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”

Erdogan Pushes to Reconvert Hagia Sophia into Mosque

Erdogan Pushes to Reconvert Hagia Sophia into Mosque

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces a growing backlash over plans to convert Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia, the former Greek Orthodox...

Germany Sees Right-Wing Extremism as Top Security Threat

Germany Sees Right-Wing Extremism as Top Security Threat

Germany’s interior minister said Thursday right-wing extremism represents the biggest security threat to the nation, as Germany saw a significant...

Srebrenica Anniversary Prompts Reflection by Bosnian-Americans

Srebrenica Anniversary Prompts Reflection by Bosnian-Americans

Behidin Piric never had the chance to know his maternal grandfather.In 2009, the St. Louis, Missouri, resident received a phone...

Depp, At Libel Trial, Says Heard Relationship Was ‘Tailspin’

Depp, At Libel Trial, Says Heard Relationship Was ‘Tailspin’

Johnny Depp denied assaulting ex-wife Amber Heard on a private Caribbean island and during a furious rampage in Australia in...

War Crimes Prosecutors to Interview Kosovo President 

War Crimes Prosecutors to Interview Kosovo President 

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci will go to The Hague on Monday to be interviewed by international war crimes prosecutors.Thaci was...

Britain in Huawei Dilemma as China Relations Sour 

Britain in Huawei Dilemma as China Relations Sour 

There is growing speculation that Britain may be about to reverse course and ban Chinese firm Huawei from Britain’s rollout of 5G...

Facebook Removes False Accounts Linked to Brazil’s Bolsonaro

Facebook Removes False Accounts Linked to Brazil’s Bolsonaro

Social media giant Facebook said Wednesday that it had removed dozens of accounts linked to supporters or employees of Brazilian...

Britain In Huawei Dilemma as China Relations Sour

Britain In Huawei Dilemma as China Relations Sour

There is growing speculation that Britain may be about to reverse course and ban the Chinese firm Huawei from its...

Serbian President Retracts COVID-19 Curfew After 60 Hurt in Violence

Serbian President Retracts COVID-19 Curfew After 60 Hurt in Violence

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has retracted his decision to reimpose a coronavirus curfew and has urged people to stop attending...

China’s Rival to GPS Navigation Carries Big Risks

China’s Rival to GPS Navigation Carries Big Risks

After more than 20 years of effort, China completed its satellite navigation system last Tuesday when the last of BeiDou’s...

20-Meter Crane Collapses in London

20-Meter Crane Collapses in London

Emergency Service officials in London say a rescue operation is under way after a 20-meter construction crane collapsed late Wednesday...

Lithuania Bans Russian Broadcaster RT Over Kremlin Ties

Lithuania Bans Russian Broadcaster RT Over Kremlin Ties

Lithuania took Russian broadcaster RT off-air on Wednesday, citing the channel’s ties to EU-sanctioned Russian media executive Dmitry Kiselyov.   The move...

Russian Journalists Fear Growing Media Persecution After Treason Arrest 

Russian Journalists Fear Growing Media Persecution After Treason Arrest 

Russian journalists have launched a petition demanding treason allegations against a former reporter be made public, fearing the case is...

British Prime Minister Takes Responsibility for COVID-19 Response

British Prime Minister Takes Responsibility for COVID-19 Response

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday he takes full responsibility for the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, two...

Britain Launches New Inquiry Into Sex Abuse by Aid Workers

Britain Launches New Inquiry Into Sex Abuse by Aid Workers

British lawmakers will hear evidence that aid workers are demanding sex in return for assistance when they launch an inquiry...

Facebook Civil Rights Audit: ‘Serious Setbacks’ Mar Progress

Facebook Civil Rights Audit: ‘Serious Setbacks’ Mar Progress

A two-year audit of Facebook’s civil rights record found “serious setbacks” that have marred the social network’s progress on matters...

Russia Charges Former Journalist with Treason 

Russia Charges Former Journalist with Treason 

A former Russian journalist currently employed by the country’s space agency has been arrested and charged with state treason for passing...

Germany Insists Self-Regulation Not Enough for Facebook

Germany Insists Self-Regulation Not Enough for Facebook

Germany is determined to expand its attempts to regulate online hate speech even as Facebook promises to do more to...

Massive Machines Search for Smallest Pieces of Universe

Massive Machines Search for Smallest Pieces of Universe

Antimatter.It’s not just the stuff of science fiction.  The physicists working at CERN – officially the European Organization for Nuclear Research...

Cutting-Edge Doctor’s Office Features Tech, Wearables

Cutting-Edge Doctor’s Office Features Tech, Wearables

A new type of doctor’s office claims to use the latest tech and wearables to provide cutting-edge preventative health. Deana...

Britain Sanctions Russian, Saudi Officials; Is China Next Target?

Britain Sanctions Russian, Saudi Officials; Is China Next Target?

There are growing calls for Britain to also enact sanctions against human rights abusers in China, after the first such...

Dutch Police Arrest 6 Men After Discovery of ‘Torture Chambers’

Dutch Police Arrest 6 Men After Discovery of ‘Torture Chambers’

Dutch police announced Tuesday they arrested six men after discovering shipping containers that had been converted into a makeshift prison...