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”

La Palma’s Cumbre Vieja Volcano Still Erupting One Week Later

La Palma’s Cumbre Vieja Volcano Still Erupting One Week Later

The Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Spanish Canary Islands continues to spew lava and debris, one week after it erupted...

Switzerland Votes on Allowing Same-Sex Marriage

Switzerland Votes on Allowing Same-Sex Marriage

A contentious campaign comes to a head Sunday as Swiss voters go to the polls to decide on whether same-sex...

Majority of Women in Iceland’s New Parliament, European First

Majority of Women in Iceland’s New Parliament, European First

In a first in Europe, women hold more than half of the seats in Iceland’s new parliament, final election results...

Germany Votes for New Leader

Germany Votes for New Leader

Germany’s 60 million eligible voters will set their country on a new course in Sunday’s parliamentary elections. The winning lawmakers...

Iceland Government Poised to Win Majority, but Future Uncertain

Iceland Government Poised to Win Majority, but Future Uncertain

Iceland’s government was poised to win a majority in Saturday’s election, early results showed, though it remained to be seen...

World Recognition of Taliban ‘Not on Table,’ Russia Says at UN

World Recognition of Taliban ‘Not on Table,’ Russia Says at UN

International recognition of the Taliban “at the present juncture is not on the table,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said...

UK to Offer 10,500 Post-Brexit Visas to Counter Growing Worker Crisis

UK to Offer 10,500 Post-Brexit Visas to Counter Growing Worker Crisis

Britain will issue up to 10,500 temporary work visas to truck drivers and poultry workers to ease chronic staff shortages,...

Long Queues, Fuel Rationing Occur as Britain Faces Truck Driver Shortage

Long Queues, Fuel Rationing Occur as Britain Faces Truck Driver Shortage

Lengthy queues of vehicles snaked their way to gas stations in Britain on Saturday where an acute shortage of truck...

Icelanders Vote in Volatile Election With Climate in Mind 

Icelanders Vote in Volatile Election With Climate in Mind 

Icelanders were voting Saturday in a general election dominated by climate change, with an unprecedented number of political parties likely...

Merkel Makes Final Push for Successor in Germany’s Knife-Edge Polls

Merkel Makes Final Push for Successor in Germany’s Knife-Edge Polls

Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans Saturday to give her would-be successor Armin Laschet their vote to shape Germany’s future, in...

Women in Turkey Take to Their Bikes to Cycle for Recognition, Equality

Women in Turkey Take to Their Bikes to Cycle for Recognition, Equality

Women in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority province Diyarbakir cycled their well-decorated bikes to raise awareness about female cyclists in traffic. VOA’s Mahmut...

Refugees in Turkey Fearful as Sentiment Turns Against Them

Refugees in Turkey Fearful as Sentiment Turns Against Them

Fatima Alzahra Shon thinks neighbors attacked her and her son in their Istanbul apartment building because she is Syrian.  ...

‘A Lot of Impatience’: Youth Climate Protesters Return to the Streets

‘A Lot of Impatience’: Youth Climate Protesters Return to the Streets

Young climate activists from Greta Thunberg’s Friday for Future movement resumed mass street protests on Friday for the first time...

Flights Scrapped as New Volcanic Eruptions Hit Canaries

Flights Scrapped as New Volcanic Eruptions Hit Canaries

Fresh volcanic eruptions in Spain’s Canary Islands prompted the cancellation of flights, airport authorities said Friday, the first since the...

US Cautions Mali About Using Russian Mercenaries

US Cautions Mali About Using Russian Mercenaries

A potential deal to bring as many as 1,000 Russian mercenaries to Mali is likely to further destabilize the country,...

Huawei Executive Resolves Criminal Charges in Deal with US 

Huawei Executive Resolves Criminal Charges in Deal with US 

A top executive of Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies has resolved criminal charges against her as part of a deal...

Namibian Protesters Storm Parliament, Criticize German Genocide Compensation

Namibian Protesters Storm Parliament, Criticize German Genocide Compensation

Namibian activists and opposition members stormed parliament this week over a deal with Germany to atone for a colonial genocide...

UN Rights Chief Sounds Alarm on Growing Abuses in Belarus

UN Rights Chief Sounds Alarm on Growing Abuses in Belarus

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michele Bachelet reported the human rights situation in Belarus continues to worsen, as President Alexander...

Canary Island Volcano Eruption Continues for Sixth Day

Canary Island Volcano Eruption Continues for Sixth Day

Officials on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma say the Cumbre Vieja volcano continued to erupt Friday, spewing lava...

Catalan Separatist Leader Puigdemont Due in Court After Italy Arrest

Catalan Separatist Leader Puigdemont Due in Court After Italy Arrest

Exiled former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont was awaiting a court hearing in Italy Friday following his arrest four years after...

South Africans Want Their Country Off Britain’s COVID Travel ‘Red List’

South Africans Want Their Country Off Britain’s COVID Travel ‘Red List’

Britain is gradually easing COVID-19 travel restrictions among African countries on its so-called red list at highest risk of spreading...

UK In Talks with Westinghouse Over New Nuclear Power Plant in Wales, Times Says

UK In Talks with Westinghouse Over New Nuclear Power Plant in Wales, Times Says

Britain is in talks with U.S. nuclear reactor company Westinghouse on building a new atomic power plant on Anglesey in...