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”

WHO: Millions of Patients Die Every Year Seeking Health Care 

WHO: Millions of Patients Die Every Year Seeking Health Care 

The World Health Organization is calling for urgent action to end bad health care practices responsible for killing millions of...

UK’s Johnson, Likening Himself to Incredible Hulk, Vows Oct. 31 Brexit 

UK’s Johnson, Likening Himself to Incredible Hulk, Vows Oct. 31 Brexit 

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson likened himself to the unruly comic book character The Incredible Hulk late Saturday in a newspaper interview in...

Charity: Italy Allows Rescue Ship to Disembark Migrants in Lampedusa

Charity: Italy Allows Rescue Ship to Disembark Migrants in Lampedusa

Italy has agreed to allow rescue ship Ocean Viking to disembark 82 migrants in the southern port of Lampedusa, the...

Bulgarian Journalists Protest Over Freedom of Speech

Bulgarian Journalists Protest Over Freedom of Speech

Dozens of journalists at the state-run Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) staged a protest Friday in support of media freedom after...

US Imposes Sanctions on North Korean Hacking Groups Blamed for Global Attacks

US Imposes Sanctions on North Korean Hacking Groups Blamed for Global Attacks

The U.S. Treasury on Friday announced sanctions on three North Korean hacking groups it said were involved in the WannaCry...

Turkey’s President Wants Europe to Share Refugee Burden From Syria

Turkey’s President Wants Europe to Share Refugee Burden From Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is warning Europe to share the refugee burden or face a new wave of migrants,...

Ukraine Fears Forced Concessions at Talks With Russia

Ukraine Fears Forced Concessions at Talks With Russia

The Ukrainian president’s envoy for peace talks with Russia-backed separatists expressed concern Friday that the leaders of France and Germany...

Europeans Say Mounting Iran Tensions Show Need for Dialogue

Europeans Say Mounting Iran Tensions Show Need for Dialogue

European countries backing the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran say rising tensions underline “the need for diplomatic efforts toward de-escalation...

Lawmakers Asking 4 Big Tech Companies for Documents in Probe

Lawmakers Asking 4 Big Tech Companies for Documents in Probe

House lawmakers investigating the market dominance of Big Tech are asking Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple for a broad range...

Former Journalists of Turkey Opposition Daily Freed From Prison

Former Journalists of Turkey Opposition Daily Freed From Prison

Five former journalists of the opposition Cumhuriyet daily, including prominent cartoonist Musa Kart,  walked free out of a Turkish prison...

Scarred by Libya Abuse, Migrants Hope for New Life in Europe

Scarred by Libya Abuse, Migrants Hope for New Life in Europe

It was Mouctar Diallo’s fifth attempt to reach Europe by sea. His previous four tries had been foiled by gangs...

EU Competition Chief Hints at New Data Rules for Tech Firms

EU Competition Chief Hints at New Data Rules for Tech Firms

The European Union’s powerful competition chief has indicated she’s looking at expanding regulations on personal data, dropping an initial hint...

Climate Activists Thwarted in Planned Protest at Heathrow

Climate Activists Thwarted in Planned Protest at Heathrow

London’s Heathrow Airport remained open Friday despite plans by climate-change activists to disrupt flights by flying drones close to the...

Secrecy Feeds Mystery of Russian Nuclear Blast

Secrecy Feeds Mystery of Russian Nuclear Blast

A month after the nuclear explosion in the White Sea in Russia, almost no information has been offered by the...

The Fate of Syria’s Idlib to Top Turkey, Russia, Iran Talks

The Fate of Syria’s Idlib to Top Turkey, Russia, Iran Talks

Turkish, Iranian and Russian presidents will meet in Ankara Monday under the Astana process, where the three countries regularly meet...

Climate-Change Activists Plan to Disrupt Heathrow With Drones on Friday

Climate-Change Activists Plan to Disrupt Heathrow With Drones on Friday

Climate-change activists plan to disrupt Heathrow Airport with drones on Friday morning, despite the arrest of five of their members in a pre-emptive...

Saudi Princess Found Guilty of Having Worker Beaten in France

Saudi Princess Found Guilty of Having Worker Beaten in France

The sister of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been found guilty in France of having a plumber beaten...

US Sending Long-Awaited Funds to Boost Ukraine Military

US Sending Long-Awaited Funds to Boost Ukraine Military

The United States is moving ahead with millions of dollars in aid for Ukraine’s military, money that had until now...

Senators: Trump Administration Reinstates Military Aid for Ukraine

Senators: Trump Administration Reinstates Military Aid for Ukraine

President Donald Trump’s administration has released $250 million in military aid for Ukraine, U.S. senators said on Thursday, after lawmakers...

Did Boris Johnson Lie to the Queen?

Did Boris Johnson Lie to the Queen?

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson flatly denied Thursday that he lied to Britain’s monarch when asking Queen Elizabeth to suspend...

US Still Mulling Sanctions Against Turkey

US Still Mulling Sanctions Against Turkey

Turkey could still get hit with U.S. sanctions, part of the continuing fallout over its decision to accept delivery of...

Facebook Expands New Tool Aiming to Shrink ‘News Deserts’

Facebook Expands New Tool Aiming to Shrink ‘News Deserts’

Facebook is trying to coax “news deserts” into bloom with the second major expansion of a tool that exposes people...