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”

Clashes in English City of Bristol Leave 20 Police Injured

Clashes in English City of Bristol Leave 20 Police Injured

A protest in the English city of Bristol against new policing legislation turned into violent clashes that left at least...

EU Approves Sanctions over China, Myanmar Abuses

EU Approves Sanctions over China, Myanmar Abuses

EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday approved sanctions over abuses in China, Myanmar and Russia, as the bloc...

Japan Car Makers Scramble to Assess Impact of Renesas Auto Chip-plant Fire

Japan Car Makers Scramble to Assess Impact of Renesas Auto Chip-plant Fire

Toyota, Nissan, Honda and other Japanese automakers scrambled on Monday to assess the production impact of a fire at a Renesas Electronics automotive...

Blinken Heads to Europe to Boost Alliances

Blinken Heads to Europe to Boost Alliances

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Brussels Monday for meetings this week that the State Department says are aimed at boosting ties with the...

European Countries Enter New Lockdowns as Vaccine Campaigns Lag

European Countries Enter New Lockdowns as Vaccine Campaigns Lag

Germany will likely institute another lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus, which would make it the latest European...

Greece Set to Mobilize Private Doctors to Cope With Surging Coronavirus Infections

Greece Set to Mobilize Private Doctors to Cope With Surging Coronavirus Infections

A year ago, Greece prided itself on successfully quashing its coronavirus curve like few countries worldwide. Now, it is struggling...

Biden Condemns Turkish Withdrawal from Treaty Aimed at Protecting Women

Biden Condemns Turkish Withdrawal from Treaty Aimed at Protecting Women

U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s surprise withdrawal from a European treaty aimed at...

Russia’s Envoy to US Back in Moscow After Spat over Biden Comments

Russia’s Envoy to US Back in Moscow After Spat over Biden Comments

Russia’s ambassador to the United States returned to Moscow on Sunday after being recalled for emergency consultations amid rising tensions...

New French Dictionary Celebrates a Language That is no Longer Just French

New French Dictionary Celebrates a Language That is no Longer Just French

French language lovers could celebrate International Francophonie Day on Saturday with a new online interactive dictionary. Rolled out by the...

BioNTech Founder: We Can Get Most Germans Vaccinated by Summer’s End

BioNTech Founder: We Can Get Most Germans Vaccinated by Summer’s End

The founder of BioNTech, which partnered with Pfizer in making one of the first coronavirus vaccines to be approved for...

Brazil Seeks to Import Excess US Coronavirus Vaccines 

Brazil Seeks to Import Excess US Coronavirus Vaccines 

Brazil is in talks with the United States to import excess doses of coronavirus vaccines, its Foreign Ministry tweeted Saturday.The...

Long-Dormant Volcano Erupts Near Iceland’s Capital

Long-Dormant Volcano Erupts Near Iceland’s Capital

A volcano erupted Friday night on Iceland’s southwestern Reykjanes peninsula, following small daily earthquakes in recent weeks.The eruption lit the...

Volcano Erupts Near Iceland’s Capital

Volcano Erupts Near Iceland’s Capital

A volcano erupted near Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, on Friday, shooting lava high into the night sky after thousands of small...

Turkey’s Erdogan Quits European Treaty on Violence Against Women

Turkey’s Erdogan Quits European Treaty on Violence Against Women

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pulled Turkey out of an international accord designed to protect women, the country’s official gazette said...

UN Warns Disasters Wreak Havoc With Food Production

UN Warns Disasters Wreak Havoc With Food Production

The U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization warns of growing hunger and loss of lives and livelihoods if nations do not...

Taliban Expect US to Withdraw, Vow to Restore Islamic Rule

Taliban Expect US to Withdraw, Vow to Restore Islamic Rule

The Taliban warned Washington Friday against defying a May 1 deadline for the withdrawal of American and NATO troops from...

Media Freedom in Slovenia Under EU Scrutiny

Media Freedom in Slovenia Under EU Scrutiny

Members of the European Parliament have warned of a “chilling” environment for Slovenia’s media, with verbal assaults from senior officials...

Merkel Says She Would Take AstraZeneca Vaccine

Merkel Says She Would Take AstraZeneca Vaccine

Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday  she was ready to be vaccinated with AstraZeneca’s coronavirus jab if she is offered it,...

Biden to Nominate Former Sen. Nelson as NASA Chief

Biden to Nominate Former Sen. Nelson as NASA Chief

U.S. President Joe Biden announced Friday he plans to nominate former U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson to lead the U.S. space...

Turkey’s Political Crackdown Draws More International Concern

Turkey’s Political Crackdown Draws More International Concern

A crackdown on Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish political party appears to be broadening following Friday’s detention of a leading member of...

3 Killed in Moscow Area Apartment Blast

3 Killed in Moscow Area Apartment Blast

Emergency officials in the Moscow suburb of Khimki Friday say a gas leak caused an explosion and fire that killed...

Turkey Asks Brotherhood TV Channels to Dim Criticism of Egypt

Turkey Asks Brotherhood TV Channels to Dim Criticism of Egypt

Turkish authorities have asked three Istanbul-based Egyptian opposition TV channels to soften their critical political coverage of Egypt’s government, as...