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”

What is Behind Recent Clashes Among Eritrean Diaspora in the West?

What is Behind Recent Clashes Among Eritrean Diaspora in the West?

Violence among the Eritrean diaspora has broken out in Europe, the Middle East and North America in recent weeks. Hundreds...

Freed Journalist Recalls Ordeal in Afghan Prison

Freed Journalist Recalls Ordeal in Afghan Prison

An Afghan-French journalist who spent 284 days imprisoned in Afghanistan has recalled how he was beaten, nearly choked, and interrogated. ...

Taiwan Computer Chip Workers Adjust to Life in American Desert

Taiwan Computer Chip Workers Adjust to Life in American Desert

Phoenix, Arizona, in America’s Southwest, is the site of a Taiwanese semiconductor chip making facility. One part of President Joe...

Icelandic Women on 24-Hour Strike over Inequality

Icelandic Women on 24-Hour Strike over Inequality

Icelandic women went on a 24-hour strike on Tuesday over gender inequality, including the prime minister, who said the fight...

Ukraine Says Russian Attacks Wounded 8 People 

Ukraine Says Russian Attacks Wounded 8 People 

Ukraine said Tuesday that Russian attacks in two parts of the country wounded at least eight people. In the Kherson...

Governments, Firms Should Spend More on AI Safety, Top Researchers Say

Governments, Firms Should Spend More on AI Safety, Top Researchers Say

Artificial intelligence companies and governments should allocate at least one third of their AI research and development funding to ensuring...

Polish Opposition Ready to Take Power, Says Tusk

Polish Opposition Ready to Take Power, Says Tusk

Poland’s mainstream opposition parties said on Tuesday they are ready to take power, as they seek to increase pressure on...

Turkey Parliament to Consider Sweden NATO Admission

Turkey Parliament to Consider Sweden NATO Admission

Sweden moved one step closer to entering NATO Monday when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan submitted a bill to parliament...

Malawi Makes First Large-Scale Wheat Harvest

Malawi Makes First Large-Scale Wheat Harvest

Malawi has made its first successful large-scale harvest of wheat after years of attempts to find a variety of grain...

Global Tax on Billionaires Could Raise $250 Billion, New Report Says

Global Tax on Billionaires Could Raise $250 Billion, New Report Says

A new report by an EU-based think tank is proposing a new source of revenue for countries by imposing a...

Thailand Extends Visa-Free Visits for Russian Tourists

Thailand Extends Visa-Free Visits for Russian Tourists

Starting next month, on November 1, Thailand will allow Russian tourists to stay visa-free for up to 90 days. The...

Russia Extends American RFE/RL Journalist’s Detention to December

Russia Extends American RFE/RL Journalist’s Detention to December

A Russian court on Monday extended the detention of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Alsu Kurmasheva until December. Kurmasheva was...

Populist Left Leader Moves to Launch New German Party 

Populist Left Leader Moves to Launch New German Party 

A charismatic leader of Germany’s populist left wing on Monday laid the foundation for a new party, expected to poach...

Countries Deadlocked on ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund as UN Climate Summit Nears

Countries Deadlocked on ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund as UN Climate Summit Nears

Countries are deadlocked over how to design a fund to help countries recover and rebuild from climate change-driven damage, with...

Bobi, World’s Oldest Dog, Dies in Portugal Aged 31

Bobi, World’s Oldest Dog, Dies in Portugal Aged 31

Bobi, the world’s oldest dog, has died aged 31 in Portugal, Guinness World Records said on Monday. A purebred Rafeiro...

Kenyan Developers Launch App to Prevent Phone Theft

Kenyan Developers Launch App to Prevent Phone Theft

Kenyan developers have designed a mobile phone application that police say is helping to safeguard smartphones from theft, recover stolen...

Ukraine Downs Russian Drones

Ukraine Downs Russian Drones

Ukrainian officials said Monday that Russian forces attacked overnight with drones and a cruise missile that targeted different parts of...

Scores of African Migrants Arrive on Spain’s Canary Islands

Scores of African Migrants Arrive on Spain’s Canary Islands

Authorities say more than 1,300 sub-Saharan African migrants reached Spain’s Canary Islands, a seven-island Atlantic archipelago, this weekend. One vessel...

Russia’s Lavrov to Visit Iran for Regional Talks Monday

Russia’s Lavrov to Visit Iran for Regional Talks Monday

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Monday for talks with regional counterparts, his ministry’s...

Ukrainians Prepare Firewood, Candles to Brace for Winter of Russian Strikes on Energy Grid

Ukrainians Prepare Firewood, Candles to Brace for Winter of Russian Strikes on Energy Grid

In the humble backyard of a destroyed house, a 13-year-old chops firewood to get ready for winter. His mother, Tetiana...

Rally Outside UN Geneva Headquarters Calls for Hamas to Release Hostages

Rally Outside UN Geneva Headquarters Calls for Hamas to Release Hostages

Hundreds of demonstrators rallied outside the United Nations on Sunday demanding the release of hostages seized by Hamas during the...

Rushdie Calls for Defense of Freedom of Expression, Receives German Prize 

Rushdie Calls for Defense of Freedom of Expression, Receives German Prize 

Author Salman Rushdie called Sunday for the unconditional defense of freedom of expression as he received a prestigious German prize...