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By Maytaal Angel LONDON, May 11 (Reuters) - Russia is demanding the West removes obstacles to its grain and fertilisers in talks underway in Turkey on Thursday on extending a deal allowing safe Black Sea exports of agricultural products from three Ukrainian ports.

Cast members India Ria Amarteifio and Golda Rosheuvel attend the world premiere of the Netflix show 'Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story' in London, Britain, April 21, 2023. REUTERS LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - Regency-era London took over the British capital's Leicester Square on Friday as the "Queen Charlotte" cast premiered …

A short action-comedy starred by Ryan Gosling, and Vanessa Bayer was premiered in a star-studded party in London on Thursday as Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer marked 60 years of its Carrera watch collection.

Film director Nida Manzoor on Wednesday said that she is excited for audiences see complex depictions of South Asian women in her new action comedy "Polite Society".

By Ange Aboa and Maytaal Angel SAN PEDRO, Ivory Coast/LONDON, April 4 (Reuters) - Ivorian cocoa bean farmer Edouard Kouame Kouadio expects to die poor, despite rising demand for the raw material that feeds the world's insatiable appetite for chocolate. More chocolate than ever is eaten globally, but a flagship …

K-pop star Jungkook has been announced as a global brand ambassador for U.S. fashion label Calvin Klein. After releasing a teaser video on Monday (March 27), the PVH Corp-owned label shared news of the collaboration on social media, with a video and images of the BTS singer modelling a pair …

GDANSK, March 28 (Reuters) - Poland's largest wholesale consumer goods distributor, Eurocash (EUR.WA), is stepping up promotions as consumers rein in spending amid high inflation, its chief executive officer Pawel Surowka told a conference call on Tuesday. The comments came after Eurocash reported a net profit of 67.1 million zlotys …

By Maytaal Angel LONDON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - A 'doomsday' Arctic seed vault on Norway's Spitsbergen island is set to receive its most diverse batch of seed donations yet as efforts secure the world's food supplies ramp up amid rising climate concerns.

'Quantumania' actors say family is at heart of film 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania' marks the first movie in phase five of Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe.

French fashion house Dior named K-pop star Jimin a global brand ambassador, broadcasting the tie-up Monday on social networks with images of the BTS singer in sporty looks with an outdoor flair, designed by Kim Jones.

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GDANSK, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Poland's biggest retailer LPP (LPPP.WA) might cut back on warehouses as it considers using more of its stores to ship online orders in a bid to reduce logistics costs, CFO Przemyslaw Lutkiewicz said on Thursday. "Looking at our warehouse network which is quite extensive, it …

By Maytaal Angel LONDON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Environmental and social problems in global cocoa supply chains are likely to continue unless companies pay farmers substantially more for their beans, according to a major report on cocoa sustainability published on Wednesday.

Nov 17 (Reuters) - Visa Inc (V.N) on Thursday named its president, Ryan McInerney, as its new chief executive officer to steer the company through a challenging period for the payments industry as consumers tighten their belts. McInerney will take the helm in February, replacing Alfred Kelly Jr, who has …

By By Pavel Polityuk, Marek Strzelecki and Maytaal Angel KYIV/WARSAW/LONDON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Ukraine has few viable options currently to boost grain exports by rail, road or river barge anytime soon if a United Nations-brokered deal with Moscow to export by sea runs into trouble.

By Pavel Polityuk, Maytaal Angel and Nigel Hunt KYIV/LONDON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - War, rain and economic hardship have depressed Ukraine's wheat plantings, depriving the nation of vital export earnings in 2023 and heralding another year of tight global supplies and potentially high prices for basic foodstuffs.

By Maytaal Angel and Marcelo Teixeira LONDON/NEW YORK, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Large volumes of arabica coffee are about to enter ICE exchange warehouses, traders with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, further weighing on global prices that have already hit one-year lows.

Nov 3 (Reuters) - Intercontinental Exchange (ICE.N) topped market estimates for third-quarter profit on Thursday on the back of robust trading volumes and demand for investment products, sending shares of the New York Stock Exchange-parent up more than 4%. Even as a global market rout saps the appetite for deals …

KILINOCHCHI, Oct 26 (Reuters) - (This Oct. 26 story has been corrected to fix name of official to Mahesh Katulanda in paragraph 16 and 20) Arumuga Lakshmi, tormented by questions about the fate of her two children, missing for years, marched through a town in northern Sri Lanka with a …

By Maytaal Angel and Marcelo Teixeira LONDON/NEW YORK, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Brazilian coffee farmers are defaulting on contracts for a second straight year, according to traders and lawyers representing the industry, failing to deliver on pre-agreed sales and exposing trade houses to losses.

By Maytaal Angel LONDON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - In a move it hopes will redefine the way chocolate is made, Swiss-based Barry Callebaut (BARN.S) launched a new bar on Thursday, the fruit of more than 20 years of research into cocoa beans.

By Rod Nickel, Mark Weinraub and Maytaal Angel CHICAGO/LONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - U.S. exports of nitrogen fertilizers jumped to a multi-year high this summer after surging natural gas prices in Europe drove up costs of producing the crop nutrient there, making U.S. shipments more competitive.

Oct 18 (Reuters) - Heightened market volatility could prove to be a boon for U.S. exchange operators as higher trading volumes during their third quarter help offset a hit from fewer stock listings so far this year. Nasdaq Inc () will kick off the reporting season for the operators on …

Oct 14 (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley (MS.N) on Friday reported a 30% slump in third-quarter profit, missing analysts' estimate as a slowdown in global dealmaking hurt its investment bank business, sending its shares down nearly 4% in morning trading. The outlook for deals has steadily worsened this year as the …

Oct 13 (Reuters) - BlackRock Inc (BLK.N) posted a smaller-than-expected drop in quarterly profit on Thursday as strong demand for exchange-traded funds and other low-risk products cushioned the hit to fee income from a global market rout, but its assets under management fell below expectations. The threat of a recession, …

By Maytaal Angel, Sybille De La Hamaide and Michael Hogan LONDON/PARIS/HAMBURG, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Record-high sugar prices in the European Union, nearly three times levels seen a year ago following extreme weather and a surge in energy costs, are forcing confectioners to consider production cuts.

By Maytaal Angel LONDON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Nestle (NESN.S) will spend more than 1 billion Swiss francs ($1 billion) by 2030 on efforts to source coffee sustainably, the food company said on Tuesday, more than double its previous pledge.

WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Kim Kardashian has promoted everything from appetite-suppressing lollipops to melon-flavored liqueur to toilet paper, but it was her foray into the murky world of cryptocurrencies that got her into hot water. The reality television star and influencer has agreed to settle charges of unlawfully touting …

By Maytaal Angel LONDON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Nearly one million people in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen are starving or will face starvation this year in the absence of aid, as the global food crisis worsens, United Nations agencies warned on Wednesday.

More heat, floods and other climate extremes are boosting global threats from mosquito-carried diseases Katie Anders is an epidemiologist and director of impact assessment at the World Mosquito Program. Alex Jackson is WMP news editor. As devastating floods rip through Pakistan impacting more than 33 million people, another major threat …