Nearly 800 flights were cancelled and tens of thousands of homes lost power as a slow-moving typhoon made landfall in western Japan early on Tuesday, prompting authorities to issue flood and landslide warnings.
Only a few months after beginning her career as a livestream sales host in January, Zhang Jinyu, 28, a former model and blogger with a master's degree in fashion management, had clocked hundreds of hours of broadcasting time working with brands such as YSL Beauty.
Chicago corn slid more than 1% on Tuesday and soybeans fell after a weekly report from the U.S. government showed better-than-expected condition of both crops.
Lithium developer Azure Minerals said on Tuesday it rejected a buyout bid from Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM) valuing the Australian company at A$901.4 million ($584.74 million).
The unpredictability of the Women's World Cup, with the U.S. knocked out early and a first-time champion assured, is forcing major global marketers such as Adidas and Nike to move fast to adapt to shoppers' quick shifts in preferences and demand.
More than 800 flights were cancelled and tens of thousands of homes lost power as a slow-moving typhoon made landfall in western Japan early on Tuesday, prompting authorities to issue flood and landslide warnings, public broadcaster NHK said.
Brazilian meat company JBS SA on Monday reported a second-quarter loss citing the negative effects of an over-supplied global chicken market and tighter margins for its beef business in the United States, where it gets most of its sales.
UAE-based agribusiness Al Dahra and the Abu Dhabi Exports Office (ADEX) signed a $500 million deal to supply Egypt with wheat, a statement said on Monday.
Weekly condition ratings for the U.S. soybean and corn crops improved in the past week more than analysts expected, U.S. government data showed on Monday.
Arabica coffee futures fell more than 3% on Monday to the lowest prices in nearly seven months amid weak technical signs and a falling Brazilian currency, while London cocoa rose with the market showing signs of resuming its recent uptrend.
Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures set a two-month low on Monday on increasing estimates for Russia's production and exports, analysts said, shrugging off a Russian warship firing warning shots at a cargo ship on its way to Ukraine.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is likely to rate 58% of the nation's corn crop as good to excellent in its weekly crop report, up 1 percentage point from a week ago, according to the average estimate of 11 analysts surveyed on Monday.
More cool weather across the U.S. Corn Belt last week had a mostly positive impact on the Crop Watch corn and soybeans, and many locations received beneficial rain ahead of a less favorable incoming weather pattern.
Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures set a two-month low on Monday and corn futures matched a recent low from 2021 as traders shrugged off a Russian warship firing warning shots at a cargo ship on its way to Ukraine.
Above-average rain last week in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa growing regions will boost the development of the upcoming main crop, while cool and cloudy weather raised concerns for growth, farmers said on Monday.
Damaged farmland, water conservancy and other infrastructure should be quickly repaired to ensure speedy recovery of agricultural production, state news agency Xinhua quoted China's vice premier Liu Guozhong as saying on Monday.
London cocoa futures rose on Monday with the market showing signs of resuming its recent uptrend, buoyed by crop concerns in West Africa, while coffee and sugar prices fell.