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”

Belarus Opposition Leader Alleges Journalist from Diverted Plane Beaten in Detention

Belarus Opposition Leader Alleges Journalist from Diverted Plane Beaten in Detention

Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said Tuesday it is clear that Raman Pratasevich, the journalist arrested Sunday after the passenger...

Smartphone Vision Test Administers At-Home Eye Exams

Smartphone Vision Test Administers At-Home Eye Exams

Some might put off a visit to the eye doctor, but one company has come up with a way for...

BBC Under Mounting Pressure Over Princess Diana Interview

BBC Under Mounting Pressure Over Princess Diana Interview

Britain’s storied BBC is preparing for its centennial next year, but the public broadcaster has been plunged into a major...

EU Sanctions Belarus Over Plane Diversion, Blogger Arrest

EU Sanctions Belarus Over Plane Diversion, Blogger Arrest

The European Union is urging member nations to close their airspace and airports to all Belarusian airlines after Belarus forced...

EU Sanctions Belarus Over Plane Diversion, Arrest of Journalist

EU Sanctions Belarus Over Plane Diversion, Arrest of Journalist

The European Union is urging member nations to close their airspace and airports to all Belarusian airlines after Belarus forced...

Poland to Acquire 24 Turkish-Made Combat Drones

Poland to Acquire 24 Turkish-Made Combat Drones

Turkey and Poland have signed a deal for the sale of Turkish-made combat drones, making Poland the first NATO and...

India, Twitter Dispute Intensifies Over Alleged ‘Manipulated Media’

India, Twitter Dispute Intensifies Over Alleged ‘Manipulated Media’

Indian police officials say they visited Twitter’s Delhi and Gurgaon offices to serve notice to the company’s managing director concerning...

Italy Launches Probe Into Cable Car Crash That Killed 14

Italy Launches Probe Into Cable Car Crash That Killed 14

An investigation into the cable car crash that left 14 people dead in Italy will focus on why a cable...

Lithuanian University Student Detained with Belarusian Blogger

Lithuanian University Student Detained with Belarusian Blogger

A law student from European Humanities University (EHU) was detained along with a Belarusian blogger after Belarus forced their commercial...

Italy Eurovision Winners Return Home to Cheers, a Drug Test

Italy Eurovision Winners Return Home to Cheers, a Drug Test

The Italian glam rock band that won the Eurovision Song Contest returned home Sunday to the adulation of fans, congratulations...

EU Fury Mounts After Belarus Forces Landing of Plane Carrying Opposition Blogger

EU Fury Mounts After Belarus Forces Landing of Plane Carrying Opposition Blogger

European leaders are vowing to punish Belarus for illegally diverting to Minsk Sunday a Lithuanian-bound Ryanair flight carrying a fugitive...

Italy Cable Car Accident Kills 14

Italy Cable Car Accident Kills 14

At least 14 people, including two children, were killed Sunday in northern Italy when a cable car popular among tourists fell 20 meters...

Italian Eurovision Singer to Take ‘Voluntary Drug Test,’ Organizers Say

Italian Eurovision Singer to Take ‘Voluntary Drug Test,’ Organizers Say

The singer for Italy’s Eurovision Song Contest winning rockers Maneskin will take a voluntary drug test after denying speculation that...

Belarus Journalist Arrested after Flight Diverted to Minsk 

Belarus Journalist Arrested after Flight Diverted to Minsk 

A Belarusian journalist wanted by the government of Alexander Lukashenko was arrested after the plane he was traveling on made...

UK Plans Fully Digital Border to Provide Accurate Immigration Numbers

UK Plans Fully Digital Border to Provide Accurate Immigration Numbers

Britain will fully digitize its border, allowing accurate counting of people entering and leaving the country, the government said.  The...

Shamed BBC Journalist Apologizes Over Diana Interview 

Shamed BBC Journalist Apologizes Over Diana Interview 

Martin Bashir, the BBC journalist who tricked princess Diana into giving an explosive interview, on Sunday apologized to Princes William...

Rock Band Maneskin Wins Eurovision Song Contest for Italy

Rock Band Maneskin Wins Eurovision Song Contest for Italy

Move over sequins, disco beats and power ballads. A four-piece band of Italian rockers won the Eurovision Song Contest in...

Ex-BBC Head Quits Gallery Job Amid Diana Interview Fallout

Ex-BBC Head Quits Gallery Job Amid Diana Interview Fallout

Tony Hall, who was director of BBC news and current affairs at the time of the public broadcaster’s explosive 1995...

US Blacklists 13 Russian Ships in Nord Stream 2

US Blacklists 13 Russian Ships in Nord Stream 2

The United States formally blacklisted more than a dozen Russian ships involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2...

UNESCO Exhibit in Venice Focuses on Rebuilding Mosul Sites

UNESCO Exhibit in Venice Focuses on Rebuilding Mosul Sites

The United Nations’ cultural agency has opened an exhibit detailing plans to restore multicultural landmarks in the Iraqi city of...

Ransomware Moves from ‘Economic Nuisance’ to National Security Threat

Ransomware Moves from ‘Economic Nuisance’ to National Security Threat

The recent cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline, the operator of the largest petroleum pipeline in the U.S., shows how internet criminals...

US Sanction of Former Albanian PM Sends Message but Raises Questions

US Sanction of Former Albanian PM Sends Message but Raises Questions

The sanctioning of Albania’s former leader for “significant corruption” is being cast as part of a drive by the new...