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”

France to Pull More Than 2,000 Troops From Africa’s Sahel

France to Pull More Than 2,000 Troops From Africa’s Sahel

France will withdraw more than 2,000 troops from an anti-extremism force in Africa’s Sahel region by early next year and...

Diverse England Team Wins Fans in Nation Eager for Good News

Diverse England Team Wins Fans in Nation Eager for Good News

Hannah Kumari has been an English soccer fan since childhood, but she never wanted to fly an England flag. Until...

Biden, Putin Discuss Ransomware Attacks From Russia

Biden, Putin Discuss Ransomware Attacks From Russia

U.S. President Joe Biden said he discussed recent ransomware attacks on the U.S. from Russia in a phone call Friday...

Language Issues Slow Turkey’s Vaccination of Kurds

Language Issues Slow Turkey’s Vaccination of Kurds

Turkey is claiming success in its COVID immunization campaign, but the majority Kurdish region lags far behind the rest of the...

British Police Officer Pleads Guilty in Murder of Sarah Everard

British Police Officer Pleads Guilty in Murder of Sarah Everard

A London Metropolitan Police officer pleaded guilty Friday to the murder of 33-year-old Sarah Everard, whose disappearance and subsequent murder...

Pope Francis Continues Surgical Recovery, Will Deliver Sunday Blessing

Pope Francis Continues Surgical Recovery, Will Deliver Sunday Blessing

A Vatican spokesman said Pope Francis is continuing to recover from intestinal surgery performed earlier this week and will deliver...

Moldova to Hold Vote Pitting Reformists Against Pro-Russians

Moldova to Hold Vote Pitting Reformists Against Pro-Russians

Moldovan voters go to the polls this weekend in a snap parliamentary election that could decide whether the former Soviet...

Taliban Seize More Territory,  Say They Control Most of Afghanistan

Taliban Seize More Territory, Say They Control Most of Afghanistan

KABUL / MOSCOW – Taliban officials said on Friday the Sunni Muslim insurgent group had taken control of 85% of territory in...

Swedish Plane Carrying Skydivers Crashes, Killing 9

Swedish Plane Carrying Skydivers Crashes, Killing 9

Police in Sweden say a small plane carrying skydivers crashed outside the south-central city of Orebro late Thursday, killing all...

Tax Reform Tops Agenda as G-20 Finance Chiefs Meet in Venice

Tax Reform Tops Agenda as G-20 Finance Chiefs Meet in Venice

Finance ministers and central bankers from the group of 20 rich countries will meet face to face on Friday for...

Buddhist Digital Amulets Mark Thai Entry Into Crypto Art Craze

Buddhist Digital Amulets Mark Thai Entry Into Crypto Art Craze

Karmic fortune has arrived to the digital art market, with a kaleidoscopic splash of colors and the face of a...

As France Plans to Shrink Sahel Force, Jihadi Threat Grows

As France Plans to Shrink Sahel Force, Jihadi Threat Grows

During a grueling, weekslong mission in northern Mali, French soldiers were confronted by a familiar threat: Extremists trying to impose...

Oxfam: 11 People Die of Hunger Each Minute Around the Globe

Oxfam: 11 People Die of Hunger Each Minute Around the Globe

Anti-poverty organization Oxfam said Thursday that 11 people die of hunger each minute and that the number facing faminelike conditions...

Montenegro Close to Deal on Lifting Chinese Debt Burden: Minister

Montenegro Close to Deal on Lifting Chinese Debt Burden: Minister

Montenegro is weeks away from securing a deal to either swap or refinance with European and U.S. banks nearly $1...

Lithuanian, Spanish Leaders Interrupted by Jets Scrambling to Intercept Russian Planes

Lithuanian, Spanish Leaders Interrupted by Jets Scrambling to Intercept Russian Planes

A news conference with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at a NATO airbase in Lithuania...

Britain Confirms Most UK Troops Have Left Afghanistan 

Britain Confirms Most UK Troops Have Left Afghanistan 

The UK says most of its troops have left Afghanistan.    Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed the news Thursday, saying...

Britain to Ease Restrictions on Fully-vaccinated Travelers

Britain to Ease Restrictions on Fully-vaccinated Travelers

Britain’s transportation secretary said Thursday that, beginning July 19, British residents, who are fully vaccinated, will no longer have to...

UK Pandemic Hammered Minorities, Self-employed, Study Finds

UK Pandemic Hammered Minorities, Self-employed, Study Finds

Ethnic minorities, the self-employed and low-income families in Britain suffered greater deprivation levels during the coronavirus pandemic despite “surprisingly positive”...

Chinese Social Media Giant WeChat Shuts LGBT Accounts

Chinese Social Media Giant WeChat Shuts LGBT Accounts

 China’s most popular social media service has deleted accounts on LGBT topics run by university students and nongovernment groups, prompting...

Greece Still Hopes to Halt German Submarine Deal with Turkey

Greece Still Hopes to Halt German Submarine Deal with Turkey

The Greeks are redoubling a monthslong diplomatic effort to persuade Germany to stop selling submarines to Turkey, saying that the...

Pope Francis Recovery ‘Regular and Satisfactory’

Pope Francis Recovery ‘Regular and Satisfactory’

A Vatican spokesman said Wednesday Pope Francis’ recovery from intestinal surgery continues to be “regular and satisfactory.”   In a...

US Finalizes Ban on Belarus Travel Over Forced Landing

US Finalizes Ban on Belarus Travel Over Forced Landing

The Transportation Department issued a final order Tuesday that blocks most travel between the United States and Belarus, underscoring Washington’s...