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Chicago corn futures slid for a third consecutive session on Monday to their lowest in one week, as forecasts for beneficial rain in the U.S. Midwest weighed on prices.

Malaysian palm oil futures edged higher on Monday for a second straight session, underpinned by gains in Chicago soyoil and as the Malaysian ringgit weakened.

Copper prices in London bounced back on Monday from a weekly loss, supported by dwindling stocks of the metal globally, although a firm U.S. dollar capped gains.

Chicago corn futures slid for a third consecutive session on Monday to their lowest in one week, as forecasts for beneficial rain in the U.S. Midwest weighed on prices.

About 3 million hectares of farmland in China are suffering from drought, state media reported on Sunday, after record high temperatures hit a large part of the country's north since last week.

Thunderstorms and failing equipment at an FAA facility created significant delays for air travelers across the U.S. East Coast on Sunday evening as Washington and New York were forced to briefly halt most incoming flights.

Speculators were forced to abandon more short positions in Chicago grains and oilseeds last week as U.S. crop health further deteriorated under an exceptional dry spell.

EDF, the power company that has been fully taken over by the French state and de-listed from the stock market, has signed a 10-year contract with aluminium company Trimet France, said the French government.

Iraq's purchases of local wheat from farmers have exceeded 4.5 million tonnes during the current harvest that runs until around mid-July or the beginning of August, the general manager of the General Company for Grain Trading, Haider Nouri Al-Karaawi said on Sunday.

Beijing, sweltering in extreme heat, is expected on Saturday to top 40 degrees Celsius (104F) for a third day, with sizzling temperatures already baking an area the size of California in northern China.

Eleven people were injured on Cathay Pacific's flight CX880 at Hong Kong's international airport early on Saturday after the carrier aborted its take off due to a technical issue, Cathay said in a statement.

Days of heavy rainfall have swollen Chile's rivers causing floods that blocked off roads and prompted evacuation in the center of the country, amid what has been described as the worst weather front in a decade.

A Manhattan federal judge on Friday granted Hermes' request to permanently block artist Mason Rothschild's sales of "MetaBirkin" non-fungible tokens following a jury's verdict that they violated the French luxury house's trademark rights in its famed Birkin handbags.

Mexican sugar production fell 15% in the current season, which is ending early due to a drought that has sapped crops and impacted yields, producers said Friday, citing official data.

CME Group feeder cattle contracts rallied on Friday, their second day of gains, as weakening corn prices cut into feed costs and boosted profit margins at packers.

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Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures fell to one-week lows on Friday, pressured by forecasts for beneficial rains in the U.S. Midwest, traders said.

Large speculators trimmed their net short position in Chicago Board of Trade corn futures in the week to June 20, regulatory data released on Friday showed. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's weekly commitments of traders report also showed that noncommercial traders, a category that includes hedge funds, trimmed their net short position in CBOT wheat and raised their net long position in soybeans. SUPPLEMENTAL Non-Comm Indexes Comm

A U.S. Democratic lawmaker plans to reintroduce a bipartisan bill next month that would allow electricity generated from renewable biomass to qualify for credits under the nation's biofuel blending program.