Arabica coffee futures traded on the ICE exchange slipped on Monday but remained well above last week's 9-month lows as the market continues to consolidate, while cocoa futures headed back towards recent multi-year highs.
Settlement talks have collapsed between Facebook's parent company Meta and Kenyan content moderators over a lawsuit alleging unfair dismissal, a tech rights group working with the moderators said on Monday.
Ukraine's agriculture ministry said on Monday that farmers had sown around 3.3 million hectares of winter grain crops as of Oct. 16, or 65.2% of the expected area.
Rains mixed with long sunny spells across most of Ivory Coast's main cocoa-growing regions helped the development of the October-to-March main crop last week, farmers said on Monday.
The world's biggest fashion retailer, Spain's Inditex, has agreed with the freight group Maersk to incorporate alternative fuels on all its inbound routes with the carrier as a way to reduce its global greenhouse gas footprint.
General Motors and Ford have laid out ambitious plans to spend billions developing new electric vehicles while returning capital to investors, all funded by robust profits from combustion trucks and SUVs.
Russia's IKAR agriculture consultancy said on Monday it had raised its forecast for Russia's grain crop this year to 141.6 million metric tonnes from 141.2 million.
Copper prices edged higher on Monday as the dollar weakened, breaking two sessions of losses, but worries about the Middle East crisis and global growth weighed on the market.
Malaysian palm oil futures rose on Monday for a third straight session, hitting their highest closing in nearly three weeks on a weaker ringgit and higher exports.
Miners welcome the positive impact of Europe's focus on environment, social and governance issues (ESG) although the process can be riddled with red tape causing delays in achieving their green ambitions, company executives said.
Bayer AG said on Monday it plans to bring its direct-seeded rice programme to the Philippines in 2024, offering farmers an alternative cultivation method touted to be more climate-friendly.
EU countries' climate ministers meet on Monday to decide the bloc's negotiating position for this year's COP28 summit but they are still split over some key issues, such as how hard to push for a global deal to phase out fossil fuels.
Italian fashion group Aeffe said on Monday that former Gucci's head designer of womenswear Davide Renne would be the new creative director of its Moschino brand starting on Nov. 1.
Russia has joined China's restrictive measures imposed on imports of fish and seafood from Japan, Russia's agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said on Monday.
Big Tobacco firms including British American Tobacco are selling heat sticks made from nicotine-infused substances such as rooibos tea, countering an incoming European Union ban on flavoured heated tobacco products.
Early this month, the main square and streets around Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity were bustling with tourists. Now they are empty after a devastating attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas in Israel on Oct. 7.