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Ghana's cocoa regulator has threatened to suspend the sustainability schemes used by major cocoa and chocolate companies to assure consumers that the beans they use are sustainably and ethically sourced.

Are you a "user-experience" gun for hire? Well, your time has come. Even as retailers lay off hundreds of thousands of workers globally in response to the pandemic, they are seeking to capitalise on a consumer rush online.

The EU and Britain are very close to agreement on most issues as time runs out for a trade deal but they are still at odds over fishing rights, guarantees of fair competition and ways to solve future disputes, an EU official told ambassadors in Brussels.

China's securities market regulator said on Friday it will give foreign investors access to trade its palm oil futures contract on the Dalian Commodity Exchange from Dec. 22.

China's securities market regulator said on Friday it will allow overseas investors to trade in palm oil futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange from December 22 onwards.

Chinese shares closed higher on Friday, led by materials and machinery stocks, and posted a weekly gain as investors looked past recent bond market defaults and focused on broader economic recovery.

Astanor Ventures, a backer of German vertical farmer InFarm and French insect breeder Ynsect, said on Friday it had raised a $325 million fund to invest in sustainable food, agriculture and ocean technology startups.

Flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia won shareholders' approval on Friday for the sale of convertible bonds to a maximum amount of 8.5 trillion rupiah ($599.86 million), its chief executive said, to help ride out the coronavirus pandemic.

Chinese stocks edged up on Friday, as investors turned to materials and machinery companies, looking past recent bond market defaults on brightening hopes for recovery in the world's largest economy.

United Airlines and American Airlines said on Thursday they will scrap change fees for long-haul international flights, mirroring their move on domestic flights in a bid to revive bookings and air travel demand hit by the pandemic.

China's State Power Investment Corp (SPIC) has completed its purchase of Mexico's largest independent renewable power company Zuma Energia, SPIC said on Thursday, furthering goals to increase its overseas and green generation capacity.

Airbus SE and Boeing Co are expected to turn to hybrid electric technology when they develop the next generation of airplanes because of limits on improving current engines, the head of a major aircraft lessor said on Thursday.

Hundreds of parked tour buses are gathering dust at a northern Hong Kong container port, having been off the road for 10 months since authorities banned non-resident arrivals into the city due to the new coronavirus.

Mexico's Senate approved a landmark cannabis legalization bill in a landslide vote on Thursday, paving the way for the creation of the world's largest legal marijuana market if the initiative passes the next hurdle in the lower house of Congress.

U.S. grain trader and processor Archer Daniels Midland Co and French biotech company InnovaFeed announced plans on Thursday to build the world's largest insect protein plant in Decatur, Illinois.

Mexico's Senate approved a sweeping cannabis legalization bill in a lopsided 82 to 18 vote on Thursday, paving the way for the creation of the world's largest legal marijuana market if the initiative passes the next hurdle in the lower house of Congress.

A day after Boeing Co received approval for its 737 MAX to fly again following a 20-month grounding, its two largest U.S. and European customers signaled caution on their order books as they monitor demand in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

Tyson Foods Inc said on Thursday it suspended employees without pay and hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct an investigation in response to a wrongful death lawsuit that alleges managers at an Iowa pork plant took bets on how many employees would catch COVID-19.

Argentine soy planting jumped 16 percentage points over the last week, propelled by rains that brought relief to key drought-hit areas, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said on Thursday, although the pace of sowing remained slower than last year.

The head of Ghana's cocoa regulator on Thursday rejected the findings of studies funded by Western countries that have shown child labour is on the rise in the African nation's cocoa sector.