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Exclusive-Italy woos Intel over multibillion-euro chip plant -sources

Exclusive-Italy woos Intel over multibillion-euro chip plant -sources

By Giulio Piovaccari and Giuseppe Fonte MILAN/ROME (Reuters) – Rome is drawing up an offer to try to convince Intel to invest bi..

U.S. CDC signs off on Moderna, J&J COVID-19 vaccine boosters, mix-and-match shots

U.S. CDC signs off on Moderna, J&J COVID-19 vaccine boosters, mix-and-match shots

By Manas Mishra and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday recommen..

Duran Duran drop new album 40 years after debut

Duran Duran drop new album 40 years after debut

By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) – When British pop band Duran Duran made their debut, they did not know how long they would la..

Inflation trade? Nestle reaps benefits from higher prices

Inflation trade? Nestle reaps benefits from higher prices

By Silke Koltrowitz ZURICH (Reuters) – Nestle raised its full-year sales target on Wednesday after the world’s largest foo..

Analysis-Eat or be eaten? Food delivery apps have knives out as pandemic boom fades

Analysis-Eat or be eaten? Food delivery apps have knives out as pandemic boom fades

By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The meal delivery market is expected turn to a phase of consolidation in the coming month..

A UK COVID lockdown would be wrong right now, business minister says

A UK COVID lockdown would be wrong right now, business minister says

LONDON (Reuters) – Another COVID lockdown would be completely wrong right now as Britain is learning to live with the novel coro..

Lightsource BP to enter Polish renewables market

Lightsource BP to enter Polish renewables market

LONDON (Reuters) – Lightsource BP said on Tuesday it was entering the Polish market with a deal to develop solar energy projects..

Six Reasons Why Digital World ClassTM Finance Organizations Outperform Peers

Six Reasons Why Digital World ClassTM Finance Organizations Outperform Peers

By Nilly Essaides, Angela Caswell-LaPierre and Erik Dorr, The Hackett Group The best-performing finance organizations – the Digital Wo..

Power squeeze curbs Chinese growth, leaves Europe in a gas bind

Power squeeze curbs Chinese growth, leaves Europe in a gas bind

By Muyu Xu, Oksana Kobzeva and Jason Hovet BEIJING/MOSCOW/PRAGUE (Reuters) – China’s power shortages hit growth in the wor..

Former U.S. President Clinton leaves hospital, heads to New York

Former U.S. President Clinton leaves hospital, heads to New York

ORANGE, Ca. (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Bill Clinton walked out of a Southern California hospital on Sunday after being admitted ..

For Britain’s chicken farmers, Brexit and COVID brew a perfect storm

For Britain’s chicken farmers, Brexit and COVID brew a perfect storm

By Kate Holton and James Davey DRIFFIELD, England (Reuters) – When Nigel Upson checks the plucked chicken carcasses dangling fro..

Hungry for fuel, China looks to the U.S., Europe eyes relief plans

Hungry for fuel, China looks to the U.S., Europe eyes relief plans

By Chen Aizhu, Jessica Jaganathan and Scott DiSavino (Reuters) – China’s energy crisis deepened on Friday with coal prices..

Adele makes music comeback with new single ‘Easy On Me’

Adele makes music comeback with new single ‘Easy On Me’

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) -British singer-songwriter Adele made her highly anticipated music comeback on Friday, rele..

Pearson pounded after COVID hits U.S. community college enrolment

Pearson pounded after COVID hits U.S. community college enrolment

By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) -Global education group Pearson said enrolments at community colleges in the United States had been hi..

Britain’s binge on cheap food is over, biggest chicken producer says

Britain’s binge on cheap food is over, biggest chicken producer says

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s 20-year binge on cheap food is coming to an end as food price inflation could hit double digi..

From beef bowls to coffee, cost surge squeezes Japan’s salaryman staples

From beef bowls to coffee, cost surge squeezes Japan’s salaryman staples

By Daniel Leussink and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – In 50 years running a cafe in Tokyo, Shizuo Mori can’t remember a ti..

UK economy picks up in August, underpinning BoE rate hike bets

UK economy picks up in August, underpinning BoE rate hike bets

By David Milliken and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s economy returned to growth in August after contracting for t..

Britain to be among first to apply new climate disclosure rules

Britain to be among first to apply new climate disclosure rules

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will be among the first countries to apply corporate sustainability disclosure standards..

Macron unveils 30-billion euro plan for innovation and industrial revival

Macron unveils 30-billion euro plan for innovation and industrial revival

By Leigh Thomas and Benoit Van Overstraeten PARIS (Reuters) -France wants to be a leader in green hydrogen by 2030 and build low-carbo..

AstraZeneca antibody cocktail study shows success treating COVID-19

AstraZeneca antibody cocktail study shows success treating COVID-19

By Ludwig Burger, Yadarisa Shabong and Sachin Ravikumar (Reuters) -AstraZeneca’s antibody cocktail against COVID-19, which has p..

‘Freedom Day’: Sydney reopens as Australia looks to live with COVID-19

‘Freedom Day’: Sydney reopens as Australia looks to live with COVID-19

By Renju Jose and Jonathan Barrett SYDNEY (Reuters) -Sydney’s cafes, gyms and restaurants welcomed back fully vaccinated custome..

Turnout in Iraq’s election reached 41% – electoral commission

Turnout in Iraq’s election reached 41% – electoral commission

By John Davison and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Initial turnout in Iraq’s parliamentary election on Sunday was 41%, the ele..

Greek EU-harmonised inflation rises in September

Greek EU-harmonised inflation rises in September

ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece’s annual EU-harmonised inflation stayed positive for a fourth straight month in September, data from th..

Factbox-Countries making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory

Factbox-Countries making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory

(Reuters) – A sharp upturn in infections due to the Delta variant and a slowdown in vaccinations have pushed governments to make..

Britain says exact date on U.S. travel reopening still not known

Britain says exact date on U.S. travel reopening still not known

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s transport minister Grant Shapps said on Friday there was still no exact date for when the United Sta..

Amazon’s Twitch blames configuration error for data breach

Amazon’s Twitch blames configuration error for data breach

(Reuters) – Twitch, a live streaming e-sports platform owned by Amazon.com Inc, on Wednesday blamed “an error” in se..

BP wins over Greenpeace in North Sea oil court case

BP wins over Greenpeace in North Sea oil court case

LONDON (Reuters) – A Scottish court handed BP a win over Greenpeace on Thursday after the environmental group tried to void the ..

Digital divide’ hits rural Black Americans hardest

Digital divide’ hits rural Black Americans hardest

By Avi Asher-Schapiro and David Sherfinski LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The lack of internet access in ..

REUTERS IMPACT-‘Please put a price on carbon’, says Europe’s biggest utility

REUTERS IMPACT-‘Please put a price on carbon’, says Europe’s biggest utility

By Jon Harman and Stephen Jewkes (Reuters) – Countries need to put a price on carbon to help the world cut greenhouse gas emissi..

UK hospitals could struggle even if COVID deaths lower this winter – epidemiologist

UK hospitals could struggle even if COVID deaths lower this winter – epidemiologist

By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Hospitals may struggle to cope if there is a significant surge of COVID-19 in England this ..

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by global outage

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by global outage

By Subrat Patnaik and Eva Mathews (Reuters) -Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went offline for users across the globe, the social medi..

McDonald’s targets net zero emissions by 2050, from meat to energy

McDonald’s targets net zero emissions by 2050, from meat to energy

By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp on Monday set a new target to cut global greenhouse gas emissions to n..

New Zealand drops COVID-19 elimination strategy under pressure from Delta

New Zealand drops COVID-19 elimination strategy under pressure from Delta

By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand on Monday abandoned its long-standing strategy of eliminating coronavirus am..

Two Americans win Medicine Nobel for work on heat and touch

Two Americans win Medicine Nobel for work on heat and touch

By Johan Ahlander and Ludwig Burger STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -American scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian won the 2021 Nobel Pri..

Explainer-Global energy shortage or a coincidence of regional crises?

Explainer-Global energy shortage or a coincidence of regional crises?

(Reuters) -British gasoline stations running dry, surging power costs in the European Union ahead of winter, forced restrictions on en..

La Palma residents grapple with devastation wrought by volcano

La Palma residents grapple with devastation wrought by volcano

By Miguel Pereira and Borja Suarez LA PALMA, Spain (Reuters) -Residents of Spain’s La Palma were struggling on Thursday to come ..

Analysis: From chips to ships, shortages are making inflation stick

Analysis: From chips to ships, shortages are making inflation stick

By Dhara Ranasinghe and Sujata Rao LONDON (Reuters) – Soaring gas prices, staff shortages, a lack of ships — price pressur..