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”

Britain Accuses Iran of Selling Adrian Darya 1 Tanker Oil to Syria

Britain Accuses Iran of Selling Adrian Darya 1 Tanker Oil to Syria

Britain’s foreign minister on Tuesday said Iranian tanker Adrian Darya 1 had sold its crude oil to the Assad regime...

Ukraine President Meets Tycoon Kolomoisky Amid Concerns Over Business Ties

Ukraine President Meets Tycoon Kolomoisky Amid Concerns Over Business Ties

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met business tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky on Tuesday, the president’s office said, the first reported meeting since...

Facebook Bans Self-Harm Images in Fight Against Suicide

Facebook Bans Self-Harm Images in Fight Against Suicide

Facebook will no longer allow graphic images of self-harm on its platform as it tightens its policies on suicide content...

US Detainee Paul Whelan Declines Surgery for Medical Condition

US Detainee Paul Whelan Declines Surgery for Medical Condition

This story originated from FILE – A view of the pre-trial detention center Lefortovo, where former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan...

Bulgarian NGO Official Charged With Spying for Russia

Bulgarian NGO Official Charged With Spying for Russia

Bulgarian prosecutors charged the head of a non-governmental organization (NGO) on Tuesday with spying for Russia as part of a...

Russia-Ukraine Prisoner Swap: Step Toward Peace or False Dawn?

Russia-Ukraine Prisoner Swap: Step Toward Peace or False Dawn?

The prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia Saturday has prompted hopes that Moscow and Kyiv are ready for serious talks...

Israeli Spyware Firm Adopts ‘Human Rights Policy’

Israeli Spyware Firm Adopts ‘Human Rights Policy’

An Israeli spyware company that has been accused of helping authoritarian governments stifle dissent says it has adopted “a new...

World Leaders Support French First Lady amid Brazil Insults

World Leaders Support French First Lady amid Brazil Insults

World leaders have offered their support to Brigitte Macron, the wife of France’s president, after a string of public insults...

With Little Change, iPhones May Get Upstaged by Streaming

With Little Change, iPhones May Get Upstaged by Streaming

Apple is expected to unveil three new iPhone models that are so similar to last year’s lineup, they may be...

Rule-Breaking Italy Offered Key EU Budget Job

Rule-Breaking Italy Offered Key EU Budget Job

Former Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni was nominated Tuesday to take the key role of European Commissioner for Economic Affairs,...

Reports: US Had High-Level Russian Spy

Reports: US Had High-Level Russian Spy

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency had a source with high-level access to the Kremlin who played a key role in...

Facebook, Instagram Close Accounts of Italian Neo-fascist Groups

Facebook, Instagram Close Accounts of Italian Neo-fascist Groups

Facebook and Instagram on Monday blocked the social media accounts of two Italian neo-fascist groups and some of their activists...

Melting Ice Sees Sweden’s Highest Peak Lose Crown After 139 Years

Melting Ice Sees Sweden’s Highest Peak Lose Crown After 139 Years

The south peak of Kebnekaise, Sweden’s highest peak for well over a century, has been demoted to second place after...

Populist Surge Spells Trouble Ahead for Norway’s Government

Populist Surge Spells Trouble Ahead for Norway’s Government

Norwegians voting in local elections abandoned major parties in record numbers on Monday, according to early counts, opting for a...

Italy’s Prime Minister Hopes for EU Harmony, Economic Revival

Italy’s Prime Minister Hopes for EU Harmony, Economic Revival

Italy’s prime minister said on Monday his new coalition combining the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and the pro-Europe Democratic Party (PD)...

States Led by Texas Target Google in New Antitrust Probe

States Led by Texas Target Google in New Antitrust Probe

Fifty U.S. states and territories, led by Texas, announced an investigation into Google’s “potential monopolistic behavior.”   The Monday announcement...

End of an Era: UK House Speaker John Bercow to Step Down

End of an Era: UK House Speaker John Bercow to Step Down

A colorful era in British parliamentary history is coming to a close with Speaker of the House John Bercow’s abrupt...

Drones Offer Ghana’s Farmers Hope of Better Yields – and Income

Drones Offer Ghana’s Farmers Hope of Better Yields – and Income

Smallholder farmers in Ghana are adopting drone technology for crop surveillance in a bid to increase yields and incomes.The new...

Erdogan Fights Back as Challenges Loom From Former Allies

Erdogan Fights Back as Challenges Loom From Former Allies

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is tightening his grip on his ruling party, expelling rivals amid weakening public support and...

Will Trump-Like Behavior Backfire on Britain’s Boris Johnson?

Will Trump-Like Behavior Backfire on Britain’s Boris Johnson?

After Boris Johnson won the Conservative party contest in July to succeed Theresa May as Britain’s prime minister, U.S. President...

US Officials Fear Disjointed Battle Against the ‘Global Cyber Pandemic’

US Officials Fear Disjointed Battle Against the ‘Global Cyber Pandemic’

Security officials these days are anything but shy when they describe the dangers facing the United States in cyberspace.“We’re in...

British Airways Grounds Nearly all Flights as Pilots Strike

British Airways Grounds Nearly all Flights as Pilots Strike

British Airways has canceled almost all its flights for 48 hours, affecting as many as 195,000 travelers, due to a...