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”

Ukraine President Zelenskiy Tests Positive for COVID-19

Ukraine President Zelenskiy Tests Positive for COVID-19

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday became the latest world leader to test positive for COVID-19.Zelenskiy tweeted the announcement, saying...

Former Kosovo President Enters ‘Not Guilty’ Plea at War Crimes Court 

Former Kosovo President Enters ‘Not Guilty’ Plea at War Crimes Court 

Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has appeared for the first time before a war crimes court in The Hague to...

Hungary Becomes Latest European Country to Impose Lockdown

Hungary Becomes Latest European Country to Impose Lockdown

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced Monday the government will impose a partial lockdown in an attempt to slow the...

Virgin Hyperloop Hosts First Human Ride on New Transport System

Virgin Hyperloop Hosts First Human Ride on New Transport System

Richard Branson’s Virgin Hyperloop has completed the world’s first passenger ride on a super high-speed levitating pod system, the company said on Sunday,...

More Than 500 Protesters Detained in Belarus

More Than 500 Protesters Detained in Belarus

Police in Belarus arrested at least 500 people on Sunday as thousands of protesters took to the streets again to...

German Chancellor Congratulates Biden, Harris on Election Victory

German Chancellor Congratulates Biden, Harris on Election Victory

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday congratulated the new U.S. president-elect and his running mate on their projected election victory...

UK Honors War Dead in Scaled-back Remembrance Sunday Service

UK Honors War Dead in Scaled-back Remembrance Sunday Service

In a scaled-back service, Queen Elizabeth II led tributes Sunday to those from the U.K. and the Commonwealth who perished...

Turkish Finance Minister Resigns in Second Surprise Departure After Lira Slide

Turkish Finance Minister Resigns in Second Surprise Departure After Lira Slide

Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak said on Sunday he was resigning for health reasons, the second surprise departure of a...

Georgian Police Fire Water Cannon at Protesters Who Claim Polls Were Rigged

Georgian Police Fire Water Cannon at Protesters Who Claim Polls Were Rigged

Georgian police fired water cannon and tear gas against hundreds of protesters outside the Central Election Commission (CEC) on Sunday...

Greece Welcomes Biden Election Win as Hope for Stability

Greece Welcomes Biden Election Win as Hope for Stability

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was among the first foreign leaders to congratulate Joe Biden after he was projected to...

European Leaders Congratulate Winners of US Elections 

European Leaders Congratulate Winners of US Elections 

European leaders reacted positively and congratulated Joe Biden on his projected victory over Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election....

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...