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”

Rights Group says More than 300 Detained in Belarus Protests 

Rights Group says More than 300 Detained in Belarus Protests 

Police in Belarus have detained dozens of anti-government demonstrators who gathered for the 13th consecutive Sunday of protests to call...

How Will President Joe Biden Approach Russia?

How Will President Joe Biden Approach Russia?

U.S. presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, when first elected, both thought they could establish a rapport with Russian...

World Leaders Offer Congratulations to Biden, Harris

World Leaders Offer Congratulations to Biden, Harris

After days of shying away from comment on America’s presidential election, world leaders including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and...

Slovakia’s Second Round of Coronavirus Tests Draws Large Crowds

Slovakia’s Second Round of Coronavirus Tests Draws Large Crowds

Slovakia held a second round of nationwide coronavirus testing on Saturday in an effort to curb increasing infections, with more...

UN Rights Chief Urges Halt to Ethiopia Violence, Dialogue to Restore Peace 

UN Rights Chief Urges Halt to Ethiopia Violence, Dialogue to Restore Peace 

Ethiopia’s stability is on the line as the recent outburst of fierce fighting in the country’s Tigray and Oromia regions...

Britain Begins COVID Mass Testing in Liverpool

Britain Begins COVID Mass Testing in Liverpool

As Britain battles a surge in coronavirus infections with a nationwide monthlong lockdown, an ambitious mass testing pilot project has...

16 Million Italians Begin Lockdown as Death Toll Hits Six-month High

16 Million Italians Begin Lockdown as Death Toll Hits Six-month High

In parts of Italy, 16 million people went into lockdown Friday as the country moved to prevent another wave of...

Denmark Starts Lockdown, Millions of Minks Culled Due to COVID Mutation

Denmark Starts Lockdown, Millions of Minks Culled Due to COVID Mutation

A lockdown in Denmark began Friday as officials ordered millions of minks – farmed for their fur – to be...

EU Set to Impose Tariffs on $4 Billion in US Goods Next Week

EU Set to Impose Tariffs on $4 Billion in US Goods Next Week

The European Union is poised to move next week to impose tariffs on $4 billion of U.S. imports in retaliation...

Poland Sets Record for Daily COVID-19 Cases

Poland Sets Record for Daily COVID-19 Cases

Health officials in Poland reported a record number of coronavirus-related deaths on Friday as the first treatments began for patients...

Austria Shuts Mosques Frequented by Vienna Attacker

Austria Shuts Mosques Frequented by Vienna Attacker

Austria has closed a mosque and an Islamic association frequented by a man who shot four people dead in a...

Russia Sets New Daily Record of COVID Cases

Russia Sets New Daily Record of COVID Cases

Russia reported 20,582 new COVID cases Friday, a record daily high. Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman, did not give any details about...

Greece Orders Nationwide COVID-19 Lockdown

Greece Orders Nationwide COVID-19 Lockdown

Greece has ordered a three-week nationwide lockdown to help contain a dramatic resurgence of COVID-19 infections. It is the second...

Tech Firms Battle Users to Stop Spread of Election Misinformation

Tech Firms Battle Users to Stop Spread of Election Misinformation

With election-related emotions running high in the U.S., Twitter, Facebook and other internet firms are trying different ways to address...

Leader of Serbian Orthodox Church Hospitalized With Coronavirus 

Leader of Serbian Orthodox Church Hospitalized With Coronavirus 

The 90-year-old leader of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Irinej, was sent to a military hospital in Belgrade this week...

Kosovo’s Thaci Arrested, Moved to Hague to Face War Crimes Charges

Kosovo’s Thaci Arrested, Moved to Hague to Face War Crimes Charges

Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, a wartime hero turned politician, was arrested and transferred Thursday to the detention center of...

Austrian Envoy Lauds Concern From US Presidential Candidates 

Austrian Envoy Lauds Concern From US Presidential Candidates 

U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic Party challenger Joe Biden clearly had much on their minds just hours before polls...

Swedish PM Self-Isolates as Nation Reports Coronavirus Surge

Swedish PM Self-Isolates as Nation Reports Coronavirus Surge

Sweden’s prime minister announced Thursday he has gone into protective self-isolation after a person close to him encountered someone who...

Twitter, Facebook Flag Misleading Comments About US Election

Twitter, Facebook Flag Misleading Comments About US Election

With the result of the U.S. presidential race still uncertain Wednesday, Twitter and Facebook took new steps to flag potentially...

In Europe, Calls Grow Louder for United Front Against ‘Political Islam’

In Europe, Calls Grow Louder for United Front Against ‘Political Islam’

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is urging fellow European leaders to form a common front against what some leaders call “political...

No Matter Who Wins US Vote, Paris Wants a Reset

No Matter Who Wins US Vote, Paris Wants a Reset

As people wait to see who will be confirmed the winner of the U.S. presidential election, politicians and analysts in...

Greece to Start Three-week National COVID-19 Lockdown

Greece to Start Three-week National COVID-19 Lockdown

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced a three-week nationwide lockdown beginning Saturday to prevent a surge in COVID-19 infections...