Archive for the January 11, 2018
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Ethiopia's parliament has passed a law banning the adoption of Ethiopian children by foreigners, a government spokesman and diplomats told AFP on Wednesday. The vote follows an April moratorium on foreign adoptions issued by Ethiopia's
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The death toll from devastating mudslides unleashed by a ferocious storm in southern California rose to 15 Wednesday as rescuers scoured the debris of demolished homes for survivors and bodies. A rainstorm sent rivers of
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The United States unveiled a way to warn its citizens about the dangers of foreign travel Wednesday, with a four-point safety ranking system for countries and an interactive world map. Ten war zones and failed
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ICE cotton futures edged higher on Tuesday to settle up for the second straight session, supported by buying from the mills. The most active ICE cotton contract for March expiry settled up 0.21 cent, or
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Shanghai Futures Exchange copper was flat at 54,800 yuan ($8,402) a tonne on Wednesday, having found support at the 100-day moving average of 53,180 yuan a tonne. ShFE nickel rose to its highest in nearly
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Nickel broke through key technical levels to reach its highest since 2015 on Wednesday as a sharply weaker dollar helped push dollar-denominated industrial metals broadly higher by making them cheaper for users of other currencies.
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Crude oil prices rose but backed away from three-year highs on Wednesday after US government data showed an increase in fuel inventories and a falloff in refining activity. US crude inventories fell 4.9 million barrels
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Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures hit their highest in nearly two weeks on Wednesday on the back of oil's rise to the highest since 2014, before paring gains on the yen's advance against the dollar and
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The following were Wednesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT: SOYOIL EU degummed: euro tonne fob exmill January 2018 730.00 +0.00 February 2018 725.00 -5.00 March 2018 720.00 +0.00 April 2018 705.00 +0.00 May
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The following were Wednesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT: SOYOIL EU degummed: euro tonne fob exmill January 2018 730.00 +0.00 February 2018 725.00 -5.00 March 2018 720.00 +0.00 April 2018 705.00 +0.00 May
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