AstraZeneca would buy Actavis' branded respiratory drug business in the U.S. and Canada for an initial $600 million.
The deal will be funded by a one billion pound share issue and debt.
Tesco is also being investigated by U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office over allegations the retailer overstated its profits last year.
Climate change models may not accurately predict short-term changes but are useful to predict long-term trends, scientists say.
A new report finds that Israel-Gaza conflict was the single biggest cause behind the spike in incidents.
The Whitney Houston Lifetime movie might have had an effect on her daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown.
The bloc will need to balance its stance against the leader with considerations for his role at the head of an increasingly important regional organization.
King Abdullah II has vowed "relentless war" against ISIS after the extremist group killed a Jordanian pilot. Here's how he might wage it.
The efforts to validate the medicinal qualities of marijuana got its latest endorsement on Wednesday morning from a key White House adviser.
The World Bank has hired a team of lawyers to look into the issue.
A spokeswoman clarified that the visa ban remained in place, but exemptions could be granted in special circumstances.
The latest analysis replaces the previous estimate that one in three people were likely to get cancer during their lives.
The bulk of the crisis was over by the time aid hit the areas most affected by the Ebola outbreak.
Lacking the means to put down the cats due to large numbers, an animal rights group received notice that thousands of cats were likely buried alive.
The U.K. legalized the procedure on Tuesday, but there's passionate debate about the ethics and safety of the breakthrough treatment.
Greece’s new finance minister has met with European leaders to find a compromise, but it won't be simple.
The procedure, known as mitochondrial replacement, swaps defective maternal mitochondrial DNA with a healthy one from a donor.
In 2011, News Corp journalists were alleged to have hacked into the phones of celebrities, and even the British royal family to get news tips.
Amid a surge of new fighting in eastern Ukraine, the U.S. government and military leaders are considering providing lethal aid to Ukraine.
Kyle, who is portrayed in the Oscar-nominated "American Sniper," may not have been as lethal a sniper as an unnamed Royal Marine.
Despite all the educational apps, tablets and smartphones may be no better for young children than TV.
U.S. stocks fluctuated Monday as economists sorted through a series of mixed data ahead of Friday's highly anticipated jobs report.