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”

Spain Rescues Almost 200 Migrants in the Mediterranean

Spain Rescues Almost 200 Migrants in the Mediterranean

Almost 200 people were rescued attempting to make the dangerous crossing from North Africa to Spain on Monday, the coastguard...

Georgia’s Prime Minister Resigns

Georgia’s Prime Minister Resigns

VOA’s Georgian News Service contributed to this report.Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has resigned after a little more than a...

Crisis Looms as Erdogan Targets Istanbul Mayor

Crisis Looms as Erdogan Targets Istanbul Mayor

A political storm is brewing between Istanbul’s Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as Erdogan continues to publically...

Italian PM Appeals to 5-Star Members to Back New Government

Italian PM Appeals to 5-Star Members to Back New Government

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Monday urged members of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement to back a new coalition with the...

Kremlin Critic Wants Film to Open West’s Eyes About Putin’s Russia

Kremlin Critic Wants Film to Open West’s Eyes About Putin’s Russia

Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky hopes a new documentary film about his life chronicling his journey from being Russia’s richest man...

Britain’s Johnson Threatens Expulsion of Tory Rebels Over Brexit Dispute

Britain’s Johnson Threatens Expulsion of Tory Rebels Over Brexit Dispute

Updated Sept. 2, 2019, 3:40p.m.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson threatened Monday to expel any Conservative Party rebels if they try...

Lithuania: Chinese Diplomats Interfered at Pro-Hong Kong Protest

Lithuania: Chinese Diplomats Interfered at Pro-Hong Kong Protest

Lithuania said on Monday it had lodged an official protest to the Chinese embassy after some of its diplomats became...

Populists Surge in Germany’s East

Populists Surge in Germany’s East

Regional government elections in Germany Sunday, in which the anti-immigrant, nationalist far-right AfD party surged in support, are testimony to...

Russia’s Ambassador to Egypt Dies, Aged 68

Russia’s Ambassador to Egypt Dies, Aged 68

Russia’s Foreign Ministry says that its ambassador to Egypt has died. He was 68.   The ministry said Sergei Kirpichenko...

Greece Ends Crisis-Era Capital Controls

Greece Ends Crisis-Era Capital Controls

Greece has formally ended the last remaining banking restrictions imposed four years ago during a financial crisis that saw the...

US, Poland Sign Joint Document on 5G Technology Cooperation

US, Poland Sign Joint Document on 5G Technology Cooperation

The U.S. and Poland signed an agreement on Monday to cooperate on new 5G technology amid growing concerns about Chinese...

Britain Set For Explosive Week Ahead In Brexit Showdown

Britain Set For Explosive Week Ahead In Brexit Showdown

Britain is bracing for an explosive week of political battles which could prove crucial in Britain’s proposed exit from the...

Britain Set For Explosive Week Ahead In Brexit Showdown

Britain Set For Explosive Week Ahead In Brexit Showdown

Britain is bracing for an explosive week of political battles this week which could prove crucial in Britain’s proposed exit...

US Stock Futures Fall as New Tariffs Darken Global Outlook

US Stock Futures Fall as New Tariffs Darken Global Outlook

Wall Street stock futures weakened in early trade on Monday, setting a dour tone for Asian markets after tit-for-tat tariffs...

Start of WW II Marked in Poland with German Remorse

Start of WW II Marked in Poland with German Remorse

Germany’s president bowed his head and asked for forgiveness for the suffering his nation inflicted on Poland and the rest...

Pence: United States Will Continue to Support Ukraine

Pence: United States Will Continue to Support Ukraine

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said the United States will continue to support Ukraine in the country’s conflict with Russia...

Where’s the Pope? Stuck in Vatican Elevator until Rescue

Where’s the Pope? Stuck in Vatican Elevator until Rescue

Where’s the pope? He’s stuck in a Vatican elevator.Thousands of people who were gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the...

Environment, Poverty, Corruption on Agenda for Pope’s Africa Trip

Environment, Poverty, Corruption on Agenda for Pope’s Africa Trip

Pope Francis leaves on Wednesday for Africa, where poverty, the environment, foreign exploitation of resources and corruption are expected to...

Funding Sought for Emergency Education for Millions of Children in Crisis

Funding Sought for Emergency Education for Millions of Children in Crisis

A global fund for education in emergencies is seeking $1.8 billion by 2021 to provide schooling for nine million children...

Poland Marks 80th Anniversary of Start of World War II

Poland Marks 80th Anniversary of Start of World War II

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence joined local leaders on Sunday to commemorate 80 years since...

Departing Dutch Ambassador Reflects on US Physical, Political Landscapes

Departing Dutch Ambassador Reflects on US Physical, Political Landscapes

Dutch Ambassador to Washington Hendrik Jan Jurriaan Schuwer has had ample opportunities to indulge his U.S.-acquired fondness for American country...

Ukraine, Poland Want Continued Sanctions on Russia

Ukraine, Poland Want Continued Sanctions on Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Saturday that he and Poland’s president had agreed that sanctions ought to continue against Russia until Ukraine regained the territory it...