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The "special relationship" between Britain and the United States came under pressure this week when a U.S. academic had the cheek to suggest adding salt to tea, sparking a flurry of diplomatic banter.

Copper prices edged up on Thursday to a fresh three-week high and were on track for their biggest weekly gain in two months, helped by a cut in bank reserves in top metals consumer China to free up liquidity, and softer dollar.

London cocoa futures on ICE rose to a record high on Wednesday with poor crops in West Africa tightening supplies, while robusta coffee prices also rose.

American Airlines Group forecast 2024 profit largely above Wall Street expectations on Thursday as the carrier benefits from strong demand for international travel, sending its shares up 3.7% before the bell.

Adidas shares rose over 4% on Thursday with traders citing good news from a call with analysts ahead of the German sportswear maker's full-year results due in March.

Northrop Grumman swung to a loss in the fourth quarter on Thursday, from a year-earlier profit, as it took a $1.17 billion charge related to the U.S. Air Force's next-generation B-21 stealth bomber.

Southwest Airlines said on Thursday it was expecting to take fewer deliveries of Boeing's 737 MAX aircraft and it had left out the MAX 7 model, which is mired in certification delays, from its 2024 fleet plans.

Farmers blocked highways across France and emptied the contents of several trucks carrying foreign-grown vegetables on Thursday as they pressed the government to protect them from cheap imports, rising costs and red tape.

Alaska Air Group, the operator of the Boeing plane that suffered a mid-air incident earlier this month, said on Thursday that it swung to a fourth-quarter loss, from a year-ago profit, hurt by an increase in fuel and labor expenses.

An effort by Republican U.S. lawmakers to reallocate $18 billion in climate-friendly agriculture funding under President Joe Biden's signature climate law would shift money away from programs that primarily benefit farmers in Republican-leaning states, a Reuters analysis found.

Da'Vine Joy Randolph has been a standout during the 2024 Hollywood awards season, scooping up nearly all the best supporting actress awards for her role in “The Holdovers” and scoring her first Oscar nomination on Tuesday.

The aerospace industry faces widening disruption from the blowout of a panel on an Alaska Airlines Boeing jet after U.S. regulators froze increases in production of the 737 MAX, raising concerns over growth plans of airlines and suppliers worldwide.

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) bought a total of 88,710 metric tons of food-quality wheat from the United States and Canada in a regular tender that closed on Thursday.

India's commerce ministry has backed a long-standing demand from the jewellery industry to reduce import tariffs on gold bars, government and industry officials said, amid concern the duties were further harming the country's faltering jewellery exports.

Vietnamese coffee prices extended gains on Thursday on concerns about thin supplies, traders said on Thursday.

Britain's Dr Martens said its visibility over wholesale orders "remains weak" as the bootmaker posted a drop in third-quarter revenue on Thursday following a disappointing December trading period.

Wizz Air reported a bigger third-quarter operating loss on Thursday, as the budget carrier grapples with the effects of engine inspections that have grounded parts of its fleet and the suspension of flights due to the Middle East conflict.

Shein's investors are trying to sell shares in the private market at prices that value the Chinese online retailer as low as $45 billion, or a discount of around 30% to its valuation about a month back, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.

Copper prices slipped on Thursday as traders and investors exercised caution after prices hit a three-week high in the previous session following a rate cut in top consumer China.

The aerospace industry faces widening disruption from the blowout of a panel on an Alaska Airlines Boeing jet after U.S. regulators froze increases in production of the 737 MAX, raising concerns over growth plans of airlines and suppliers worldwide.