Russian strikes on Ukrainian port areas continued on Thursday, local authorities said, after Moscow warned that ships heading to Ukraine's Black Sea ports could be considered military targets.
Russian strikes on Ukrainian port areas continued on Thursday, local authorities said, after Moscow warned that ships heading to Ukraine's Black Sea ports could be considered military targets.
Prices of most non-ferrous metals climbed on Thursday as traders bet on the prospects that China will strengthen its stimulus support for the economy following a slew of weak data.
Barbie's box-office debut began in parts of Asia on Thursday and is expected to rake in $100 million from U.S. theatres over the weekend. Tickets and refreshed sales for Mattel's 60-year-old doll would be another testament to the consumer's resilience to rising interest rates and living costs.
China's soybean imports from Brazil jumped 31.6% in June from a year earlier, data showed on Thursday, after large cargoes of cheap beans reached Chinese ports.
India's imports of sunflower oil are likely to fall in the coming months as it becomes uncompetitive against rival oils due to rising prices after Russia withdrew from the Black Sea grain deal, industry officials told Reuters.
Chicago wheat futures dropped 1% on Thursday, shedding gains from the previous session, although expectations of lower supplies from Ukraine provided a floor under the market.
Russia warned that ships sailing to Ukraine's Black Sea ports from Thursday will be seen as potential military targets, days after its withdrawal from a safe-passage deal that threatens to worsen global food supplies.
The end of the Ukraine grain export deal and an unfavorable U.S. weather outlook sent Chicago-traded wheat and corn futures soaring on Wednesday, causing pain for speculators holding short positions.
Russia warned that from Thursday any ships traveling to Ukraine's Black Sea ports will be seen as possibly carrying military cargoes, after Ukraine said it was setting up a temporary shipping route to try and continue its grain exports.
U.S. wheat futures jumped 8.5% on Wednesday, their biggest daily gain since days after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as intensification of the war threatened to slow grain export shipments from a major global supplier.
The White House on Wednesday expanded its war on junk fees to the rental housing market, announced a crackdown on price-fixing in food and agricultural markets, and unveiled draft merger guidelines as part of an ongoing push to aid U.S. consumers.
United Airlines Holdings on Wednesday lifted its full-year profit outlook after posting the highest ever quarterly earnings on booming demand for international travel.
United Airlines Holdings on Wednesday lifted its full-year profit outlook after posting the highest ever quarterly earnings on booming demand for international travel.
American Airlines and its pilot union have begun negotiations to improve their tentative contract agreement on Tuesday ahead of a crucial vote on the contract, according to a union memo seen by Reuters.
Coming rains are expected to help Argentina's farmlands continue to recover from the South American country's worst drought on record, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said on Wednesday.
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused Western countries of perverting the expired Black Sea grain deal for their own ends, but said Russia would immediately return to the agreement if all its conditions were met.
Brazilian production of second-corn, which is planted after soybeans are harvested in the same areas, will hit a record 107.2 million metric tons, up 16% from last season, agribusiness consultancy Agroconsult said on Wednesday.