Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan eyes another stimulus package as pandemic crushes economy
By Kaori Kaneko and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will look into additional steps to cushion the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic, its economy minister said on Friday, signallin...
May 08, 2020
One person dead after being struck by plane landing at airport in Austin, Texas
(Reuters) - A person was killed late Thursday after being struck by a plane landing at an airport in Austin, Texas, officials said. The person was struck and killed on runway 17R by a landing aircraft...
May 08, 2020
Air New Zealand to boost capacity as virus curbs ease, but higher fares expected
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Air New Zealand Ltd said on Friday it would boost domestic capacity to 20% of usual levels once the country further loosens pandemic restrictions, but it cannot offer its lowest far...
May 08, 2020
Green hydrogen's time has come, say advocates eying post-pandemic world
By Nina Chestney and Kate Abnett LONDON (Reuters) - Hydrogen has long been touted as a clean alternative to fossil fuels. Now, as major economies prepare green investments to kickstart growth, advocat...
May 08, 2020
Finland's industrial output grew 2.8% in March despite coronavirus
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish industrial output rose 2.8 percent in March from a year earlier despite the coronavirus outbreak, but new manufacturing orders fell by 9.3% in the same period, data from S...
May 08, 2020
Iran quake of magnitude 5.1 kills two, injures 22
DUBAI (Reuters) - Two people died and 22 were injured when they fled their homes in panic following an earthquake of magnitude 5.1 that struck northern Iran in the early hours of Friday, state media s...
May 08, 2020
Bangladesh quarantines hundreds of Rohingya boat people on island: officials
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - The Bangladesh navy has rescued around 280 Rohingya Muslims from the Bay of Bengal, towing their stranded boat to an island where they will be quarantined as a precautio...
May 08, 2020
U.S. drillers expected to slash oil & gas rigs to lowest ever
By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) - The number of oil and gas rigs operating in the United States is expected to hit an all-time low this week - reflecting data going back 80 years - as the energy industry ...
May 08, 2020
Australia backs BP's study to produce hydrogen from wind, solar
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - BP Plc has won Australian government backing for a feasibility study into producing hydrogen using wind and solar power to split water and converting the hydrogen to ammonia in W...
May 08, 2020
Siemens sees strongest coronavirus impact in next quarter as second-quarter profit plunges
ZURICH (Reuters) - Siemens expects "even stronger impacts" from the coronavirus pandemic in the weeks ahead, it said on Friday as it ditched its 2020 guidance and posted an 18% drop in industrial prof...
May 08, 2020
