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US Revokes Visas For Chile Officials Over China Cable Plan
The US State Department revoked visas for Chile's Transport Minister and two other officials over a proposed undersea telecommunications cable linking Chile to Hong Kong, forcing the South American nation to navigate between its top trading partner China and strategic ally Washington.
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Australian Warship Transits Taiwan Strait, Tracked By China’s Navy
Australian frigate HMAS Toowoomba transited the Taiwan Strait as part of an Indo-Pacific deployment, prompting tracking by China's PLA Navy. Beijing claims the strategic waterway as territorial waters despite international law recognizing it as an international passage.
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Trump Announces Greenland Hospital Ship Mission as Mercy and Comfort Sit in Alabama Shipyard
President Donald Trump announced on Saturday via social media that the United States will send a hospital ship to Greenland to provide medical care, posting alongside an illustration of the...
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Cuba Bound Tanker Carrying Russian Fuels To Test Trump Blockade
By Lucia Kassai Feb 20, 2026 (Bloomberg) –A ship believed to be carrying Russian fuels is on its way to Cuba, putting US President Donald Trump’s sanctions to the test amid the...
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Brady Sidwell
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Wheat rally extends amid uncertainty over SCOTUS tariff decision
US State of the Union Address on Feb. 24th
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Slovakia Threatens To Stop Electricity To Ukraine Unless Kyiv Resumes Piping Russian Oil
Feb 21 (Reuters) – Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico threatened on Saturday to cut off emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine unless Kyiv acts within two days to resume the pumping of Russian oil to...
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Ben DiCostanzo
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Cattle Futures Break Down in Front of Cattle on Feed
Cattle markets break down to end week on a sour note
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Wheat Trading with Midday Gains Following Stocks Cut
The wheat complex is posting gains across the three markets on Tuesday’s midday. Chicago SRW futures are 1 ½ to 4 cents higher. There were 3 deliveries issued against December CBT wheat futures overnight. KC HRW contracts are up 4 to 5 cents so far on the day. MPLS spring...
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Shell Settles Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Over Activists Boarding Oil FPSO
British oil and gas major Shell on Tuesday settled a London lawsuit it brought against environmental group Greenpeace after activists boarded a Shell oil production vessel last year.
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Reuters
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Satellite Imagery Shows Russian Navy Ships Anchored Off Syrian Coast
Satellite imagery show that Russian naval ships have left Moscow's base at Tartous on Syria's coast and some have dropped anchor offshore following the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by rebel forces.
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Grain Markets Mixed Ahead of Tuesday’s WASDE Report
Grain markets have had a choppy start to the week as traders await new news from the USDA. Here’s a few things to keep an eye on for today’s trade
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Austin Schroeder
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Barchart
Soybean Bulls Pushing Back Higher in Early Tuesday Action
Soybean futures are back up 3 to 5 cents so far on Tuesday. The soybean market posted Monday losses of ¼ to 3 3/4 cents across the nearbys, with a few deferreds steady to fractionally higher. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price was back down 3 3/4 cents at...
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Austin Schroeder
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Corn Squaring Up Ahead of USDA Reports
The corn market is showing fractional losses so far on the Tuesday session. Corn futures rounded out the Monday session with some buying ahead of the USDA reports set for Tuesday. Contracts were up 1 to 3 ¼ cents. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView was up 1...
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Austin Schroeder
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Barchart
Wheat Falling Back Ahead of USDA Release
Th wheat complex is showing fractional to 3 cent losses across the three markets in early trade. Wheat posted some strength across the three markets on Monday. Chicago SRW futures were 1 ½ to 2 3/4 cents higher, with December an exception on thin trade. There were 3 deliveries issued...
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Darin Newsom
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More Overnight Chaos for Markets to Deal With
More Butterflies (the symbol of Chaos, aka the Butterly Effect) were fluttering in markets overnight though early Tuesday morning, this time coming from Brazil.
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Marcos Says Philippines Won’t Send Warships After China Clashes
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said his nation won’t deploy Navy warships to the South China Sea in response to recent clashes with Beijing in disputed waters.
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Susan Stroud
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No Bull | The Five Spot
1 | Change Over the past 100 years, U.S. #corn production has increased more than 700% while planted area has decreased 10%. Incredible! Perhaps the Department of Energy, Argonne, CARB, and the Department of the Treasury should take note as U.S. corn ethanol gets a 20-point ding for 'land use...