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”

Facebook, Twitter Suspend Russian Network Ahead of Election

Facebook, Twitter Suspend Russian Network Ahead of Election

Facebook said Tuesday that it removed a small network of accounts and pages linked to Russia’s Internet Research Agency, the...

Under Police Gaze, Climate Protesters Return to Britain’s Streets

Under Police Gaze, Climate Protesters Return to Britain’s Streets

After a pandemic hiatus, more than a thousand mask-wearing Extinction Rebellion climate activists marched back onto London’s streets Tuesday, calling...

Budapest Touts Swimming in Fast-Flowing Danube River

Budapest Touts Swimming in Fast-Flowing Danube River

Thrill-seeking swimmers in Hungary recently challenged the fast-flowing waters of the Danube at an event aimed at encouraging Hungarians to...

Macron to Lebanon’s Leaders: Make Changes in 3 Months or Face Sanctions

Macron to Lebanon’s Leaders: Make Changes in 3 Months or Face Sanctions

French President Emmanuel Macron has given Lebanese politicians three months to take concrete steps to rebuild the country, or face...

Amazon Wins FAA Approval to Deliver Packages by Drone

Amazon Wins FAA Approval to Deliver Packages by Drone

Getting an Amazon package delivered from the sky is closer to becoming a reality.The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it...

Belarusian Opposition Leader Rejects Western Help

Belarusian Opposition Leader Rejects Western Help

The Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has told VOA the country’s political crisis is an “internal affair,” appearing to reject...

Belarusian Police Detain Demonstrators

Belarusian Police Detain Demonstrators

Belarusian authorities detained scores of demonstrators Tuesday as university students protested in Minsk to demand the resignation of authoritarian President...

How China Dominates Global Battery Supply Chain

How China Dominates Global Battery Supply Chain

After years of planning, China now dominates the world’s production of new generation batteries that are key to transitioning away...

Facebook Says Will Stop News Sharing in Australia if New Regulations Become Law

Facebook Says Will Stop News Sharing in Australia if New Regulations Become Law

Facebook Inc said it would block news publishers and people in Australia from sharing news on Facebook and Instagram if...

US Criticizes Turkey for Hosting Hamas Leaders

US Criticizes Turkey for Hosting Hamas Leaders

The Trump administration says it strongly objects to Turkey’s recent hosting of two leaders of Hamas, which the United States regards as a terrorist group. “President Erdogan’s continued outreach to this terrorist...

Greek, Turkish Foreign Ministers Say They are Ready for Talks

Greek, Turkish Foreign Ministers Say They are Ready for Talks

Greece and Turkey say they are ready for talks to settle rival claims to an energy-rich section of the Mediterranean, but the hostility was clear when the...

US Cyber Forces Go Hunting for Election Trouble

US Cyber Forces Go Hunting for Election Trouble

U.S. forces are taking an aggressive approach in cyberspace ahead of November’s presidential election, aiming to wipe out threats from...

Spain PM Pledges to Flatten Nation’s Second COVID-19 Surge

Spain PM Pledges to Flatten Nation’s Second COVID-19 Surge

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pledged Tuesday to beat the latest surge in COVID-19 cases that has hit the nation,...

Russia Hails Its COVID-19 Vaccine But Questions Remain

Russia Hails Its COVID-19 Vaccine But Questions Remain

Russia announced this month it had won the global race to develop the first vaccine against the novel coronavirus. But...

Belarusian Government Ups Crackdown Against Opposition Activists

Belarusian Government Ups Crackdown Against Opposition Activists

Belarusian authorities have jailed several opposition activists as part of a mounting pressure campaign against protesters who are planning more...

Russia Dismisses Accusations of Involvement in Alleged Poisoning of Opposition Leader 

Russia Dismisses Accusations of Involvement in Alleged Poisoning of Opposition Leader 

 The Russian government has dismissed accusations that it was involved in an alleged attack on opposition leader Alexi Navalny after...

Pandemic Paves Way for Virtual Reality Education

Pandemic Paves Way for Virtual Reality Education

While most parents are stressed about kids and remote online learning, some experts say expect more of that in the...

Ten People Charged in New IRA Investigation – Northern Ireland Police

Ten People Charged in New IRA Investigation – Northern Ireland Police

Ten people arrested last week in an investigation of the militant Irish nationalist New IRA group have been charged on...

Belarusians in America Back Protests in Homeland

Belarusians in America Back Protests in Homeland

Chants of “Long Live Belarus” echoed through a busy intersection in the Chicago suburb of Buffalo Grove, as people dressed...

 Washingtonians March for Belarus, Recalling Baltic Protests

 Washingtonians March for Belarus, Recalling Baltic Protests

Sundays for the Barysevich family are usually a time to catch up on chores and take their two young children...

Uighur Activists Fear Ankara is Bowing to Beijing Pressure

Uighur Activists Fear Ankara is Bowing to Beijing Pressure

Many of China’s Uighur minority have sought sanctuary in Turkey following China’s crackdown on the largely Muslim Turkic-speaking minority. Observers...

Zoom Suffers Worldwide Outages

Zoom Suffers Worldwide Outages

Videoconferencing platform Zoom experienced worldwide outages Monday morning, coinciding with the first day of remote classes for many schools and...