UPDATE 3-Halliburton says no deal yet with regulators on size of asset sales
* Reports better-than-expected Q4 adj profit (Adds analysts' comments)
* Reports better-than-expected Q4 adj profit (Adds analysts' comments)
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At least 41 million children under the age of five are obese or overweight across the globe, with numbers rising most rapidly in developing countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At least 41 million children under the age of five are obese or overweight across the globe, with numbers rising most rapidly in developing countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will keep the door open for injured defender Jerome Boateng as long as possible ahead of this year's European Championship, coach Joachim Loew said.
CAIRO (Reuters) - About 300 people gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Monday, not to celebrate the instigators of the revolt that five years ago overthrew Egypt's longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak but to praise the police who tried to stop them.
* Spanish, Italian lenders weigh on banks (Adds details, updates prices)
BERLIN (Reuters) - The leader of Angela Merkel's Bavarian allies has supported proposals put forward by a rising star in their conservative bloc to tighten controls on asylum seekers at Germany's borders, raising pressure on the chancellor to toughen her position.
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld a major Obama administration electricity markets regulation aimed at encouraging efficiency in the market by having grid operators pay large users to reduce consumption at peak times.
(Reuters) - OncoMed Pharmaceuticals Inc lost nearly half its market value after independent investigators informed the company that its pancreatic cancer drug was unlikely to meet the main goal in a mid-stage study.
(Reuters) - OncoMed Pharmaceuticals Inc lost nearly half its market value after independent investigators informed the company that its pancreatic cancer drug was unlikely to meet the main goal in a mid-stage study.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African authorities are challenging Olympian Oscar Pistorius appeal against his conviction for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, the national prosecuting authority said on Monday.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African authorities are challenging Olympian Oscar Pistorius appeal against his conviction for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, the national prosecuting authority said on Monday.
(Reuters) - Forward Giuseppe Rossi has joined Spanish club Levante on loan from Fiorentina until June, the clubs said on their official websites.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The death toll from a suicide attack on Monday in the Syrian city of Aleppo on a checkpoint run by the powerful Islamist group Ahrar al-Sham has risen to 23, including four civilians, a monitoring group said.
LONDON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - England's new captain Dylan Hartley is a player most of his team mates would choose to lead them in the heat of battle.
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A "race to the bottom" on asylum policy among European Union countries is exposing more than 360,000 child migrants to greater risk of harm as the bloc struggles to cope with a surge of refugees, rights watchdogs said on Monday.
OSLO (Reuters) - Oslo's main waste incinerator began the world's first experiment to capture carbon dioxide from the fumes of burning rubbish on Monday, hoping to develop technology to enlist the world's trash in slowing global warming.
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - P ricewaterhouseCoopers may face increased pressure to settle a decade-old lawsuit with a class of employees who took lump-sum retirement payments between 2000 and 2006 after coming up short on Monday in its bid for U.S. Supreme Court review.
COLOMBO, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's central bank kept its key policy interest rates unchanged on Monday, saying the effects of previous adjustments are still trickling down into the economy while private sector credit growth will decelerate slowly.
* Iraq aims to raise oil output further this year (Writes through, adds further OPEC comments)
The Citadel has punished 14 cadets for their involvement in a Dec. 9 incident in which freshmen wore pointed white hoods in an upperclassman’s barracks room.
Somebody bought a $100,000 unclaimed lottery ticket in Mount Pleasant.
Italy is poised to sign deals worth up to 17 billion euros with Iran during President Hassan Rouhani's visit to Rome, according to a government source. As Sonia Legg reports, Iran is visiting numerous countries as it eyes a potential investment bonanza after the lifting of financial sanctions.
Italy is poised to sign deals worth up to 17 billion euros with Iran during President Hassan Rouhani's visit to Rome, according to a government source. As Sonia Legg reports, Iran is visiting numerous countries as it eyes a potential investment bonanza after the lifting of financial sanctions.
Italy is poised to sign deals worth up to 17 billion euros with Iran during President Hassan Rouhani's visit to Rome, according to a government source. As Sonia Legg reports, Iran is visiting numerous countries as it eyes a potential investment bonanza after the lifting of financial sanctions.