

US targets second major Chinese hacking group

US targets second major Chinese hacking group

Washington — The United States has identified and taken down a botnet campaign by China-directed hackers to further infiltrate American infrastructure...

Frenchwoman in mass rape case calls husband, other suspects ‘degenerates’

Frenchwoman in mass rape case calls husband, other suspects ‘degenerates’

AVIGNON, France — Gisele Pelicot, who was drugged and raped by dozens of men recruited by her husband, said on Wednesday...

Market in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region helps out-of-work farmers

Market in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region helps out-of-work farmers

Russia’s invasion has riddled the farmland in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region with land mines, leaving many local farmers without a job....

France’s new PM warns of ‘very serious’ financial situation

France’s new PM warns of ‘very serious’ financial situation

Paris — France’s budgetary situation is “very serious,” Prime Minister Michel Barnier told AFP on Wednesday, saying more information was needed...

Deadly Portugal wildfires force new evacuations

Deadly Portugal wildfires force new evacuations

Lisbon — Deadly wildfires raging in Portugal have forced more people to evacuate their homes as crews battled dozens of blazes on...

‘End of an era’: UK to shut last coal-fired power plant 

‘End of an era’: UK to shut last coal-fired power plant 

Ratcliffe on Soar, United Kingdom — Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station has dominated the landscape of the English East Midlands for nearly 60...

EU court confirms Qualcomm’s antitrust fine, with minor reduction

EU court confirms Qualcomm’s antitrust fine, with minor reduction

brussels — Europe’s second-top court largely confirmed on Wednesday an EU antitrust fine imposed on U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm, revising it down...