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”

Police Fire Tear Gas as Migrants Demand to Leave Greek Island After Fire

Police Fire Tear Gas as Migrants Demand to Leave Greek Island After Fire

Angry migrants left homeless by a blaze at Europe’s largest refugee center demanded to leave the Greek island of Lesbos...

Russians Vote in Local Elections Targeted by Kremlin Critic Navalny

Russians Vote in Local Elections Targeted by Kremlin Critic Navalny

Russians vote Sunday in dozens of local elections that will be scrutinized for signs of discontent with the ruling United...

Chloe Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’ Wins Top Prize at Venice Film Fest

Chloe Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’ Wins Top Prize at Venice Film Fest

Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland,” a recession-era road trip drama starring Frances McDormand, won the Golden Lion for best film Saturday at...

Masked Men Detain Female Protesters in Belarus

Masked Men Detain Female Protesters in Belarus

Thousands of Belarusians demonstrated Saturday in Minsk to demand the release of opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova, who was jailed this...

Long-Term Solutions Sought for Migrants Displaced by Fires on Lesbos Island

Long-Term Solutions Sought for Migrants Displaced by Fires on Lesbos Island

The U.N. refugee agency is calling for long-term solutions for thousands of migrants on Greek islands who were rendered homeless...

Europe’s Wartime Memories Aggravate Resentment of Germany

Europe’s Wartime Memories Aggravate Resentment of Germany

One of Germany’s most experienced diplomats had to wait three months this year before Warsaw would approve his appointment as...

Austria Reinstates Restrictions as New COVID-19 Cases Surge

Austria Reinstates Restrictions as New COVID-19 Cases Surge

Austria’s chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, Friday announced he is reinstating mandatory mask regulations to prevent the spread of COVID-19 after cases...

French PM: No New Lockdown Despite COVID-19 Surge

French PM: No New Lockdown Despite COVID-19 Surge

French Prime Minister Jean Castex said Friday the government was not planning a new, nationwide lockdown in response to a...

Pandemic Upends Annual Ukraine Pilgrimage for Hasidic Sect

Pandemic Upends Annual Ukraine Pilgrimage for Hasidic Sect

For Rabbi Jonathan Rietti, this year would have marked his 37th consecutive visit to Uman, Ukraine, for Rosh Hashana —...

Britain Launches COVID-19 App to Boost Contact Tracing

Britain Launches COVID-19 App to Boost Contact Tracing

Britain said it will launch a new COVID-19 app across England and Wales later this month which will allow people...

What Does Beijing Want From Berlin?

What Does Beijing Want From Berlin?

China has announced that its head of state will hold a FILE – German foreign minister Heiko Maas adjusts his...

Russian Hackers Targeting US Campaigns, Microsoft Says

Russian Hackers Targeting US Campaigns, Microsoft Says

The same Russian military intelligence outfit that hacked the Democrats in 2016 has renewed vigorous U.S. election-related targeting, trying to...

Southern EU Leaders Urge Turkey to End ‘Unilateral’ Actions

Southern EU Leaders Urge Turkey to End ‘Unilateral’ Actions

Leaders of seven southern European countries on Thursday urged Turkey to end “unilateral and illegal activities” in the eastern Mediterranean...

US Sanctions 4 for Russia-linked Interference in November Presidential Election

US Sanctions 4 for Russia-linked Interference in November Presidential Election

The United States on Thursday sanctioned four Russian-linked operatives, accusing them of trying to meddle in the upcoming U.S. presidential...

For Greek Camp Migrants, COVID-19 Quarantine Was Spark

For Greek Camp Migrants, COVID-19 Quarantine Was Spark

For asylum-seekers trapped in the overcrowded facility on Greece’s island of Lesbos, Moria was hell most days. But a coronavirus...

James Bond, ‘Avengers’ Star Diana Rigg Dies at 82

James Bond, ‘Avengers’ Star Diana Rigg Dies at 82

Diana Rigg, a British actress who became a 1960s style icon as secret agent Emma Peel in TV series “The...

‘A Bargaining Chip’: Jailed British-Iranian Mother Faces New Trial in Tehran

‘A Bargaining Chip’: Jailed British-Iranian Mother Faces New Trial in Tehran

Dual British-Iranian citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, jailed for five years in Iran on spying charges, will face a new trial in...

Brazilian Surfer Breaks Own Record for Big Wave Ride

Brazilian Surfer Breaks Own Record for Big Wave Ride

The World Surf League (WSL) announced Thursday that Brazilian big wave rider Maya Gabeira beat her own world record this...

Assange Extradition Hearing Paused Over COVID-19 Risk

Assange Extradition Hearing Paused Over COVID-19 Risk

The London hearing on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition from Britain to the United States was suspended Thursday because one...

Europe Furious Over Johnson’s Plan to Override Brexit Agreement

Europe Furious Over Johnson’s Plan to Override Brexit Agreement

Brexit negotiations hit a new low this week as the European Union’s top leaders in Brussels reacted angrily to British...

EU Council President Urges Action on Belarus Sanctions

EU Council President Urges Action on Belarus Sanctions

European Council President Charles Michel has called for faster consideration of sanctions against officials in Belarus after the detention of...

Masked Men in Belarus Detain Another Lukashenko Foe

Masked Men in Belarus Detain Another Lukashenko Foe

Unidentified Belarusian authorities have detained one of the two remaining free leaders of an opposition council amid continuing protests against...