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Russia Will Return To Black Sea Grain Deal When Its Interests Are Upheld: Kremlin

The Kremlin has restated its position on the Black Sea grain deal, saying it was ready to return to it "immediately" once the part...

Russia Refuses To Renew Black Sea Grain Deal And Says No Guarantees For Ships Now

Russia has refused to extend the Black Sea grain deal, complaining that promises to free up its own shipments of food and fertilisers had not been kept.

Ivory Coast Halts Cocoa Forward Sales As Rains Hit Production

Ivory Coast has stopped selling contracts for cocoa exports for the 2023-2024 season after heavy rains battered and flooded farms in the world's top cocoa-...

Hungarian Farm Minister To Visit Türkiye For Talks On Black Sea Grain Deal

Hungary's farm minister will go to Türkiye for talks with his Turkish counterpart about extending the deal that allows Ukraine to export grain from it...

Countries Adopt New Shipping Greenhouse Gas Emissions Target

Several countries have adopted a revised greenhouse gas (GHG) strategy for shipping that sets a net zero emissions target 'by or around 2050', which was vi...

World Food Prices Fall Again In June: UN Food Agency

The United Nations food agency's world price index fell in June to its lowest level in more than two years, pushed down by a drop in the cost of...

Romanian Port Key For Ukraine Grain Faces Overflow As Black Sea Deal On Edge

Ukraine's on-off Black Sea grain deal has made the nearest port of Constanta in neighbouring Romania a key alternative that is set for volumes doubling its...

Ukraine Food Exports Via Danube Hits All-Time High In May: Port Authority

Ukrainian Danube river ports exported a record three million tonnes of food in May amid a significant slowdown in exports through its key Black Sea ports,...