Europe sends aid to help Tunisia counter COVID surge
TUNIS, July 16 (Reuters) – Italy, Spain and Switzerland sent medical aid on Friday to Tunisia which is facing its worst health crisis since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, with a sharp rise in deaths, hospitals filled to capacity and a lack of oxygen supplies. Deaths from COVID-19 exceeded 150 per day during the […]
Desperate Myanmar residents queue for oxygen as COVID-19 cases surge
July 12 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s military authorities pledged on Monday to ramp up oxygen supplies to help treat COVID-19 patients, as residents described their struggle to secure supplies to save loved-ones from a record-setting wave of infections. Photographs on social media showed long queues of residents in Myanmar’s biggest city Yangon trying to refill oxygen […]
U.S. oil mergers surge as energy, share prices recover from pandemic
U.S. oil and gas mergers surged last quarter with the most $1 billion plus combinations since 2014, according to data released on Monday, as rising energy and share prices led to larger oilpatch deals.
Indonesia considers plan to tax trade in cryptocurrencies
Indonesia is considering a plan to tax the trading of cryptocurrencies after a surge in popularity among local investors, a tax official said on Tuesday. The Southeast Asian country has been seeking to shore up state revenues amid the coronavirus pandemic, though Neilmaldrin Noor, a spokesman at Indonesia’s tax office, said a tax scheme for […]
India’s coronavirus death toll surpasses 200,000 after record case surge
India’s COVID-19 death toll surged past 200,000 on Wednesday as shortages of oxygen, medical supplies and hospital staff compounded a record number of new cases of the virus.
