With soy and lithium trade in the balance, Argentina’s Milei has a China conundrum

With soy and lithium trade in the balance, Argentina’s Milei has a China conundrum

BUENOS AIRES/BEIJING, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei has a China conundrum. The libertarian economist insulted communist-run China in a fiery campaign, but takes office on Sunday needing the country’s second-largest trade partner more than ever as a recession looms and foreign currency reserves run dry. Since he won the Nov. 19 election, … Read more

France on ‘high’ alert for bird flu after new cases detected

France on ‘high’ alert for bird flu after new cases detected

Ducks are seen inside a poultry farm in Castelnau-Tursan, France, January 24, 2023. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights PARIS, Dec 5 (Reuters) – France raised the risk level of bird flu to ‘high’ from ‘moderate’ on Tuesday after new cases of the disease were detected, forcing poultry farms to keep birds indoors to stem … Read more

Cuban family business produces flour from coconut and yucca as shortages fester

Cuban family business produces flour from coconut and yucca as shortages fester

[1/5]Entrepreneur Gabriel Perez, 38, poses for a photo as he checks slices of banana put to dry in his farmland in the rural outskirts of Havana, Cuba, November 22, 2023. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini Acquire Licensing Rights HAVANA, Nov 28 (Reuters) – On a small farm outside Havana, a Cuban family-run business produces gluten-free flour from banana, … Read more

Exclusive: Japan’s JFE Steel eyes stake in Teck’s coal business -sources

Exclusive: Japan’s JFE Steel eyes stake in Teck’s coal business -sources

[1/2]The logo for Canadian mining company Teck Resources Limited is displayed above their booth at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights TORONTO, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Japan’s JFE Steel Corp is in talks to buy a stake in … Read more

Britain proposes ban on cigarettes for younger generations

Britain proposes ban on cigarettes for younger generations

UK plan could phase out smoking among young people by 2040 Academics and campaigners welcome the move Changes could hurt major tobacco companies, shares fall Tobacco industry warns of unintended consequences MANCHESTER, England, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Britain’s government on Wednesday proposed banning younger generations from ever buying cigarettes, a move that would give the … Read more

Vietnam’s Masan secures $200 mln investment from Bain Capital

Vietnam’s Masan secures $200 mln investment from Bain Capital

Logo of the Bain Capital is screened at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan September 28, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights HANOI, Oct 2 (Reuters) – Vietnamese conglomerate Masan Group (MSN.HM) has secured funding of at least $200 million from Bain Capital, with the possibility of bringing in other investors to increase that … Read more

Ukraine says it will sue Poland, Hungary and Slovakia over food import bans

Ukraine says it will sue Poland, Hungary and Slovakia over food import bans

KYIV, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Ukraine plans to sue Poland, Hungary and Slovakia in the World Trade Organization over bans on Ukrainian agricultural products, Ukrainian officials said on Monday. The appeal could be sent “in the near future”, a senior official said, and followed a decision by the three countries bordering Ukraine to ban imports … Read more

Poland, Hungary, Slovakia to continue own bans on Ukraine grains

Poland, Hungary, Slovakia to continue own bans on Ukraine grains

[1/2]A view of the cereal terminal with grain silo in the Black Sea port of Constanta, Romania, May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Anca Cernat/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights European Commission decides not to extend ban Five nations were allowed to ban sales of Ukraine grains BRUSSELS/WARSAW, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Poland, Slovakia and Hungary will impose their … Read more

Sand dredging is ‘sterilizing’ ocean floor, UN warns

Sand dredging is ‘sterilizing’ ocean floor, UN warns

GENEVA, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Around 6 billion tons of marine sand is being dug up each year in a growing practice that a U.N. agency said is unsustainable and can wipe out local marine life irreversibly. Sand is the most exploited natural resource in the world after water but its extraction for use in … Read more

Japan to WTO: China’s Fukushima-related seafood ban ‘totally unacceptable’

Japan to WTO: China’s Fukushima-related seafood ban ‘totally unacceptable’

[1/2]Fishing boats are anchored at a fishing port in Soma, about 45 km away from the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant discharging treated radioactive water into the ocean, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Acquire Licensing Rights TOKYO, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Japan has told the World Trade Organization (WTO) that China’s ban … Read more