CHICAGO (Reuters) - Top Zika investigators now believe that the birth defect microcephaly and the paralyzing Guillain-Barre syndrome may be just the most obvious maladies caused by the mosquito-borne virus.
OSLO, April 6 (Reuters) - Industrial activity such as mining and logging threatens almost half of the world's natural World Heritage sites, from Australia's Great Barrier Reef to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in Peru, the WWF conservation group said on Wednesday.
LONDON, April 5 (Reuters) - Unexpectedly weak gasoline consumption in the United States reported for the month of January has been blamed by some market participants for the continued slide in oil prices on Tuesday.
BRASILIA, April 5 (Reuters) - A Supreme Court judge ordered Brazil's Congress on Tuesday to start impeachment proceedings against Vice President Michel Temer, deepening a political crisis and uncertainty over leadership of Latin America's largest country.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Top Zika investigators now believe that the birth defect microcephaly and the paralysing Guillain-Barre syndrome may be just the most obvious maladies caused by the mosquito-borne virus.
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Here’s a quick quiz question. Without doing an Internet search, who finished second at the 2015 Masters?
April 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department will file a lawsuit as soon as this week to stop oilfield services provider Halliburton Co from acquiring smaller rival Baker Hughes Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 5 (Reuters) - Here's a quick quiz question. Without doing an Internet search, who finished second at the 2015 Masters?
ANKARA, April 6 (Reuters) - Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said the country's crude output would reach four million barrels per day (bpd) by March 2017, state television reported on Wednesday.
RALEIGH — PayPal said Tuesday that it was scrapping a $3.6-million, 400-job expansion in North Carolina, the biggest tangible economic backlash so far to a new state law that restricts protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
NEW YORK — Subway is moving ahead and posting calorie counts on menu boards nationally despite another delay in a federal rule requiring the information.
(Reuters) - Rangers ended a four-year exile from the Scottish Premiership when they beat Dumbarton 1-0 with a second-half goal by James Tavernier to clinch the Championship title and automatic promotion at Ibrox Stadium on Tuesday.
BERNE (Reuters) - Recently-elected FIFA president Gianni Infantino was "dismayed that his integrity was being doubted" in media reports about a contract he signed several years ago, the global football body said in a statement on Tuesday.
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Jack Nicklaus called the embrace with his oldest son Jackie, after his magical ride through the pines at Augusta National 30 years ago, perhaps the most memorable moment of his legendary career. Jackie was 24 and was on Nicklaus’ bag for that unexpected 1986 Masters win that crowned the Golden Bear's career.
AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 5 (Reuters) - Jack Nicklaus called the embrace with his oldest son Jackie, after his magical ride through the pines at Augusta National 30 years ago, perhaps the most memorable moment of his legendary career.
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - The Masters will say goodbye to another former champion this week when Tom Watson makes a final trek up the 18th fairway, but not before he marks the occasion by leaving one last egg salad sandwich by the 13th tee.
Black male community leaders say they have a plan to address black-on-black crime, and it starts with gang leaders in North Charleston giving them a call.
Black male community leaders say they have a plan to address black-on-black crime and it starts with gang leaders in North Charleston giving them a call.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's North African branch has confirmed the death of a prominent leader of the network's Syrian affiliate, Abu Firas al-Suri, in a U.S. air strike in Syria on Sunday.
April 5 (Reuters) - Huatai Securities Co Ltd is seeking to acquire U.S. asset management software maker AssetMark Inc for as much as $800 million, according to people familiar with the matter, in the latest example of a Chinese company taking an interest in U.S. businesses.
AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 5 (Reuters) - The Masters will say goodbye to another former champion this week when Tom Watson makes a final trek up the 18th fairway, but not before he marks the occasion by leaving one last egg salad sandwich by the 13th tee.
James Reeves’ agent had advised him to go play a round of golf. He told Reeves that staring at the draft tracker on MLB.com waiting for his name to be called would be counterproductive and distracting. Reeves needed to get out and do something.
LOS ANGELES, April 5 (Reuters) - Power generators in the greater Los Angeles area face up to 14 days of natural gas shortages severe enough to cause blackouts this summer in the aftermath of the months-long methane leak at the Aliso Canyon gas storage field, state energy regulators warned on Tuesday.
LONDON, April 6 (Reuters) - - British shop prices fell by the smallest amount in seven months in March, but continued their slide as retailers cut prices to attract customers.
LONDON, April 6 (Reuters) - - British shop prices fell by the smallest amount in seven months in March, but continued their slide as retailers cut prices to attract customers.
