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China will suspend direct flights to and from the United Kingdom indefinitely over fears of a new strain of the coronavirus, Wang Wenbin, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday.

A look at the day ahead from Sujata Rao Markets are looking past risks of a year-end U.S. government shutdown and focusing squarely on a Brexit deal which apparently is about to be clinched, ending 4-1/2 years of recriminations, market volatility and, of late, chaos at the Anglo-French border. The last may even have lent the talks extra impetus -- find an agreement or face more of the same after Dec. 31.

Chile´s SQM said on Wednesday its board of directors agreed to begin the process of raising $1.1 billion in capital through the sale of common stock to help underwrite an ambitious expansion of its lithium, nitrate and iodine operations.

Japan's Peach Aviation is considering introducing a fixed cost all-you-can-fly domestic flight service from next year, Fuji Network News (FNN) reported on Thursday, citing unnamed sources.

American Airlines said on Wednesday it is moving forward with plans to bring back furloughed workers and give them paychecks by Dec. 24, even after President Donald Trump threatened to veto a coronavirus relief bill.

Argentina established new requirements for entering and leaving the country by air, starting on Friday through Jan. 8, the Interior Ministry said in a statement issued on Wednesday, in a bid to rein in the coronavirus.

Soft commodities expert Judith Ganes came to Brazil this month in a bid to inspect coffee fields, only to learn about potential losses that could hit as much as 50% of next year's crop in certain areas of the largest global producer and exporter.

Argentine oilseed workers and grains inspectors said on Wednesday they will spend Christmas on strike, further bogging down agricultural exports by extending a work stoppage that started on Dec. 9.

The United States on Wednesday granted investors another year to divest from Russian automaker GAZ PAO, a company linked to sanctioned Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska.

Vivendi said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy Prisma Media from Germany's Bertelsmann, bolstering its presence in the French publishing sector.

The families of victims killed in two crashes by Boeing Co's 737 MAX want U.S. regulators to rescind approval for the planes to fly again, following a Senate report that raised concerns about the re-approval process.

U.S. regulators should rescind approval for the Boeing Co 737 MAX to fly again following a Senate Commerce Committee report released last week, families of crash victims said in a letter to the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration.

American Airlines said on Wednesday it still plans to recall furloughed employees and give them paychecks by Dec. 24, even after President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to not sign an $892 billion coronavirus relief bill that includes payroll support for airlines.

Boeing Co has deferred its plan to make plane components in India's southern state of Karnataka from 2022, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday, citing the impact of the coronavirus crisis on global aviation.

Soymeal manufacturers in Argentina presented late on Tuesday a proposal aimed at ending a two-week strike by oil and port workers unions that has thrown a wrench in the flow of agricultural exports from one of the world's main bread baskets.

China Southern Airlines, the country's largest airline by passenger numbers, will suspend direct flights to and from London from Dec. 24 to Jan. 7, state radio reported on Wednesday.

Wage talks between Argentine port workers and soymeal manufacturers were stalled on Tuesday, with a labor strike going into its 13th day, bogging down agricultural exports from one of the world's main bread baskets.

Cargill Inc plans to begin reopening its Guelph, Ontario beef processing plant next week on Tuesday, days after it closed the facility due to an outbreak of COVID-19 infections among workers, the company said.

CbdMD Inc on Tuesday signed a one-year partnership with Joe Rogan that will make the cannabis-based gummies and bath-bombs maker the only company to advertise cannabidiol products on the comedian's Spotify podcast.

In trading on Tuesday, shares of SSR Mining Inc (Symbol: SSRM) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $18.88, changing hands as low as $18.74 per share. SSR Mining Inc shares are currently trading down about 4.3% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performan