Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Analysts say McDonald's, Beyond Meat plan big U.S. 2022 McPlant expansion
By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp is planning a major expansion of its plant-based burger with Beyond Meat Inc in the United States in 2022, according to two Wall Street analysts. Th...
Dec 14, 2021
EU states reassert membership promise to six Balkan states
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments reaffirmed on Tuesday their promise to allow six Balkan countries to one day join the bloc, nudging the EU towards finally opening talks with North Mace...
Dec 14, 2021
Chess-Carlsen may not defend world title due to lack of motivation
(Reuters) - Norway's Magnus Carlsen said on Tuesday he no longer felt motivated to defend his world chess championship title but wanted to continue playing the game. The 31-year-old Carlsen claimed hi...
Dec 14, 2021
Swedish central bank chief says inflation surge due to energy prices
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A surge in headline inflation in Sweden is due to high energy prices and the central bank does not need to change its monetary policy plans at the moment, Riksbank Governor Stefa...
Dec 14, 2021
Billie Eilish says watching porn from age 11 'really destroyed my brain'
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Grammy-winning singer Billie Eilish has spoken about an addiction to watching pornography, starting at age 11, and how it gave her nightmares and messed her up when she started...
Dec 14, 2021
Exclusive-Brazil's Petrobras higher price demands delay refineries sales- sources
By Tatiana Bautzer, Rodrigo Viga Gaier and Carolina Mandl SAO PAULO/ RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras has raised prices at least once in the middle of the div...
Dec 14, 2021
France reports 63,405 new COVID-19 cases, average new cases at new 2021 high
PARIS (Reuters) - France on Tuesday reported 63,405 coronavirus infections, the second-highest number of new infections this year since April. The new cases pushed the seven-day moving average of new ...
Dec 14, 2021
U.S. government likely to request more COVID-19 testing funds
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration is likely to request additional funds from Congress for COVID-19 testing, depending on the severity of the Omicron varia...
Dec 14, 2021
Coroner: Ex-NFL player who killed six had severe CTE
A coroner on Tuesday said that an ex-NFL player who killed six people and himself earlier this year in South Carolina showed "unusually severe" chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Dr. Ann McKee, d...
Dec 14, 2021
Italy extends COVID-19 state of emergency to end of March
ROME (Reuters) - Italy on Tuesday extended a COVID-19 state of emergency to March 31, government officials said, amid concerns over the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The state of e...
Dec 14, 2021
