8+ min ago (385+ words) (GREEN BAY PACKERS) " The Green Bay Packers travel to Detroit to take on the Lions, marking the third straight year that Green Bay has played on Thanksgiving, including the second time over that span in Detroit. It will be the 23rd meeting between the Packers and Lions on Thanksgiving, the most in the NFL. Thursday will be the Packers" 39th game on Thanksgiving, tied with the Chicago Bears for the third most in NFL history. Only the Detroit Lions (86) and Dallas Cowboys (58) have played more games on Thanksgiving.The Packers are 16-20-2 overall on Thanksgiving with a 9-12-1 record against the Lions. It is the first time the Packers have played on Thanksgiving in three straight years since they faced Detroit every year from 1951-63. Only three of the Packers" previous 38 Thanksgiving games have been at home. The Packers lead the regular-season series, 105-78-7 (.571), and have…...

1+ hour, 40+ min ago (262+ words) DUBLIN (Reuters) -The European Union needs to revamp how it spends money to revive growth, curbing state aid and redirecting funds towards "public goods" that will be critical for future growth, Dutch central bank chief Olaf Sleijpen said on Tuesday. European growth has been stuck at anaemic levels for years and policymakers have been debating possible reforms to revive a bloc that is quickly falling behind global peers and already badly trails on investment into artificial intelligence, a dominant theme for the years ahead. "The EU budget is still focused on the economy of the past, and not so much on providing the public goods that are necessary for the economy of the future," Sleijpen, one of the newest members of the ECB's rate-setting Governing Council, said in Dublin. "Agricultural subsidies and cohesion funds together account for more than two-thirds…...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago (393+ words) KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -A Malaysian court will decide on December 22 whether jailed former prime minister Najib Razak can serve his sentence under house arrest, just days before delivering its verdict in another major case he faces over the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal. Najib, 72, is serving a six-year jail sentence after being found guilty of graft and money laundering in one of several cases he faces linked to the alleged theft of billions of dollars from 1Malaysia Development Berhad " a state fund he helped establish in 2009 while he was premier. The Kuala Lumpur High Court allowed a request from Najib's lawyers to move the date forward during proceedings on Tuesday, Senior Federal Counsel Shamsul Bolhassan told Reuters. The decision had been scheduled for January 5. The house arrest decision will now come four days before the High Court is due to hand down its verdict…...

2+ hour, 4+ min ago (152+ words) (Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck Japan's Kyushu region on Tuesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said. (Reporting by Dheeraj Kumar in Bengaluru; Editing by An... Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 strikes Japan's Kyuhsu region, GFZ says (Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck Japan's Kyushu region on Tuesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said. (Reporting by Dheeraj Kumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne) Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 strikes Japan's Kyuhsu region, GFZ says (Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck Japan's Kyushu region on Tuesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said. (Reporting by Dheeraj Kumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)...

2+ hour, 12+ min ago (149+ words) BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European digital rule-book is not up for negotiation, European Commission Vice President Teresa Ribera said in response to comments made by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Lutnick on Monday said that the European Union... BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European digital rule-book is not up for negotiation, European Commission Vice President Teresa Ribera said in response to comments made by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Lutnick on Monday said that the European Union should make its regulation of the tech sector more "balanced" in exchange for a reduction of U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from the bloc. "We, Europeans, have adopted our rules to ensure fair markets and to protect consumers rights'It's our duty to preserve our values and to defend our people," Ribera said on Monday evening. (Reporting by Charlotte Van Campenhout, Yun Chee Foo, Editing by Kirsten Donovan)...

2+ hour, 12+ min ago (193+ words) (Reuters) -Facebook parent Meta is in discussions with Alphabet's Google to spend billions on using Google's AI chips in its data centers from 2027 and to rent chips from Google Cloud by next year, The Information reported on Monday. Google has pitched tensor processing units, or TPUs, as a cheaper alternative to Nvidia chips, useful for firms seeking higher security standards, the report said, adding that Google has discussed aiming for 10% of Nvidia's revenue with its TPU chip business. The TPUs, available for rent on Google Cloud, serve as an alternative to supply-constrained Nvidia chips. Meta, Google and Nvidia did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Meta announced earlier this year it will invest $600 billion in U.S. infrastructure and jobs over the next three years, including AI data centers. The company has been one…...

2+ hour, 15+ min ago (205+ words) BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's innovation capacity is stagnating, with the country remaining stuck at 12th place in an innovation ranking while competitors including the United States, Britain and France make significant gains, a study showed on Tuesday. A key problem is that Germany's corporate research and development spending at home is growing less dynamically than in other nations, especially in digitalization, where it lags behind the U.S. and China. The ranking, which has analysed the innovation capacity of major economies since 2005, is again led by smaller, highly specialized nations: Switzerland in first position, Singapore in second and Denmark in third. Germany ranks fourth in key technologies overall and is among the top five in four of seven technology fields including circular economy, new materials and new production technologies. But in key future-oriented fields, Germany has fallen behind: Seventh in digital hardware, 10th in digital…...

2+ hour, 17+ min ago (265+ words) ZURICH (Reuters) -Novartis said on Tuesday that it plans to cut up to 550 full-time jobs by the end of 2027 at one of the Swiss pharmaceutical firm's sites in Switzerland, stressing the step was not linked to its expansion in the United States. Novartis said the cuts were part of plans to end production of tablets and capsules and packaging of sterile medicines at its plant in Stein in northern Switzerland. The company said it also plans to invest $80 million in its production at its Schweizerhalle site on the edge of Basel and create around 80 new positions there by the end of 2028. Novartis and its rival Roche are two of the top Swiss investors in the United States. Both said they would invest billions of dollars there in the coming years as Swiss firms pledge to expand in the United States…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago (146+ words) BERLIN (Reuters) -German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul plans to visit China before the end of this year, he said at a policy forum in Berlin on Tuesday, after postponing a planned October trip at the last minute. Wadephul was originally due in the C... BERLIN (Reuters) -German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul plans to visit China before the end of this year, he said at a policy forum in Berlin on Tuesday, after postponing a planned October trip at the last minute. Wadephul was originally due in the Chinese capital in late October on the first visit by a minister of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government, but he cancelled at the last minute after the Chinese agreed to just one of his meeting requests. Merz said this month that he plans to visit China in the first few weeks of 2026. (Reporting by Miranda…...

2+ hour, 32+ min ago (179+ words) GENEVA (Reuters) -The two-year Gaza war and economic restrictions have triggered an unprecedented collapse in the Palestinian economy, wiping out decades of growth, a United Nations report said on Tuesday. "Extensive damage to infrastructure, productive assets and public services has reversed decades of socioeconomic progress in the Occupied Palestinian Territory," according to the report by the United Nations trade and development agency (UNCTAD). The Palestinian GDP per capita by the end of last year returned to that of 2003, erasing 22 years of development progress, it added. The resulting economic crisis is among the ten worst globally since 1960, the report said. The scale of the damage in Gaza after the two-year war between Israel and Hamas means the enclave will be reliant on extensive international support and recovery could still take decades, the report said. The West Bank is also suffering its…...