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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is proposing on Thursday new rules to strengthen protections for airline passengers using wheelchairs.

El Al Israel Airlines said its fourth-quarter profit was partly boosted by bringing military reservists home and rivals cancelling flights to Tel Aviv due to the war in Gaza.

The lowest price offered in the international tender from Indonesian state purchasing agency Bulog to buy about 300,000 metric tons of rice was estimated at $655 a ton cost and freight (c&f) for rice sourced from Thailand, European traders said on Thursday.

British Airways owner IAG and Air France-KLM on Thursday gave a positive outlook for 2024 on the back of sustained travel demand, but the Franco-Dutch carrier's year-end troubles highlighted some of the challenges the sector faces.

Global aluminium producers have offered Japanese buyers premiums of $145-$155 per metric ton for April-June primary metal shipments, up 61%-72% from the current quarter, three sources directly involved in quarterly pricing talks said on Thursday.

German sports apparel company Puma plans to return up to 50% of its net income to shareholders, it said on Thursday

Prices for futures of arabica and robusta coffees at the ICE exchange are expected to end 2024 below current levels, as well as lower than where they ended last year, a Reuters poll of 10 traders and analysts showed on Thursday.

The lowest price offered in the international tender from Indonesian state purchasing agency BULOG buy about 300,000 metric tons of rice was estimated at $655 a ton cost and freight (c&f) for rice sourced from Thailand, European traders said on Thursday.

Indonesia's food procurement company Bulog has secured commitments of 1.2 million metric tons of rice for imports, its chief executive Bayu Krisnamurthi said at a seminar on Thursday.

Russia is not interested in renewing the Black Sea grain deal and has its own grain export capabilities, the TASS news agency cited Russian Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev as saying on Thursday.

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) is looking to buy a total of 78,974 metric tons of food-quality wheat from the U.S. and Canada in a regular tender that will close on Friday.

Indonesia's Sumatra robusta coffee bean exports in January reached 3,192.28 metric tons, data from local trade office showed on Thursday, down 79% from the same month last year.

A Nigerian designer is making waves in fashion with a gender-fluid clothing line, which he says is intended to challenge the notion that non-binary dressing is a Western concept and to defy societal norms in a country where LGBT rights are restricted.

British Airways owner IAG more than doubled full-year operating profit in line with expectations and gave a positive outlook for 2024 on the back of sustained travel demand.

British Airways owner IAG said on Thursday it had more than doubled its operating profit last year and gave a positive outlook for 2024 on the back of sustained travel demand.

Kenya's earnings from tea exports rose 30.76% to 180.57 billion shillings ($1.24 billion) in 2023, the Tea Board of Kenya said on Thursday. Total production for the East African nation, which is the world's biggest exporter of black tea, increased to 570.26 million kilograms from 535.04 million, the regulator said.

Australia could be heading for its third-warmest summer on record, with many places likely to experience a warmer and drier period than normal from March to May, weather authorities said on Thursday.

Air France-KLM reported record revenues for 2023 and an operating profit of 1.7 billion euros ($1.84 billion) on Thursday in line with expectations, but faced higher costs tied to supply chain-related disruptions.

Lufthansa will likely miss its 2024 profit margin goal as the German airline seeks to agree new, higher pay deals to end prolonged strikes, which have forced it to cancel thousands of flights, analysts and investors say.

Chicago soybean futures fell on Thursday and hovered just above three-year lows as the ongoing harvest in top producer Brazil poured cheap beans into an already well-supplied market.