Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Iranian oil minister confirms OPEC agreed a 1.5 million bpd cut
VIENNA (Reuters) - The Iranian oil minister confirmed on Thursday that OPEC ministers had agreed an extra 1.5 million barrel per day (bpd) cut in oil production and that Iran was still exempt from the...
Mar 05, 2020
Dutch health authorities brace for return of 900 students from Italian alps
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch health authorities on Thursday said they were scrambling to put together a plan for the imminent return of a group of around 900 students from a skiing trip in the north of...
Mar 05, 2020
Co-Diagnostics says demand for coronavirus test kits surge, shares soar
(Reuters) - Co-Diagnostics Inc said on Thursday demand for its coronavirus test kits had surged as the outbreak spreads and after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowed labs to use tests ...
Mar 05, 2020
'Now we have corona': Cash-strapped Lebanon navigates new crisis
By Eric Knecht BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's crippling financial crisis could pose a grave threat to managing a coronavirus outbreak that has so far been kept in check but is expected to spread, accord...
Mar 05, 2020
Ivory Coast's Ouattara says he won't run for re-election
YAMOUSSOUKRO (Reuters) - Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Thursday he would not stand for re-election in October, ending speculation about his political future ahead of a highly-anticip...
Mar 05, 2020
Egypt registers first coronavirus case in an Egyptian national returning from Europe
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt registered the first coronavirus case in an Egyptian national who had returned from Serbia via France, a joint statement from the health ministry and the World Health Organizat...
Mar 05, 2020
South Africa confirms first case of coronavirus: health ministry
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa on Thursday confirmed a case of coronavirus, the health ministry said, the country's first case of the deadly disease sweeping through the world. "The National In...
Mar 05, 2020
Apple supplier Foxconn's revenue hammered by coronavirus fallout
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Apple's manufacturing partner Foxconn reported its biggest monthly drop in revenue in about seven years on Thursday as the coronavirus outbreak continued to play havoc with its busi...
Mar 05, 2020
HSBC, UniCredit send staff home after coronavirus infections
By Carolyn Cohn and Gianluca Semeraro LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) - HSBC has sent some staff in London home after a worker tested positive for coronavirus, the first known case in Europe's main financial h...
Mar 05, 2020
Israeli AI chipmaker Hailo raises $60 million, total funding $88 million
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli startup Hailo, which develops artificial intelligence chips, said on Thursday it raised $60 million in a funding round, bringing its total financing to date to $88 million...
Mar 05, 2020
