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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in early-voting South Carolina on Monday, wielding the civil-rights icon's legacy to convince Black voters to stick with Democrats in the 2024 election.

Brazil's 2023/24 soybean crop is expected to reach 150.1 million metric tons, agribusiness consultancy AgRural said on Monday, lowering a December forecast of 159.1 million tons as the harvest advances in the world's top supplier of the oilseed.

Futures for Canada's main stock index dipped on Monday, with low trading volumes, as investors awaited the domestic inflation report later in the week amid renewed optimism about a potential interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve in March.

Suzuki Motor's production plant in Hungary will suspend output this week of its Vitara and S-CROSS models, the company said on Monday.

Britain's train drivers will stage a fresh round of strikes and an overtime ban from the end of January and into February in a long-running pay dispute, the ASLEF trade union said on Monday.

India's markets regulator, on Monday, proposed a relaxed framework for alternative investment funds (AIFs) and venture capital funds (VCFs) to deal with their unliquidated investments after the fund tenure expires.

The U.S. government unloaded some surprisingly bearish data onto grain and oilseed markets on Friday, though speculators had been active sellers of Chicago corn, soybeans and soybean meal in the days leading up.

Copper prices came under pressure on Monday as the dollar strengthened and worries about Chinese demand resurfaced after the country's central bank surprised markets by leaving key interest rates unchanged.

Oil loadings from Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiisk were suspended since Sunday due to a storm, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Last week's UK GDP report was the ultimate in Goldilocks data - not too hot and not too cold. Maybe this week's jobs and inflation data will finally help sterling traders to fine-tune their interest-rate models.

South African pay TV company MultiChoice Group and U.S. media conglomerate Comcast will offer African subscribers a standalone live Premier League soccer plan on mobile as part of its revamped Showmax video streaming platform.

Sweden's Volvo said on Monday it had signed an option agreement to sell its Arquus defence unit to John Cockerill Defense, and would book a fourth-quarter operating loss from the deal of some 900 million Swedish crowns ($87.44 million).

India's Aster DM Healthcare plans to distribute to shareholders about 70%-80% of the $903 million it will get by selling its Gulf business, the hospital chain said Monday, days after a proxy advisory firm asked investors to veto the deal.

Israeli foodmaker Strauss Group said on Monday it would raise some prices due to the higher cost of items such as tahini and olive oil, and expand a cost cutting programme to save up to 55 million shekels ($15 million) a year.

Qatar's state energy company, one of the world's biggest liquefied natural gas exporters, has paused sending tankers through the Red Sea after U.S.-led strikes against Houthi militants in Yemen targeting the crucial trade route.

Poland plans to set an end date for coal-fuelled power, the country's Secretary of State for Climate Urszula Zielinska said on Monday, marking a shift from the previous government's stance on climate change.

A volcano that erupted in southwest Iceland for the second time in less than a month, setting fire to several houses in a fishing town, appeared to be less active early on Monday.

Global stocks held steady on Monday, with U.S. markets closed for a holiday, while Chinese equities fell slightly after the country's central bank wrong-footed investors by skipping on a rate cut.

The German economy contracted by 0.3% in the final quarter of last year and shrank by 0.3% over the full-year 2023, the Federal Statistics Office said on Monday.

A heart-warming story of a man jailed for wearing a tie has become the first Armenian film to make it onto the Oscar's shortlist, in the international feature category.