GRAINS-Soy futures fall; corn rebounds on export demand

The United States was “greatly disappointed” by Canada’s refusal to allow larger imports of U.S. dairy products despite a USMCA trade ruling, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Monday. Vilsack expressed solidarity with U.S. dairy groups that called for retaliatory tariffs on Canadian goods, telling reporters, “Stay tuned.”

May 16 (Reuters) - Chicago wheat climbed to a two-month high on Monday after India banned exports of the grain as a heat wave crimped its output, sending domestic prices to a record high and curbing global supply at a time when Black Sea shipments remain disrupted. But India would...

U.S. grain prices ended the trade on Monday higher. July corn was up 28 ¼ cents with December corn up 16 ¾ cents. July soybean futures were 10 cents higher with November beans up 13 ¾ cents. July Chicago wheat closed up 70 cents, July Kansas City wheat closed up 70 cents, and July Minneapolis wheat closed up 60 cents.

SAO PAULO, May 16 (Reuters) - Chinese seed company LongPing High-Tech is preparing the commercial launch of a new sorghum seed aimed at Brazilian farmers next January, Brazil Chief Executive Aldenir Sgarbossa told Reuters in an interview on Monday. The company, which mainly focuses on corn seeds, is also working...

CHICAGO, May 17 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures closed higher for a sixth consecutive session on Tuesday, supported by stronger U.S. corn planting progress and weather forecasts predicted storm systems to hit the Upper Plains by the end of the week, grain analysts said. * CBOT July soybean futures settled up 21-1/2 cents at $16.78 a bushel. * CBOT July soyoil ended up 0.50 cent at 83.49 cents per lb, while CBOT July soymeal futures fell $1.80 to end at $411.80 per ton. * The U.S. Agriculture Department late Monday reported in its weekly crop progress report that corn farmers had planted 49% of their corn crop - at the high end of analyst expectations - which assuaged recent market concerns of increased soybean acres. * Soybean planting progress also remained sluggish in key parts of the U.S. Midwest, including North Dakota and Minnesota, according to USDA. * China will buy 40,000 tonnes of local frozen pork for its state reserves on May 20, according to a notice on the website of the reserves management center. * Hundreds of Indonesian small-holder farmers are staging protests across the world's fourth most populous country, demanding the government end a palm oil export ban that has slashed their income. (Reporting by P.J. Huffstutter; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is forfeiting billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin (BTC) and other crypto assets to the US government. According to a new court filing, Ulbricht will relinquish any claim to over 69,000 BTC and undisclosed amounts of Bitcoin Gold (BTG), Bitcoin SV (BSV) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) worth a combined $3 billion as part of a settlement.

"The West made the fatal mistake of becoming reliant on Russian energy supplies," Mikhail Khodorkovsky said. "The West has to pay for its mistakes."

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The intelligence the U.S. shared with Ukraine helped it continue to resist Russian invading forces and even shoot down a transport plane carrying hundreds of Russian troops, a new report revealed. According to current and former U.S. officials who spoke with NBC News on Tuesday, the U.S. provided critical intelligence...

The FBI also seized financial records and fine art in the October 2021 raids on properties linked to billionaire Oleg Deripaska, per Bloomberg.

The Kremlin has refused to acknowledge its death toll in Ukraine, though a spokesperson admitted that Russia suffered "significant losses."

The former F-35 test pilot Billie Flynn told The Aviationist that moving to the "cosmic spaceship" that is the F-35 was too much to ask of MiG pilots.

Approximately 15,000 Russian troops died in the invasion of Ukraine, per UK's Defense secretary.

"No one wants to see the outbreak of a third world war," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters during a briefing.

Indonesia accounts for about half of the world's supply of palm oil — the world's most widely used vegetable oil.

Blackout and crisis preparedness expert Herbert Saurugg has recently warned against the complete power grid blackout that could plunge entire Europe into darkness. He predicts a widespread blackout could be lurking in the not too distant future and such an event can cause extremely chaotic conditions worldwide. However, those who are prepared for an emergency can definitely bridge the difficult days well.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday offered a reward of up to $10 million for information on six people it described as Russian military intelligence officers who had conducted cyber attacks affecting critical U.S. infrastructure. The six officers work in a cyber-focused unit of Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate...

A superyacht worker claims the vessel’s captain once had to deploy sonic weapons against Kalashnikov-wielding pirates on inflatable boats in the Arabian Sea. The episode was one of many surreal scenes an anonymous worker detailed in a piece published Sunday in The Times of London. The captain, according to...

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov made the comments to Russian state-owned newswire RIA Novosti.