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”

Exiled media fight to keep Belarusian language alive

Exiled media fight to keep Belarusian language alive

washington — While the Belarusian government continues a long-running clampdown on use of the Belarusian language, exiled news outlets are leading...

Nobel Prizes will be announced against backdrop of wars, famine and artificial intelligence

Nobel Prizes will be announced against backdrop of wars, famine and artificial intelligence

stavanger, norway — Wars, a refugee crisis, famine and artificial intelligence could all be recognized when Nobel Prize announcements begin next...

Ukraine’s Femen protest war at Iran embassy

Ukraine’s Femen protest war at Iran embassy

kyiv, ukraine — Ukrainian feminist activists staged a topless protest Friday outside the Embassy of Iran, which Kyiv and the West...

Top EU court rules gender, nationality enough for Afghan women to be granted asylum 

Top EU court rules gender, nationality enough for Afghan women to be granted asylum 

EU backs tariffs on Chinese EVs despite concerns about Chinese retaliation

EU backs tariffs on Chinese EVs despite concerns about Chinese retaliation

Handful of residents remains in Ukrainian village destroyed by Russia 

Handful of residents remains in Ukrainian village destroyed by Russia 

Viktor Kalyberda, 63, lives in the village of Sulyhivka with no running water or electricity. The village, 170 kilometers from...

Bosnia floods kill 14 people 

Bosnia floods kill 14 people 

Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina — Heavy rains that flooded towns and touched off landslides left at least 14 people dead in...

Ukraine says Russia attacked its critical infrastructure with 19 drones

Ukraine says Russia attacked its critical infrastructure with 19 drones

KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian air force said on Friday that Russia attacked critical infrastructure in the country with 19 drones...

During visit to Kyiv, new NATO chief pledges alliance’s support for Ukraine

During visit to Kyiv, new NATO chief pledges alliance’s support for Ukraine

Fall of Ukraine’s Vuhledar painful, but not decisive in war, say experts

Fall of Ukraine’s Vuhledar painful, but not decisive in war, say experts

UK gives sovereignty of long-contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius 

UK gives sovereignty of long-contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius 

london — The British government agreed Thursday to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60...

Denmark jails 2 Swedish teens over blasts near Israeli Embassy

Denmark jails 2 Swedish teens over blasts near Israeli Embassy

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Two Swedish teenagers were jailed Thursday in pretrial detention in connection with two predawn explosions in the vicinity...

Georgian parliament speaker signs anti-LGBTQ+ law after president refuses to

Georgian parliament speaker signs anti-LGBTQ+ law after president refuses to

Tbilisi, Georgia — The speaker of the Georgian parliament signed into a law Thursday a bill that severely curtails LGBTQ+ rights...

Russia to try American accused of being Ukrainian mercenary in secret

Russia to try American accused of being Ukrainian mercenary in secret

MOSCOW — The trial of a 72-year-old American man whom Russia accuses of working as a mercenary for Ukraine will take...

EU to vote on tariff hike for Chinese EVs as Germany fears retaliation

EU to vote on tariff hike for Chinese EVs as Germany fears retaliation

Vienna — The European Union is set to vote Friday on a massive tariff increase on Chinese electric vehicles that Germany...

Ukraine, Russia trade widespread drone attacks

Ukraine, Russia trade widespread drone attacks

Russian propaganda portrays Zelenskyy as supervillain

Russian propaganda portrays Zelenskyy as supervillain

Far-right gains in Europe drive debate on migration, Ukraine aid

Far-right gains in Europe drive debate on migration, Ukraine aid

London — A surge in support for far-right parties in Europe is driving calls for a toughening of migration laws, while...

Far-right gains in Europe drive debate on migration, Ukraine aid

Far-right gains in Europe drive debate on migration, Ukraine aid

Europe looks set to toughen migration laws amid a surge in support for far-right parties across the continent. Austria’s Freedom...

A year after Gaza war started, Turkey battles isolation

A year after Gaza war started, Turkey battles isolation

Israel’s campaign against Hamas in the aftermath of the October 7 attack has seen Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at...

4 Russian journalists accused of working for Navalny group go on trial

4 Russian journalists accused of working for Navalny group go on trial

TALLINN, Estonia — Four Russian journalists went on trial in Moscow on Wednesday after being accused of working for an anti-corruption...

Russian authorities systematically torture Ukrainian POWs, UN says

Russian authorities systematically torture Ukrainian POWs, UN says

Geneva — Russian authorities have subjected hundreds of Ukrainian prisoners of war to “widespread and systematic torture” while supervisors in detention...