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”

Report: Africa Delivers Largest Profits on Investment

Report: Africa Delivers Largest Profits on Investment

British companies have made bigger profits investing in Africa than in any other region of the world, according to a...

Journalists See Specter of Censorship in Ukraine’s Proposed Media Laws

Journalists See Specter of Censorship in Ukraine’s Proposed Media Laws

Journalists and free speech advocates say proposed laws to regulate Ukraine’s media pose a threat to free expression and independent...

Britain’s Boris Johnson Moves to Keep Terrorists Imprisoned

Britain’s Boris Johnson Moves to Keep Terrorists Imprisoned

Britain’s deradicalization programs are once again in the spotlight after Sunday’s terror knife attack in which two people were injured...

Plane Skids Off Istanbul Runway, Breaks Into Pieces; 21 Hurt

Plane Skids Off Istanbul Runway, Breaks Into Pieces; 21 Hurt

A plane skidded off the runway Wednesday at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen Airport, crashing into a field and breaking into pieces....

Iran-Linked Hackers Pose as Journalists in Email Scam

Iran-Linked Hackers Pose as Journalists in Email Scam

When Iranian-born German academic Erfan Kasraie received an email from The Wall Street Journal requesting an interview, he sensed something...

Virus Fallout Hits Lake Baikal as Chinese Tourists Stay Away

Virus Fallout Hits Lake Baikal as Chinese Tourists Stay Away

Winter is high season for tourism around Lake Baikal in Siberia, but the coronavirus outbreak has curtailed its main source...

Adidas Closes ‘Considerable’ Number of Stores in China Due to Coronavirus

Adidas Closes ‘Considerable’ Number of Stores in China Due to Coronavirus

German sportswear company Adidas on Wednesday said it was temporarily shutting a “considerable” number of its stores in China due...

UK Government, At Odds With Media, Set to Review BBC Funding

UK Government, At Odds With Media, Set to Review BBC Funding

Britain’s government announced Wednesday that it is considering a change in the way the BBC is funded that would hit...

Denmark Jails 3 Men Suspected of Spying for Saudi Arabia

Denmark Jails 3 Men Suspected of Spying for Saudi Arabia

Three men who are members of an Iranian separatist group, the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz, have...

5 killed in Avalanche in Eastern Turkey; 2 Missing

5 killed in Avalanche in Eastern Turkey; 2 Missing

An avalanche hit a road in eastern Turkey, burying a snow-clearing vehicle and a minibus, and killing at least five...

Russia Establishes Siberian Quarantine Center for Coronavirus 

Russia Establishes Siberian Quarantine Center for Coronavirus 

Russia’s government took additional measures to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus across the border from China, with a Kremlin...

Military Talks to End Libya Fighting Underway

Military Talks to End Libya Fighting Underway

U.N.-sponsored military and security talks aimed at achieving a lasting cease-fire in Libya are underway in Geneva. The negotiations are...

Turkish-Russian Tension Over Syria Opens Door to Washington

Turkish-Russian Tension Over Syria Opens Door to Washington

Questions about the future of Turkey’s rapprochement with Russia are growing as fallout continues from Monday’s killing of at least...

WHO’s SOS Alert Aims to Shut Down Coronavirus Rumor Mill

WHO’s SOS Alert Aims to Shut Down Coronavirus Rumor Mill

The World Health Organization is warning that false information circulating on social media about the new coronavirus is hampering efforts...

Who Will Win in Rule-of-Law Clash Between Poland and EU?

Who Will Win in Rule-of-Law Clash Between Poland and EU?

A long-running conflict between the European Commission and Warsaw over controversial judicial reforms in Poland is coming to a head,...

UK Journalists Walk Out in Government Briefing Protest

UK Journalists Walk Out in Government Briefing Protest

British journalists walked out of a government briefing on Monday in protest at the exclusion of other reporters, in the...

Irish Regulator Probes Google, Tinder Over Data Processing

Irish Regulator Probes Google, Tinder Over Data Processing

Irish regulators have launched separate inquiries into Google and dating app Tinder over how they process user data, in a...

Putin Remains Coy on Future Political Plans

Putin Remains Coy on Future Political Plans

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that a nationwide vote on constitutional changes he proposed wouldn’t be used to extend...

Greek Plans for Floating Migrant Barrier Draw UN, EU Rebuke

Greek Plans for Floating Migrant Barrier Draw UN, EU Rebuke

Greece plans to build a floating barrier off its coastline to deter migrants crossing from Turkey, amid a surge in...

Twitter Says State-Backed Actors May Have Accessed Users’ Phone Numbers

Twitter Says State-Backed Actors May Have Accessed Users’ Phone Numbers

Twitter said on Monday that it had discovered attempts by possible state actors to access the phone numbers associated with...

Iran to Stop Coordinating With Ukraine After Air Traffic Recordings Leaked

Iran to Stop Coordinating With Ukraine After Air Traffic Recordings Leaked

Tehran said Monday that it would stop sharing information with Kyiv about the downing of a Ukrainian jetliner last month,...

Brexit: More Europe, or Less?

Brexit: More Europe, or Less?

Brexit Day, with its mixed emotions, exposed how wide the rift with the European Union remains and how difficult it...