Mexican farmers on Tuesday called on the president to set guaranteed prices for corn, wheat and sorghum, saying government intervention is vital to counter a steep drop in international grains prices and avoid "irreversible" economic damage.
A U.S. judge on Monday granted a delay of a trial in a lawsuit brought by a Florida city against industrial conglomerate 3M Co over water contamination from toxic "forever chemicals," after the parties said they were close to a settlement.
U.S. industrial conglomerate 3M Co and the city of Stuart, Florida has jointly filed a motion to delay the trial of a "bellwether" PFAS case, according to a court filing late on Sunday.
Chemours Co, DuPont de Nemours Inc and Corteva Inc on Friday said they had reached an agreement in principle to settle claims that they contaminated U.S. public water systems with toxic "forever chemicals" for $1.19 billion.
3M Co has struck a tentative settlement of at least $10 billion with a host of U.S. cities and towns to resolve water pollution claims tied to "forever chemicals", Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Chemical makers Chemours Co, DuPont de Nemours Inc and Corteva Inc said on Friday that the companies have reached a settlement regarding all PFAS-related drinking water claims in the United States.
Ukraine's Naftogaz Group said on Wednesday it had reached agreements with investors on how to restructure its Eurobonds due in 2022 and 2026, moving closer to ending a months-long default.
Ukraine is seeking guarantees from Moscow and the U.N. that a deal on the safe export of Black Sea grain will work normally if Kyiv allows Russian ammonia to transit Ukrainian territory, a Ukrainian official said on Tuesday.
A second shipment of Russian-origin fertilizer facilitated by the United Nations' World Food Programme has arrived in Africa from the European Union, containing 34,000 tonnes of fertiliser, Russia's Uralchem said on Monday.
Russia warned the West on Monday that a deal allowing Ukrainian grain to be exported from the Black Sea would cease unless a United Nations agreement aimed at overcoming obstacles to Russian grain and fertiliser exports was fulfilled.
(Reuters) -Former Vice President Mike Pence, who served Donald Trump with unwavering loyalty but later turned on him after the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, formally challenged his former boss for the Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday.