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”

Turkey Pays Price as It Seeks to Save Tourism Amid Pandemic

Turkey Pays Price as It Seeks to Save Tourism Amid Pandemic

Turkey is seeking to save its vital tourism sector amid the coronavirus pandemic, but the easing of restrictions as part...

Thousands in Belarus Form ‘Lines of Solidarity’ in Protest

Thousands in Belarus Form ‘Lines of Solidarity’ in Protest

Crowds of protesters in Belarus swarmed the streets and thousands of workers rallied outside industrial plants Thursday to denounce a...

Russia Tightens Tax Screws on Super Wealthy

Russia Tightens Tax Screws on Super Wealthy

Russian leader Vladimir Putin is tightening the tax screws on the country’s super-rich.The Kremlin last week secured major changes to...

Facebook Beefs Up Anti-Misinfo Efforts Ahead of US Election

Facebook Beefs Up Anti-Misinfo Efforts Ahead of US Election

Beginning Thursday, U.S. Facebook users who post about voting may start seeing an addendum to their messages — labels directing...

British PM Meets Irish and Northern Irish Officials

British PM Meets Irish and Northern Irish Officials

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson traveled to Northern Ireland Thursday where he held talks with his Irish counterpart and other...

US, Slovenia to Sign 5G Joint Declaration

US, Slovenia to Sign 5G Joint Declaration

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is meeting Thursday with leaders in Slovenia, where they are set to sign a...

Fourth Straight Night of Protests in Belarus

Fourth Straight Night of Protests in Belarus

Thousands protested in Belarus for the fourth straight night Wednesday against what they said was the fraudulent election of President...

RFE/RL: Pompeo Vows US Action to Ensure ‘Good Outcome’ for Belarusian People

RFE/RL: Pompeo Vows US Action to Ensure ‘Good Outcome’ for Belarusian People

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaking about the contentious Belarusian presidential election and the ensuing police crackdown against peaceful...

As France Examines Slave-Trading Past, Corporations Are Unusually Silent

As France Examines Slave-Trading Past, Corporations Are Unusually Silent

As Black Lives Matter protests around the world topple statues and target streets and buildings linked to slavery, banks and...

Belarus Continues Crackdown Against Opposition Protesters

Belarus Continues Crackdown Against Opposition Protesters

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko continued a crackdown against opponents to his rule  — as thousands took to the streets Tuesday...

Three People Dead After Train Derailment in Scotland

Three People Dead After Train Derailment in Scotland

Officials in Scotland said three people died Wednesday and at least six others were injured when a passenger train derailed...

US Top Diplomat Warns of China’s Global Threat

US Top Diplomat Warns of China’s Global Threat

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that China’s economic power is in some ways a greater global threat than the Soviet Union was during the...

Activists Push for Spain to Legalize Migrants

Activists Push for Spain to Legalize Migrants

Like in other countries, the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is plunging many people in Spain into poverty....

Italians Enjoy Their Summer While Minding the Virus

Italians Enjoy Their Summer While Minding the Virus

Just a few months ago, Italy was seen as an example of how NOT to handle the coronavirus. Now Italians...

Belarusian Opposition Leader Flees to Lithuania

Belarusian Opposition Leader Flees to Lithuania

Protests erupted Tuesday for a third straight night in Belarus after the top opposition candidate in Sunday’s presidential election fled...

WHO in Talks With Russia About New Vaccine

WHO in Talks With Russia About New Vaccine

The World Health Organization said Tuesday said it was holding talks with Russia regarding its recently approved COVID-19 vaccine. Russia on...

Britain, France Work Together to Stop English Channel Immigration

Britain, France Work Together to Stop English Channel Immigration

British immigration minister Chris Philp said Tuesday he is working with his counterpart in France to finalize a new plan...

As Britain Deploys Navy, Brexit Complicates Boat Migrant Crisis

As Britain Deploys Navy, Brexit Complicates Boat Migrant Crisis

British and French ministers are meeting Tuesday in Paris for urgent talks on the growing migrant crisis in the English...

Italy Resumes Migrant Deportations

Italy Resumes Migrant Deportations

Twice-weekly charter flights of up to 80 people who Italian authorities describe as illegal economic migrants resumed this week from...

As Britain Deploys Navy, Brexit Complicates Boat Migrant Crisis 

As Britain Deploys Navy, Brexit Complicates Boat Migrant Crisis 

British and French ministers meet Tuesday in Paris for urgent talks on the growing migrant crisis in the English Channel....

Belarus Opposition Candidate Tsikhanouskaya Flees to Lithuania

Belarus Opposition Candidate Tsikhanouskaya Flees to Lithuania

Belarus opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said Tuesday she fled to neighboring Lithuania, after a second night of post-election demonstrations in Belarus...

Coronavirus Stops-Starts Stretching Europeans’ Patience

Coronavirus Stops-Starts Stretching Europeans’ Patience

The 17-second YouTube video mimicking Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ever shifting guidance on the coronavirus pandemic has attracted tens of...