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By Sarah Meyssonnier, Marco Trujillo and Noemie Olive LONGVILLIERS, France (Reuters) -Long lines of tractors blocked highways near Paris and across France on Monday, as angry farmers sought to put pressure on the government to do more to help them face inflation, compete with cheap imports and make a living. The protests follow similar action in other European countries, including Germany and Poland, ahead of European Parliament elections in June in which the far right, for whom farmers represen...

Switzerland will not set up an independent authority to monitor and regulate the commodities sector.

ASTANA (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin called for the development of wheat and fertiliser cargo transport routes in Asia during a visit to Kazakhstan on Thursday, as Russia seeks to forge new export routes due to Western sanctions. Chairing a conference on agricultural cooperation with Kazakh President Tokayev, Putin said Russia would have about 60 million metric tons of wheat available for exports from this years strong crop. We are confident, certainly, that we will retain the No....

Colombias first leftist president aspires to halt the rush to extract raw materials and save the Amazon from the climate crisis.

The meeting took place against a backdrop of US criticism of Swiss implementation of sanctions against Russia.

Swiss commodities group Glencore is facing pressure from activist investor Bluebell Capital Partners.

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SAINTE-SOLINE, France (Reuters) -One police officer and a protester were seriously injured on Saturday in clashes during an unauthorised demonstration against the construction of a water reservoir for farm irrigation in western France. Police fired tear gas to repel some protesters who threw fireworks and other projectiles as they crossed fields to approach the construction area in the rural district of Sainte-Soline. At least three police vehicles were set alight, television footage showed. Emm...

By Mike Collett-White NEAR KREMINNA, Ukraine (Reuters) - The United States condemned the downing of a U.S. spy drone by a Russian fighter jet over the Black Sea on Tuesday, in an incident that underscored how the Ukraine war has increased the risk of direct confrontation between Moscow and Washington. Two Russian Su-27 jets carried out what the U.S. military described as a reckless intercept of the MQ-9 Reaper drone in international airspace before one of them collided with it at 7:03 a.m. (0603...