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(Reuters Health) - Epinephrine might still have its life-saving potential even if it freezes and thaws out while you’re backpacking in the dead of winter, an experimental study finds.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A draft United Nations Security Council resolution commemorating the 1995 Srebrenica massacre does "not seek to bring up painful divisions nor point the finger of blame," Britain said on Wednesday as Russia pushes a rival text it considers balanced.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A draft United Nations Security Council resolution commemorating the 1995 Srebrenica massacre does "not seek to bring up painful divisions nor point the finger of blame," Britain said on Wednesday as Russia pushes a rival text it considers balanced.

Insurer Ace Ltd. is buying The Chubb Corp. for about $28.3 billion in cash and stock in a deal that will create one of the world's largest insurers.

The Uber ride-sharing service is facing roadblocks in Brazil.

Award-winning novelist Louise Doughty has hit out at short-termism among UK publishers and called on the industry to commit to authors that do not write break-out bestsellers, saying the next Hilary Mantel “could slip through our fingers”.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - TV Land has pulled re-runs of the 1980s sitcom "Dukes of Hazzard," the U.S. cable network said on Wednesday amid controversy over portrayals of the Confederate flag, which is notably featured on the show's "General Lee" vehicle.

LONDON, (Reuters) - Scientists investigating why a GlaxoSmithKline flu vaccine triggered narcolepsy in some people say they have the first solid evidence the rare sleep disorder may be a so-called "hit-and-run" autoimmune disease.

LONDON, (Reuters) - Scientists investigating why a GlaxoSmithKline flu vaccine triggered narcolepsy in some people say they have the first solid evidence the rare sleep disorder may be a so-called "hit-and-run" autoimmune disease.

Bail was denied for a Vicksburg man accused of the abduction, rape and killing of a 69-year-old Vicksburg woman whose body was found at an abandoned hospital Sunday night.

When MPs were electing a successor to the formidable Margaret Hodge to chair Parliament’s most important committee, the Public Accounts Committee, last month, they could have chosen Gisela Stuart, who is known for her contempt for “rudderless leaders who drift with the political wind”, or Helen Goodman, who would have brought specialist knowledge to the post, as a former Treasury civil servant. Instead, they chose Meg Hillier, whose greatest distinction is that Ed Miliband sacked her from the shadow Cabinet because she was hopeless. Читать дальше...

CALAIS, France (Reuters) - Striking ferry workers blocking access to Calais port in northern France agreed on Wednesday to let some boats through, partly lifting a blockade in its third day.

CALAIS, France (Reuters) - Striking ferry workers blocking access to Calais port in northern France agreed on Wednesday to let some boats through, partly lifting a blockade in its third day.

July 1 (Reuters) - Bubba Watson and Tiger Woods are both trying to recover this week at the Greenbrier Classic, one from the highs of victory and the other from another major disappointment.

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's Finance Ministry and its creditors said on Wednesday restructuring talks in Washington had been productive, leading to an agreement to continue negotiations under confidential terms, in an effort to reach a deal as soon as possible.

Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell said a probe of a commercial burglary ring in Gulf Park Estates has led to five arrests.

It’s hard to tell from the drab waiting area at Camberwell Green magistrates’ court in south London, but the wheels of British justice are starting to turn more slowly than usual.

South Carolina and eight other states are suing over new water regulations they say are unconstitutional.

LONDON (Reuters) - Uruguay defender Sebastian Coates has completed a permanent transfer to Sunderland from fellow Premier League side Liverpool, the Wearside club announced on Wednesday.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Sepp Blatter, president of the world soccer governing body FIFA that is embroiled in corruption investigations, has told a German magazine he has a clean conscience and believes he will "go to heaven one day".

OPELIKA, Ala. -- Two Opelika firefighters and one former firefighter are safe and back at work after they were separated from their boat when a scuba dive outing went wrong…

Lorry drivers sweltered in huge tailbacks on both sides of the Channel as the French ferry workers blocked the port of Calais for the third day running.

Lorry drivers sweltered in huge tailbacks on both sides of the Channel as the French ferry workers blocked the port of Calais for the third day running.

One winner of a teenage Miss 4th of July pageant is upset. The other agreed to share the title but isn't talking. And the pageant organizer is defending herself from accusations she rigged the results.

LONDON (Reuters) - Swansea City bolstered their attacking options with the signing of Portugal forward Eder from Braga on a three-year-contract, the Premier League side announced on Wednesday.