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A load of soybeans is dumped into an elevator hopper during harvest season at Deerfield AG Services grain elevator facility in Massillon, Ohio, US, October 7, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Dane Rhys/File Photo

US misses out on billions in China soybean sales midway through peak season

Chinese importers have booked around 7.4 million metric tons of mainly South American soybeans for October shipment, covering 95% of China's projected demand for the month and 1 million tons...

A view shows a pressure gauge near oil pump jacks outside Almetyevsk, in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia July 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Oil rises on modest OPEC+ output hike, Russia supply concern

People walk past an installation depicting barrel of oil with the logo of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) during the COP29 United Nations climate change conference in Baku, Azerbaijan November 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

Oil gains on prospect of more sanctions on Russia; OPEC+ output hike seen modest

People walk past an installation depicting barrel of oil with the logo of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) during the COP29 United Nations climate change conference in Baku, Azerbaijan November 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

OPEC+ will likely raise oil output further from October: sources

3D printed clouds and figurines are seen in front of the Microsoft Azure cloud service logo in this illustration taken February 8, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Microsoft says Azure cloud service disrupted by fiber cuts in Red Sea

A goldsmith weighs gold jewellery inside a showroom in Ahmedabad, India, July 31, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo

Gold slips from record high on profit-taking; key US data eyed

FILE PHOTO: European flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

The EU-Mercosur trade deal: what's in it and why is it contentious?

Google, US flag and judge's gavel are seen in this illustration taken, August 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Google keeps Chrome and Apple deal but must share data in big antitrust ruling

A view shows oil pump jacks outside Almetyevsk, in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia July 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Oil rises as Ukraine war stokes supply worries, market eyes prospects of Fed easing

A drone view shows crude oil tanker Nissos Christiana, first ship to transport oil from Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, anchored in the port of Tartus, Syria, September 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano

Syria exports first crude oil shipment in 14 years: official

Gold bars are stacked in the safe deposit boxes room of the Pro Aurum gold house in Munich, Germany, January 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth/ File Photo

Gold price hits record above $3,500

Screens showing the Hang Seng stock index and stock prices are seen outside Exchange Square, in Hong Kong, China, August 18, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo

Asia stocks suffer tech jitters, China plays its own game

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a concert before an informal dinner on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia October 22, 2024. Photo: Aleksey Nikolskyi/BRICS-RUSSIA2024.RU Host Photo Agency via REUTERS/File Photo

India’s Russian oil imports set to rise in September in defiance of US