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”

Britain Reverses Course on ‘Vaccine Passports’ for Nightclubs

Britain Reverses Course on ‘Vaccine Passports’ for Nightclubs

Britain’s Health Ministry announced Sunday that it would reverse its decision to require ‘vaccine passports’ for Britons entering nightclubs and...

Country Violators to be Scrutinized by UN Human Rights Council 

Country Violators to be Scrutinized by UN Human Rights Council 

The human rights records of more than 40 countries will come under scrutiny by the 47-member United Nations Human Rights...

Britain Expected to Announce Plans to Inoculate 12-to-15-Year-Olds 

Britain Expected to Announce Plans to Inoculate 12-to-15-Year-Olds 

The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported early Sunday that it has recorded 224.3 million global COVID-19 infections and 4.6...

Pope in Orban’s Hungary at Start of 4-Day Europe Trip

Pope in Orban’s Hungary at Start of 4-Day Europe Trip

Pope Francis arrived in Hungary early Sunday at the start of his first big international outing since undergoing intestinal surgery...

Pope Francis Meets Viktor Orban in Worldview Clash

Pope Francis Meets Viktor Orban in Worldview Clash

Pope Francis arrives in Budapest on Sunday morning to celebrate a Mass, with eyes focused on his meeting with the...

Pope Travels to Hungary, Slovakia in First Post-surgery Trip

Pope Travels to Hungary, Slovakia in First Post-surgery Trip

Pope Francis travels to Hungary and Slovakia Sunday on his first foreign trip since undergoing surgery in July. He will...

Spanish TV Apologizes for Racist Comment About Black Madrid Player

Spanish TV Apologizes for Racist Comment About Black Madrid Player

Spain’s state television on Friday condemned a racist comment made by a guest sports commentator during the presentation of Real...

Apple Must Loosen App Store Grip, Judge Says; What’s the Impact? 

Apple Must Loosen App Store Grip, Judge Says; What’s the Impact? 

Apple will be forced to loosen the grip it holds on its App Store payment system, a U.S. federal judge...

Prince Andrew Receives Lawsuit Accusing Him of Sexual Abuse 

Prince Andrew Receives Lawsuit Accusing Him of Sexual Abuse 

Britain’s Prince Andrew has been served with a lawsuit by a woman accusing him of sexually assaulting and battering her...

Russia Completes Nord Stream 2 Construction, Gas Not Yet Flowing

Russia Completes Nord Stream 2 Construction, Gas Not Yet Flowing

Gazprom said Friday it had finished construction of the Nord Stream 2 subsea pipeline to Germany, completing Moscow’s project to...

Ukrainian President Says War With Russia Is Worst-case Possibility

Ukrainian President Says War With Russia Is Worst-case Possibility

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Friday that all-out war with neighboring Russia was a possibility, and that he wanted to...

With NATO Forces Gone, Russia Looks South to Afghanistan, Warily

With NATO Forces Gone, Russia Looks South to Afghanistan, Warily

Russia has been treading carefully in its dealings with the Taliban, engaging with them but so far withholding formal recognition...

Russia Says Divisive Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Complete

Russia Says Divisive Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Complete

Moscow announced Friday the completion of the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which critics say will increase Europe’s dependence...

Afghan Withdrawal Raises Questions, But Saving Lives Comes First, Says Albanian Prime Minister

Afghan Withdrawal Raises Questions, But Saving Lives Comes First, Says Albanian Prime Minister

In an interview Thursday, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said there are questions about how the U.S. troop withdrawal from...

Denmark Lifts All COVID Curbs

Denmark Lifts All COVID Curbs

With no masks in sight, buzzing offices and concerts drawing tens of thousands, Denmark on Friday ditches vaccine passports in...

Advances in Magnets Move Distant Nuclear Fusion Dream Closer

Advances in Magnets Move Distant Nuclear Fusion Dream Closer

Teams working on two continents have marked similar milestones in their respective efforts to tap an energy source key to...

BRICS Nations Say Afghan Territory Should Not Be Used by Terror Groups 

BRICS Nations Say Afghan Territory Should Not Be Used by Terror Groups 

Leaders of the BRICS nations discussed Afghanistan at a virtual summit Thursday, with participants underscoring the importance of preventing terrorists...

Britain Threatens to Send Migrant Boats Back to France 

Britain Threatens to Send Migrant Boats Back to France 

Britain has approved plans to turn away boats illegally carrying migrants to its shores, deepening a rift with France over...

Costs, Opportunity Prompt More Honduran Migrants to Choose Spain Over US

Costs, Opportunity Prompt More Honduran Migrants to Choose Spain Over US

Organized crime, a struggling economy, and repression continue to drive many Central Americans from their homelands with increasing numbers opting to head for Spain,...

Europe Medicines Agency Considering 4 Additional COVID Vaccines

Europe Medicines Agency Considering 4 Additional COVID Vaccines

Europe’s drug regulator, the European Medicines Agency, said Thursday it is reviewing four additional COVID-19 vaccines and could issue new...

14 Dead in North Macedonia After Fire Rips Through COVID Field Hospital

14 Dead in North Macedonia After Fire Rips Through COVID Field Hospital

Fourteen people are dead and several more were injured after a fire ripped through a North Macedonia COVID-19 field hospital...

2015 Paris Terror Attack Trial Expected to Last Nine Months

2015 Paris Terror Attack Trial Expected to Last Nine Months

The next nine months will determine the fate of 20 people on trial for the 2015 terror attacks in Paris....