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”

Georgia Opposition Ends Parliamentary Boycott

Georgia Opposition Ends Parliamentary Boycott

Georgia’s main opposition party on Sunday announced the end of a months-long parliamentary boycott that has plunged the Caucasus nation...

Studies Reveal China’s Dominant Position in High-Tech Minerals

Studies Reveal China’s Dominant Position in High-Tech Minerals

New clean energy technologies like solar power and electric vehicles are expected to remake the global energy industry. Trillions of...

Belarus News Site Editor Arrested Over Extremism Suspicions 

Belarus News Site Editor Arrested Over Extremism Suspicions 

The chief editor of a popular internet news site in one of Belarus’ largest cities was detained Sunday on suspicion...

Ukrainian Ambassador in Thailand Dies on Resort Island

Ukrainian Ambassador in Thailand Dies on Resort Island

The Ukrainian ambassador to Thailand collapsed and died on Sunday while on a resort island with his family, authorities said.Andrii...

British Prime Minister Weds Fiancee in Secret, Reports Say 

British Prime Minister Weds Fiancee in Secret, Reports Say 

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson married his fiancee, Carrie Symonds, in a secret ceremony at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday, The...

France Reports Drop in COVID Hospitalizations

France Reports Drop in COVID Hospitalizations

France reported Saturday that the number of people in intensive care units with COVID-19 had fallen by 76 to 3,028,...

Medics March to WHO Headquarters in Climate Campaign

Medics March to WHO Headquarters in Climate Campaign

Medics concerned about the effects on public health of environmental degradation marched Saturday on the World Health Organization (WHO) in...

Talks Between Russian, Belarusian Leaders Continue Into Second Day: TASS

Talks Between Russian, Belarusian Leaders Continue Into Second Day: TASS

Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in the southern Russian town of Sochi continued...

Young Adolescents in Europe to Get Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

Young Adolescents in Europe to Get Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

Britain has confirmed yet another spike in new COVID-19 infections, with close to 4,200 cases identified across the country Friday,...

US Targets Belarus with Sanctions Amid Western Outcry Over Plane

US Targets Belarus with Sanctions Amid Western Outcry Over Plane

The United States on Friday announced punitive measures against Belarus targeting the regime of strongman President Alexander Lukashenko, who met...

EU Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for Young Adolescents

EU Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for Young Adolescents

The European Commission has authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use in children as young as 12, widening the pool...

Warsaw University Aims to Shape Future Conservative Lawyers

Warsaw University Aims to Shape Future Conservative Lawyers

An increasingly influential Polish Catholic legal institute on Friday inaugurated a university in Warsaw that aims to educate a new...

Russia Refuses to Allow 2 EU Airline Flights to Land

Russia Refuses to Allow 2 EU Airline Flights to Land

Russia refused to allow two EU-based airlines to land flights in the country to avoid Belarusian airspace days after Belarus...

Macron in South Africa for Talks on COVID Vaccine

Macron in South Africa for Talks on COVID Vaccine

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived Friday in South Africa for a lightning trip to discuss COVID vaccine access for Africa,...

Belarus Threatens West as EU Debates Severe Sanctions

Belarus Threatens West as EU Debates Severe Sanctions

President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus has threatened to retaliate for any European Union sanctions imposed on him for detaining two...

SolarWinds Hackers Targeted 150 Organizations with Phishing, Microsoft Says

SolarWinds Hackers Targeted 150 Organizations with Phishing, Microsoft Says

The state-backed Russian cyber spies behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign launched a targeted spear-phishing assault on U.S. and foreign government...

Morocco Threatens More Reprisals Over Western Sahara

Morocco Threatens More Reprisals Over Western Sahara

Morocco’s ambassador to Spain has threatened more reprisals against Madrid over its decision to allow a Western Sahara independence leader...

US Tells Russia It Won’t Rejoin Open Skies Arms Control Pact

US Tells Russia It Won’t Rejoin Open Skies Arms Control Pact

The Biden administration informed Russia on Thursday that it will not rejoin a key arms control pact, even as the...

Facebook Won’t Remove Posts Claiming COVID-19 is Human-made

Facebook Won’t Remove Posts Claiming COVID-19 is Human-made

Facebook says it will no longer remove claims that COVID-19 is human-made or manufactured “in light of ongoing investigations into...

Germany says it Committed Genocide in Namibia During Colonial Rule

Germany says it Committed Genocide in Namibia During Colonial Rule

Germany for the first time on Friday recognized it had committed genocide in Namibia during its colonial occupation, with Berlin...

Tanker’s Impossible Voyage Signals New Sanction Evasion Ploy

Tanker’s Impossible Voyage Signals New Sanction Evasion Ploy

The Cyprus-flagged oil tanker Berlina was drifting near the Caribbean island of Dominica earlier this year when tracking technology showed...

US Prosecutors Investigating Whether Ukrainians Interfered in 2020 Election, Report Says

US Prosecutors Investigating Whether Ukrainians Interfered in 2020 Election, Report Says

Federal prosecutors are investigating whether current and former Ukrainian officials unlawfully interfered in the U.S. presidential election, The New York...