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Russia donates wheat to ally Cuba as grains prices soar globally
By Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday donated nearly 20,000 tonnes of wheat to political ally Cuba, a...
Read moreArgentine maritime workers plan 24-hour strike; key grains ports seen unaffected
By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine ship workers will stage a 24-hour strike on Thursday to protest what...
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Ukraine grain storage shortage adds to farmers’ woes
ZURICH (Reuters) - Ukraine has insufficient storage capacity even for its reduced 2022 grain harvest, the United Nations' World Food...
Read moreUkraine restricts rail exports due to Easter closures, traffic build-up
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) - A build-up of wagons at border crossings and closures during the Easter holidays have...
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Ukraine says grain on ships in blocked Black Sea ports may deteriorate
KYIV (Reuters) - Around 1.25 million tonnes of grains and oilseeds are still on commercial vessels blocked in Ukrainian seaports...
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Truckers in Argentina end protest that threatened grains transport: ministry
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentinian truckers agreed on Thursday night to call off a strike that had paralyzed grains transport...
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Argentina grains truckers and government set virtual meeting to end strike
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's truckers and government officials agreed on Thursday to have a virtual meeting in order to...
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U.S.-backed Kurds tighten siege of Syrian army-run enclaves in northeast
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - U.S. backed Kurdish-led forces tightened the siege on neighborhoods under the control of the...
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Lebanon cabinet approves demolition of Beirut silos damaged in port blast
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's cabinet on Thursday approved the demolition of the Beirut silos damaged in the August 2020 port blast...
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Argentina trucker strike talks fail, threatening grains exports
By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentine grain-truck drivers, industry groups and government officials failed to make a breakthrough in...
Read moreArgentine grains truck traffic grinds to a halt as strike hardens
By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentine truck owners extended a grains transport strike on Tuesday, bringing grains haulage traffic...
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Analysis-Even with sanctions, Russia can afford to feed its war machine
By Mark Trevelyan and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen LONDON (Reuters) - Russia can afford to wage a long war in Ukraine despite...
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Inside a Ukrainian village where farmers stay for the wheat harvest but fear Russian attack
By Thomas Peter YAKOVLIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) - The wheat has been sown for the coming season but nobody in Yakovlivka,...
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Food prices hit record high in March, U.N. agency says
By Gus Trompiz PARIS (Reuters) -World food prices jumped nearly 13% in March to a new record high as the...
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Ukrainian PM says this year’s harvest will be 20% less than last year
(Reuters) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Friday this year's grain harvest is likely to be 20% less...
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Thousands of goods railcars stuck at Ukraine’s border as war hits exports
By Silvia Aloisi and Pavel Polityuk LVIV, Ukraine(Reuters) - In western Ukraine, some 1,100 train wagons carrying grain are stuck...
Read moreSydney asks thousands to evacuate as heavy rains cause flash floods
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Torrential rain pummelled Australia's east coast on Thursday with Sydney receiving nearly a month's rain...
Read moreForeign ship sinks in Mariupol after missile attacks, says flag registry
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) -A Dominica-flagged cargo ship sank on Tuesday in the besieged southern Ukrainian port city of...
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Floating mines in Black Sea endangering grain, oil trade – officials
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) - The risk of coming across floating mines in the major Black Sea shipping route...
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In Chablis vineyards, fear grows that destructive frosts may become the norm
PARIS (Reuters) - For French winemaker Thomas Ventoura, the spring frost that hit the Chablis vineyards of northeast Burgundy over...
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