Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group has filed a lawsuit against the Malaysian government for confiscating rainbow-coloured watches that celebrate LGBT rights, in an act the company says has damaged its reputation.
Spanish voters head to the polls on Sunday in a snap national election unlikely to produce a working majority for any single party, heralding uncertainty for markets.
A war between military factions in Sudan is putting at risk the production of staple crops this year, farmers in several states say, threatening to drive the African nation deeper into hunger and poverty.
A pact that has allowed the safe Black Sea export of grain from Ukraine for the past year will expire at the end of Monday if Russia does not agree to extend the agreement brokered by the United Nations and Turkey to combat a global food crisis worsened by Russia's invasion of its neighbor.
Indonesia has no plan to change rules mandating palm oil exporters sell a portion of their output to the domestic market, a senior official said on Monday, as the country prepares for full nationwide implementation of its B35 programme.
Chicago corn and soybean futures gained more ground on Monday, building on last week's rise as concerns over dry weather in the U.S. Midwest drove prices higher.
Indonesia is planning to launch much-anticipated initial public offerings (IPOs) for its state palm oil planter and upstream oil and gas company in coming months, a deputy cabinet minister said on Friday.
Tropical storm Talim strengthened into a typhoon early on Monday and is set to be the first this year to make landfall in China, the national weather forecaster said, while authorities cancelled flights and urged residents to stay at home.
Prices of base metals fell in early trading on Monday as market participants awaited a raft of economic data from key consumer China that could well underwhelm.
Indian tourists are streaming into Southeast Asia, cementing the world most populous country's position as a key growth market for a travel and tourism sector that is feeling the pinch of China's slower-than-expected re-opening.
China's summer wheat output fell 0.9% this year, official data showed on Saturday, the first decline in seven years after heavy rain hit key growing areas just ahead of the harvest.
A U.N.-brokered deal that allows the safe Black Sea export of Ukrainian grain has not been extended as of Sunday, but "everything is possible," the Russian TASS state news agency reported, citing two unnamed United Nations sources.
Chicago-traded corn futures have held up relatively well considering the flip to wetter weather in the U.S. Corn Belt and the revelation that U.S. farmers have planted much more corn than expected.
The last ship to travel under a U.N.-brokered deal that allows the safe Black Sea export of Ukrainian grain left the port of Odesa early on Sunday ahead of a deadline to extend the agreement, according to a Reuters witness and MarineTraffic.com.
China Eastern Airlines
has taken delivery of a second Chinese-made C919 narrowbody jet,
state broadcaster CCTV reported on Sunday, as the first customer
for the type looks to ramp up flights.
United Airlines and its pilots on Saturday reached a
labor agreement that will give the latter a significant pay
increase, after the union rejected an earlier offer last year
instead to seek even higher wages with pilots in short supply
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in which they discussed the Black Sea grain deal, due to expire on Monday, and a summit in South Africa next month, the Kremlin said on Saturday.