UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Syrian government in 2015 ignored most United Nations requests to deliver humanitarian aid to some of the 4.6 million people in hard-to-reach and besieged areas and only 620,000 received help, the U.N. aid chief said on Wednesday.
Wall St dropped sharply in wake of Fed statement. Facebook revenue jumps more than 50 percent as mobile drives ad sales. Roselle Chen reports.
Wall St dropped sharply in wake of Fed statement. Facebook revenue jumps more than 50 percent as mobile drives ad sales. Roselle Chen reports.
Wall St dropped sharply in wake of Fed statement. Facebook revenue jumps more than 50 percent as mobile drives ad sales. Roselle Chen reports.
DALLAS, Jan 27 (Reuters) - A lawyer for Texas tycoon Sam Wyly argued on Wednesday that the Internal Revenue Service had failed at trial to prove the businessman used offshore trusts to engage in a massive tax fraud.
MILAN (Reuters) - Holders Juventus swept aside old rivals Inter Milan 3-0 with some flowing attacking football and a brace from Alvaro Morata in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final on Wednesday.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union executive plans a review of value added tax (VAT) across the bloc that might call into question Britain's right to waive the sales duty on food, medicines and children's clothing, a senior EU official said.
BOSTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Holdings lost 11.2 percent since the start of the year, beginning 2016 with the same kind of double-digit losses that plagued the fund in 2015.
PARIS, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Holders Paris St Germain reached their third consecutive League Cup final when goals by Argentina’s Ezequiel Lavezzi and Angel Di Maria gave the French champions a 2-0 victory over Toulouse on Wednesday.
(Reuters Health) - Just one out of every 100 U.S. doctors is responsible for 32 percent of the malpractice claims that result in payments to patients, according to a comprehensive study of 15 years’ worth of cases.
(Reuters Health) - Just one out of every 100 U.S. doctors is responsible for 32 percent of the malpractice claims that result in payments to patients, according to a comprehensive study of 15 years’ worth of cases.
PARIS, Jan 27 (Reuters) - French nuclear group Areva said it plans a 5 billion euro capital increase to restore its finances and said it expects the planned takeover of its reactor arm by fellow state-owned utility EDF to be finalised in 2017.
CHARLOTTE — Panthers quarterback Cam Newton suggested for the first time Wednesday that race may play a factor in why he’s become a lightning rod for public criticism.
(Reuters) - American Ted Ligety suffered an injury to his right knee while training in Oberjoch, Germany and will return home for assessment, U.S. Ski Team medical director Kyle Wilkens said on Wednesday.
AMSTERDAM, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Luuk de Jong’s early goal set PSV Eindhoven on their way to a 3-1 victory at Excelsior in the Dutch league on Wednesday that moved them to within one point of leaders Ajax Amsterdam.
COLUMBIA — In a likely historic first, two Republican U.S. congressmen joined state lawmakers Wednesday to work to keep refugees from coming to the United States.
COLUMBIA — In a likely historic first, two Republican U.S. congressmen joined state lawmakers Wednesday to work to keep refugees from coming to the United States.
Ireland can make history by winning the Six Nations rugby union tournament for a third successive year, but the other five squads are determined to stop them.
The most painful time for College of Charleston’s Canyon Barry over the past four weeks was not the moment he separated his shoulder against William & Mary or having to undergo season-ending surgery.
PODGORICA (Reuters) - Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic survived a confidence vote in parliament on Wednesday in the wake of an invitation to join NATO, but had to rely on the votes of an opposition party after his own coalition partner abandoned him.
Horrende Preise für neue Arzneien bringen das Gesundheitssystem an seine Grenzen, so warnen Fachleute. Die Pharmaindustrie entgegnet, sie brauche hohe Erlöse, um ihre Forschung zu finanzieren. Ein Streit, bei dem die Patienten nur hilflos zusehen können.
GENEVA (Reuters) - Donors must help Libya rebuild its devastated health care system and fight increasing outbreaks of disease, not wait for a unity government to be formed, the health minister and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday.
GENEVA (Reuters) - Donors must help Libya rebuild its devastated health care system and fight increasing outbreaks of disease, not wait for a unity government to be formed, the health minister and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday.
GENEVA (Reuters) - Donors must help Libya rebuild its devastated health care system and fight increasing outbreaks of disease, not wait for a unity government to be formed, the health minister and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday.
OTTAWA, Jan 27 (Reuters) - The Canadian government announced an extension of time for reviewing and deciding on whether to let two key crude oil pipelines go ahead, in an attempt to spur deeper consultations and an assessment of greenhouse gas emissions.