Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Oilfield spending to fall 21% as producers slash outlays: report
By Liz Hampton (Reuters) - Global spending on oilfield equipment and services this year will fall 21% from 2019 to $211 billion, the lowest level since 2005, according to a report to be released on We...
Apr 01, 2020
Hezbollah asserts role in Lebanon's coronavirus fight
By Eric Knecht BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah is marshalling its deep resources in the fight against coronavirus, using a corps of volunteers, doctors and facilities to c...
Apr 01, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. prosecutors probe former Wells Fargo exec over scandal - sources
By Chris Prentice and Koh Gui Qing WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors are investigating the former head of Wells Fargo & Co's community banking division for her role in the lender's prod...
Apr 01, 2020
For Americans, pandemic takes the fun out of April Fools' this year
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - With life in most of the United States grinding to a halt and the economy set to tip into a recession or worse, Americans appear to have no appetite for April ...
Apr 01, 2020
Indonesia set to open emergency coronavirus hospital on uninhabited island
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia will by next week open a new coronavirus emergency hospital on the uninhabited island of Galang, where authorities have repurposed a former Vietnam war era refugee camp a...
Apr 01, 2020
China clamps down on coronavirus test kit exports after accuracy questioned
By Roxanne Liu and Alexandra Harney BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Beijing is stepping up its oversight of exports of coronavirus test kits after several European countries complained about the accurac...
Apr 01, 2020
Spain reports more than 100,000 coronavirus cases, new daily death toll record
MADRID (Reuters) - The number of cases of coronavirus in Spain surpassed 100,000 on Wednesday while the number of fatalities reported overnight reached a new record, the country's health ministry said...
Apr 01, 2020
Over 100 countries ask South Korea for coronavirus testing help: official
By Hyonhee Shin and Anne Kauranen SEOUL/HELSINKI (Reuters) - South Korea has received requests from 121 countries for help with coronavirus testing, a foreign ministry official said on Wednesday, as a...
Apr 01, 2020
Oil majors slash 2020 spending by 20% after prices slump
LONDON (Reuters) - The world's biggest oil and gas companies are cutting spending this year following a collapse in oil prices driven by a slump in demand because of the coronavirus crisis and a price...
Apr 01, 2020
Iran's coronavirus death toll rises to 3,036: health ministry official
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 3,036, with 138 deaths in the past 24 hours, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur told state TV on Wednesday, adding that...
Apr 01, 2020
