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”

Millennials Connect Via Social Media Challenges During COVID-19

Millennials Connect Via Social Media Challenges During COVID-19

Bingo is back, this time among millennials and Gen Zers. To stave off boredom caused by the coronavirus quarantine and connect with others,...

Nigeria Math Teacher Offers Free Lessons on Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram

Nigeria Math Teacher Offers Free Lessons on Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram

A teacher in Nigeria is offering free mathematics classes via Twitter, WhatsApp and Instagram to help struggling students affected by the coronavirus lockdown. After almost six months, more than...

Masked Belarusian Authorities Detain Another Lukashenko Opponent

Masked Belarusian Authorities Detain Another Lukashenko Opponent

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

Thousands of Refugees in Greece Displaced by Fire

Thousands of Refugees in Greece Displaced by Fire

Fire destroyed much of Greece’s largest refugee camp early Wednesday, displacing thousands of refugees and asylum-seekers amid a camp-wide outbreak...

British PM Defends New Brexit Bill to Protect UK’s ‘Internal Market’

British PM Defends New Brexit Bill to Protect UK’s ‘Internal Market’

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he plans to “press on” with proposed legislation that explicitly acknowledges his government could...

US Considering Sanctions Against Belarus After ‘Unjustified Violence and Repression’ Pompeo Says

US Considering Sanctions Against Belarus After ‘Unjustified Violence and Repression’ Pompeo Says

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday the United States is deeply concerned about attempts by the government of Belarus...

Pope Warns Against Politicizing Coronavirus Pandemic 

Pope Warns Against Politicizing Coronavirus Pandemic 

In his second public — though limited — weekly general audience, Pope Francis Wednesday appealed to people to look out for the...

US Considers Belarus Sanctions

US Considers Belarus Sanctions

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday the United States is deeply concerned about attempts by the government of Belarus...

Polish-Based Blogger Becomes Driving Force in Belarusian Protests

Polish-Based Blogger Becomes Driving Force in Belarusian Protests

Five years ago, a Belarusian teenager studying film in Poland set up a YouTube channel to show videos that he...

Iran State TV: British-Iranian Aid Worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe Faces New Charge

Iran State TV: British-Iranian Aid Worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe Faces New Charge

British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was summoned by an Iranian Revolutionary Court on Tuesday and informed about a new charge,...

Hundreds of Migrants Call for Freedom at Camp on Gran Canaria

Hundreds of Migrants Call for Freedom at Camp on Gran Canaria

A group of migrants being held at a dockside camp on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria chanted “freedom” on...

Despite Strict Lockdown, Spain Sees Sharp COVID-19 Spike

Despite Strict Lockdown, Spain Sees Sharp COVID-19 Spike

Deirdre Carney suspected she might have COVID-19 when her temperature began to fluctuate above the normal 37 degrees Celsius.  “It...

Exiled Belarus Opposition Leader Pleads for ‘Help Now’

Exiled Belarus Opposition Leader Pleads for ‘Help Now’

Exiled Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has called the situation in her country “absolutely unacceptable” and pleaded for international pressure...

‘Smart’ Mask Brainstormed by Dutch Physicians, Engineers

‘Smart’ Mask Brainstormed by Dutch Physicians, Engineers

Physicians and engineers in the Netherlands said they are developing a “smart mask” that uses sensors and data to monitor...

China Launches Data Security Initiative

China Launches Data Security Initiative

China’s foreign minister announced Tuesday the start of a global data security initiative, outlining principles that should be followed in...

Prince Harry Repays Taxpayer Money for UK Home Renovation

Prince Harry Repays Taxpayer Money for UK Home Renovation

Prince Harry has repaid 2.4 million pounds ($3.2 million) in British taxpayers’ money that was used to renovate the home...

Robot Sloths Beat Humans In Race to Save Endangered Plants

Robot Sloths Beat Humans In Race to Save Endangered Plants

Many robots are being developed and used these days to maximize speed so factories can efficiently make more products.  One...

Theater, Brinkmanship Mark Brexit Talks

Theater, Brinkmanship Mark Brexit Talks

Negotiators on both sides of the English Channel say this week is the “moment of reckoning” for a post-Brexit trade...

Fearing Virus, Parents in Spain Rise Against Back to School

Fearing Virus, Parents in Spain Rise Against Back to School

Ángela López hardly fits the profile of a rule-breaker. But the mother of a 7-year-old girl with respiratory problems has...

Belarus Border Officials Say Opposition Figure Detained Trying to Enter Ukraine

Belarus Border Officials Say Opposition Figure Detained Trying to Enter Ukraine

Belarus border officials say Maria Kolesnikova, a leading member of Belarus’ opposition, was detained early Tuesday while trying to cross into...

Amnesty Says Malta Using ‘Illegal Tactics’ Against Migrants

Amnesty Says Malta Using ‘Illegal Tactics’ Against Migrants

Amnesty International condemned Malta on Tuesday for using what it described as “illegal tactics” in the Mediterranean against immigrants making...

Belarus Opposition Figure Missing; Germany, Britain Demand Her Return

Belarus Opposition Figure Missing; Germany, Britain Demand Her Return

Maria Kolesnikova, a leading member of Belarus’ opposition, was reportedly seized Monday by unidentified men in Minsk, and Germany and...