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Last week featured some of the hottest temperatures of the year across the U.S. Corn Belt, increasing stress on corn and soybean crops as the heat was accompanied by a second week of largely dry weather.

Qatar Airways is optimistic about Brazil and the overall Latin American market as part of a global network expansion strategy on the heels of World Cup-driven surge for its business.

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The Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday it was naming the acting head of aviation safety to the permanent job, as the United States grapples with a series of troubling air safety near-miss incidents.

U.S. corn and soybean crops likely deteriorated following a spell of sweltering heat in the Midwest last week, according to the average estimates of 13 analysts surveyed on Monday.

The French government's decision to ban children from wearing the abaya, the loose-fitting, full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in state-run schools drew applause on Monday from the right, but also criticism.

Chicago soybeans and corn climbed on Monday after a U.S. farm survey predicted smaller crop production than government forecasts due to hot, dry conditions across the U.S. Midwest.

The United States Transportation Department (USDOT) on Monday fined American Airlines $4.1 million for unlawfully keeping thousands of passengers on the tarmac for hours, the largest-ever penalty for violating the rule.

The U.S. Agriculture Department issued the following weekly data on grains inspected and/or weighed for export by region and country of destination:

Rains were below average last week in most of Ivory Coast's main cocoa growing regions but soil moisture content was still high enough to help strengthen the next October-to-March main crop, farmers said on Monday.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will visit Russia soon to discuss the collapsed United Nations deal that had allowed Black Sea exports of Ukrainian grain, a spokesperson for Turkey's ruling AK Party said on Monday.

The United States on Monday fined American Airlines $4.1 million for unlawfully keeping thousands of passengers on the tarmac for hours, the Transportation Department said.

Raw sugar futures on ICE rose on Monday to hit their highest prices in more than two months amid concerns regarding supplies from Asia, while coffee and cocoa were also up.

Ukraine strongly opposes the imposition of any restrictions on the import of its grain by neighbouring countries after a European Union ban ends on Sept. 15, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Monday.

India is poised for its lowest monsoon rains in eight years, with the El Niño weather pattern seen crimping September precipitation after an August that is on track to be the driest in more than a century, two weather department officials told Reuters on Monday.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will visit Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi soon and there may be developments regarding the deal that allowed the maritime export of Ukrainian grain, a spokesperson for Erdogan's ruling AK Party said on Monday.

Daily energy market commentary provided by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions Advisory Services' Energy Team.

Russian wheat export prices held steady last week, and supplies were plentiful, analysts said.

Argentina's government ordered another increase in the price of bioethanol made from sugar cane or corn for domestic use, according to a statement published on Monday in the Official Gazette, marking the second price increase this month.

Brazilian farmers had harvested 83% of the area planted for their second corn crop in the center-south region by Aug. 24, consultancy AgRural said on Monday, up 6 percentage points from the previous week.