By Blake Brittain (Reuters) -Yum Brands Inc’ Taco Bell Corp on Tuesday asked the U.S. Trademark Office to cancel two smaller rivals’ “Taco Tuesday” trademarks in what the largest Mexican fast-food chain in the U.S. called a bid to “liberate the phrase for restaurants nationwide.” Taco Bell’s petitions said the trademarks, owned by Gregory’s Restaurant…
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s industry minister said on Monday that a cut in sales tax on baby products has not produced the expected fall in consumer prices and called for the country’s new inflation committee to hold an urgent meeting on the matter. To help families cope with the surge in inflation and encourage people…
By Juan Gonzalez SANTA JUANA, Chile (Reuters) – In the southern Chilean city of Santa Juana, hit hard by wildfires earlier this year, locals have a special taskforce helping fight blazes: a herd of goats. The goats have already saved the native forest of the Bosques de Chacay once, preventing the park from being consumed…
(Reuters) – As the Eurovision song contest was underway in Britain late on Saturday, Russian missiles hit the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil, which is home to the electro-pop duo Tvorchi, this year’s contestants from Ukraine. Local authorities, writing on Telegram, said the strike had hit warehouses owned by commercial enterprises and a religious organization,…
By Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway BURBANK, California (Reuters) – As striking Hollywood writers protest working conditions, some are seeking more than a new labor contract. They are also looking for love on the picket lines. Single members of the Writers Guild of America gathered outside the Universal Studios lot this week for a combination…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Residents of Moscow reported problems using satellite navigation in cars and on mobile devices this week, as the Kremlin stepped up security for the annual Victory Day parade on Red Square on May 9. Maps from the GPSJam website showed a “high level” of Global Positioning System interference across Moscow on Wednesday…
MADRID (Reuters) – People in Barcelona had to do a double take on Friday when former President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and film maker Steven Spielberg joined the throngs of tourists to visit some of the city’s main sites – albeit with added security. The trio were in Barcelona to attend a concert by pal…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It was take-your-child-to-work day at the White House on Thursday and President Joe Biden leaped fully into the event, taking questions from inquisitive kids at a mock news conference where some revelations were made: Chocolate chip ice cream is his favorite and Top Gun Maverick his preferred movie. Biden, 80, sporting his…
By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) – A leading Russian lawmaker said on Wednesday he had filed a complaint about an online art tool promoted by the country’s largest bank, saying it consistently generated negative images of Russia. Lender Sberbank features the “Kandinsky 2.1” design tool on its website, with versions in Russian and English. Visitors are…
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It turns out South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol can sing. At the end of a festive dinner at the White House on Wednesday, President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, President Yoon and his wife, Kim Keon Hee, moved from the East Room to the State Dining Room…