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”

Some French Farmers Try to Counter Attacks, Reconnect With Consumers

Some French Farmers Try to Counter Attacks, Reconnect With Consumers

Recent months have seen European farmers protesting a raft of grievances, including a new phenomenon, agribashing — verbal and sometimes physical attacks...

Zelenskiy Declares Feb. 26 Memorial Day to Mark Russia’s Seizure of Crimea

Zelenskiy Declares Feb. 26 Memorial Day to Mark Russia’s Seizure of Crimea

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has issued a decree designating February 26 a memorial day to mark the seizure of Ukraine’s...

Colleges Call Students Back From Italy Amid Virus Concerns

Colleges Call Students Back From Italy Amid Virus Concerns

The spread of the new coronavirus to Italy has led universities to reassess study abroad programs in the country, with...

Life-Saving Organs Could Be 3D Printed to Order

Life-Saving Organs Could Be 3D Printed to Order

Imagine how life would change for so many people who need a replacement organ if scientists could just print a...

Lawyer Says Assange Shouldn’t Face ‘Political’ Extradition’

Lawyer Says Assange Shouldn’t Face ‘Political’ Extradition’

A lawyer for Julian Assange argued Wednesday that the WikiLeaks founder should not be sent to the United States because...

Call Me Harry: Prince Eschews Royal Label in Scotland Speech

Call Me Harry: Prince Eschews Royal Label in Scotland Speech

Just call him Harry.The British prince who is preparing to step back from royal duties would normally be referred to...

Researcher Work to Develop Printable 3D Organs

Researcher Work to Develop Printable 3D Organs

Imagine how life would change for so many people who need a replacement organ if scientists could just print a...

EU Sets Terms for Post-Brexit Talks

EU Sets Terms for Post-Brexit Talks

European Union members said Tuesday they are ready to offer Britain a substantial and wide-ranging post-Brexit trade deal, but differences...

Russia Accuses UN Human Rights Council of Pro-Western Bias

Russia Accuses UN Human Rights Council of Pro-Western Bias

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov decried what he terms the “double standards” employed at the U.N. Human Rights Council in...

As Italy Battles Coronavirus, Neighbors Mull Border Controls

As Italy Battles Coronavirus, Neighbors Mull Border Controls

Italian officials are scrambling to contain an outbreak of coronavirus, or COVID-19, after separate cases were confirmed Tuesday in Tuscany...

‘Thank you’ Queen Elizabeth Tells Britain’s Spies

‘Thank you’ Queen Elizabeth Tells Britain’s Spies

Queen Elizabeth visited the headquarters of Britain’s MI5 domestic spy agency on Tuesday to thank the country’s spies for defending...

Catching Plastic: Fishermen on Frontline of Ocean Clean-up

Catching Plastic: Fishermen on Frontline of Ocean Clean-up

Every year, around 12 million tons of plastic waste are dumped into the world’s oceans – polluting the water, killing...

Canary Islands Hotel Quarantined After Virus Confirmed

Canary Islands Hotel Quarantined After Virus Confirmed

A tourist hotel in the Canary Islands was placed in quarantine Tuesday after an Italian doctor staying there tested positive...

No Checkout Needed: Amazon Opens Cashier-less Grocery Store

No Checkout Needed: Amazon Opens Cashier-less Grocery Store

The online retailing giant is opening its first cashier-less supermarket, the latest sign that Amazon is serious about shaking up...

Field Narrows in Bid to Lead Chancellor Merkel’s CDU Party

Field Narrows in Bid to Lead Chancellor Merkel’s CDU Party

The field of candidates hoping to take over leadership of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party narrowed Tuesday, as one top...

Technology Serves Up Hot Meals for Hungry Kids in Kenya

Technology Serves Up Hot Meals for Hungry Kids in Kenya

Technology is finally able to make food appear. With help from a local NGO, hungry kids in Kenya can now...

Turkish Casualties Rise in Syria, but Ankara Wary of Confronting Russia

Turkish Casualties Rise in Syria, but Ankara Wary of Confronting Russia

Turkish forces have suffered more casualties in the latest round of fighting in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province. But despite Russia backing...

Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Surpasse 200 in Italy

Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Surpasse 200 in Italy

The death toll in Italy from the coronavirus outbreak stands at seven with more than 200 cases confirmed. At least...

NASA Says Pioneering Black Mathematician Katherine Johnson Has Died

NASA Says Pioneering Black Mathematician Katherine Johnson Has Died

NASA says Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who worked on NASA’s early space missions and was portrayed in the film “Hidden...

Merkel’s Crisis-Hit CDU Launches Leadership Race

Merkel’s Crisis-Hit CDU Launches Leadership Race

Germany’s center-right CDU said Monday it would choose a new leader at a special congress on April 25, as the...

US: Free Speech no Excuse for Crimes of WikiLeaks’ Assange

US: Free Speech no Excuse for Crimes of WikiLeaks’ Assange

The U.S. government began outlining its extradition case against Julian Assange in a London court on Monday, arguing that the...

UN Issues Worldwide Call to Action on Human Rights

UN Issues Worldwide Call to Action on Human Rights

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns human rights are under assault from a multitude of threats including the climate crisis, the...