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”

Zelenskiy Asks Pope for Help in Releasing POWs in Eastern Ukraine 

Zelenskiy Asks Pope for Help in Releasing POWs in Eastern Ukraine 

Ukraine’s president has asked Pope Francis for help in securing the release of prisoners of war held by Russia and...

Five Britons Diagnosed With Coronavirus in French Ski Resort

Five Britons Diagnosed With Coronavirus in French Ski Resort

Five British nationals including a child have been diagnosed with the new coronavirus at a French mountain village, and health officials said they...

Syrian Troops Gain Territory in Push to Control Key Highway

Syrian Troops Gain Territory in Push to Control Key Highway

Syrian government forces captured new areas from insurgents in their efforts to control a key highway in the northwest Saturday,...

Cyborgs, Trolls and Bots: A Guide to Online Misinformation

Cyborgs, Trolls and Bots: A Guide to Online Misinformation

Cyborgs, trolls and bots can fill the internet with lies and half-truths. Understanding them is key to learning how misinformation...

Ireland Votes in ‘Three Horse Race’ to Form Next Government

Ireland Votes in ‘Three Horse Race’ to Form Next Government

Ireland began voting in a general election Saturday, with Prime Minister Leo Varadkar hoping to secure a new term on...

Benetton Fires Famed Photographer Over Bridge Collapse Remarks

Benetton Fires Famed Photographer Over Bridge Collapse Remarks

Photographer  Olivier Toscani made a career out of provocative advertising campaigns for Benetton, the Italian clothing maker famed for its colorful...

Europe’s Rights Body Decries Assault in Russia’s Chechnya

Europe’s Rights Body Decries Assault in Russia’s Chechnya

The European commissioner for human rights urged Moscow Friday to investigate a violent assault on a journalist and a lawyer...

Alleged Rape of US Women Roils Spanish Politics

Alleged Rape of US Women Roils Spanish Politics

The alleged rape of three American women by Afghan migrants is prompting a public examination of Spain’s legal system, with...

Merkel’s Party Grapples With German far-Right Fiasco Fallout

Merkel’s Party Grapples With German far-Right Fiasco Fallout

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party grappled Friday with the fallout from a state governor’s election with both its support and...

French Movie Les Miserables Unleashes Debate in France

French Movie Les Miserables Unleashes Debate in France

A gritty tale set in France’s disenfranchised suburbs, or banlieues, ranks among the finalists for the best foreign language film...

Prince Andrew’s Daughter Princess Beatrice to Marry in May

Prince Andrew’s Daughter Princess Beatrice to Marry in May

Britain is set for another royal wedding. Buckingham Palace announced Friday that Queen Elizabeth II’s granddaughter Princess Beatrice will marry...

Macron Seeks Leading Role in Post-Brexit EU Nuclear Strategy

Macron Seeks Leading Role in Post-Brexit EU Nuclear Strategy

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday advocated a more coordinated European Union defense strategy in which France, the bloc’s only...

Russia Blacklists More Than 200 Jehovah’s Witnesses

Russia Blacklists More Than 200 Jehovah’s Witnesses

Russian authorities have added more than 200 Jehovah’s Witnesses to a register of extremists and terrorists, the organization said in...

US Prosecutors Eye Uptick In Chinese Economic Espionage Cases 

US Prosecutors Eye Uptick In Chinese Economic Espionage Cases 

The FBI is conducting roughly 1,000 investigations into suspected Chinese theft of U.S. intellectual property, with many expected to result...

Students Explore Virtual Reality

Students Explore Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality, which immerses viewers in three-dimensional computer-generated worlds, is transforming many fields, from entertainment to education. Mike O’Sullivan reports...

New Kosovo Prime Minister Pledges to Remove 100% Serbian Import Tariffs

New Kosovo Prime Minister Pledges to Remove 100% Serbian Import Tariffs

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti pledges to abolish the 100% tariffs on Serbian imports, an impediment in normalization efforts between...

As Britain Leaves the EU, Some Leave Britain

As Britain Leaves the EU, Some Leave Britain

Britain is letting European Union citizens stay once the country completes its transition out of the EU at the end...

Lawyers to ICC: Free Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo Unconditionally

Lawyers to ICC: Free Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo Unconditionally

Lawyers for former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo urged International Criminal Court judges Thursday to lift conditions they imposed on...

FBI Director Warns of Ongoing Russian ‘Information Warfare’

FBI Director Warns of Ongoing Russian ‘Information Warfare’

FBI Director Chris Wray said Wednesday that Russia is engaged in “information warfare” heading into the 2020 presidential election, though...

Merkel: Governor’s Election With Far-Right Help Inexcusable

Merkel: Governor’s Election With Far-Right Help Inexcusable

Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned as “inexcusable” the election of a new German state governor with the help of the far-right...

Report: Africa Delivers Largest Profits on Investment

Report: Africa Delivers Largest Profits on Investment

Companies make bigger profits investing in Africa than in any other region of the world, according to a new report...

White House Official: China Should Join Nuclear Arms Talks With Russia

White House Official: China Should Join Nuclear Arms Talks With Russia

U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said Wednesday that China should join the United States in trilateral arms talks...