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DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The Syrian government expects a tough battle for Aleppo, the city that has become the focal point of the country's long civil war, but is confident of victory and says it won't be a long fight.

(Reuters) - Compounding pharmacy Imprimis Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Wednesday it plans to make a cheaper alternative to Retrophin Inc's kidney stone drug, Thiola.

(Reuters) - Compounding pharmacy Imprimis Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Wednesday it plans to make a cheaper alternative to Retrophin Inc's kidney stone drug, Thiola.

WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The White House promised on Wednesday that it would be able to uphold U.S. commitments to an international climate change agreement, as a court ruling heightened concerns about the stability of the global carbon reduction pact reached last year.

Twitter now customizes the way tweets are displayed to appeal to advertisers. Fred Katayama reports.

Twitter now customizes the way tweets are displayed to appeal to advertisers. Fred Katayama reports.

Twitter now customizes the way tweets are displayed to appeal to advertisers. Fred Katayama reports.

WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Tightening financial conditions and uncertainty over China pose risks to the U.S. recovery, but chances are slim the Federal Reserve will reverse the rate tightening cycle it began in December, Fed Chair Janet Yellen told U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday.

Charlie Kaufman has never been ordinary, a trait that has likely helped the 57-year-old writer and director amass a collection of unordinary accomplishments. While Kaufman has become commercially successful, earned the highest of praises by critics and awarded the highest of film honors, an uncommon set of achievements for a screenwriter, none of...

The "Summer of the Shark" in the Carolinas was a worldwide phenomenon, it seems. A record 98 bites or attacks were reported in 2015, more than half of them in the United States.

SAN JUAN, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Creditors of Puerto Rico's sales tax authority, COFINA, made a counter-offer on Wednesday to Puerto Rico's Feb. 1 debt exchange proposal, saying they would extend maturities but forgo cuts to principal that the original offer would entail.

A German automotive parts supplier is recruiting workers through a South Carolina program to staff a plant in the Charleston region, its first U.S. operation.

An automotive parts supplier based in Germany plans to build its first U.S. manufacturing facility in the Charleston region, a consultant to the company told The Post and Courier this week.

When I was a junior in college, I spent a semester abroad in Florence, Italy, studying art history. While there, my colleagues and I traveled to Milan to visit a convent that was built in 1463 and is home to Leonardo da Vinci’s "The Last Supper." We stood in the dark, quiet church and observed a conservator toiling away on...

The French fry. For many, including myself, this ubiquitous dish is the highest and best use of the potato. Many people never get tired of them (and, thankfully, the term "Freedom fries" never caught on either). Crinkle cut, skin on, seasoned, or thin and crispy and sprinkled with parmesan, fries make my carb-loving heart sing. So to...

NEW YORK, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) said on Wednesday it has filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. environment regulator's biofuels policy, the latest industry body to join a legal battle over the controversial program.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's anti-doping body UKAD will take charge of testing Russian athletes while the local agency is suspended for non-compliance following allegations of widespread doping in the country.

CARACAS (Reuters) - A bus carrying Argentina's Huracan football team overturned on Wednesday in Venezuela, according to a local official and a diplomat, but the team suffered only minor injuries.

CARACAS (Reuters) - A bus carrying Argentina's Huracan football team overturned on Wednesday in Venezuela, according to a local official and a diplomat, but the team suffered only minor injuries.

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland will join the fight against Islamic State, its defence minister said on Wednesday, though he signalled that the scale of its involvement would depend on NATO's response to Russia's renewed assertiveness on the alliance's eastern flank.

WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday approved rules governing swaps that involve foreign dealers with trading desks on U.S. soil.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A Roman Catholic group appealed to Pope Francis on Wednesday to allow Church members to "follow their conscience" and use contraception or to let women have abortions to protect themselves against the Zika virus.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A Roman Catholic group appealed to Pope Francis on Wednesday to allow Church members to "follow their conscience" and use contraception or to let women have abortions to protect themselves against the Zika virus.

LONDON (Reuters) - Thirty of the world's leading scientific research institutions, journals and funders pledged on Wednesday to share for free all data and expertise on the Zika virus as soon as they have it.

Nine years after publication of the last novel in the best-selling series about the boy wizard, what has been billed as the "epic 8th Harry Potter story" will be published worldwide in July.