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Reuters reveals Brazil coffee defaults spike for second year in a row

Reuters Reuters exclusively reported Brazilian coffee farmers are defaulting on contracts for a second straight year, failing to deliver on pre-agreed sales and exposing trade houses to losses. The defaults, less widespread than last year, have scrambled the coffee market, leaving traders reluctant to agree to forward sales for next year’s crop or the one…

Meet 10 Jewish candidates who could be elected to Congress for the first time this fall

Jerusalem Post Among the 46 Jewish nominees for the US House of Representatives are 22 incumbents and 24 challengers. https://www.jpost.com/us-elections/article-720858

Reuters reveals Mexico to proceed with GMO corn ban, seeks international grain deals

Reuters Reuters exclusively revealed that Mexico is considering direct agreements with farmers in the United States, Argentina, and Brazil to secure non-genetically modified yellow corn imports, citing the country’s deputy agriculture minister, who added that a 2024 ban on genetically modified corn would not be amended. He said Mexico is on track to halve its…

Reuters reveals Bank of Mexico nears end of rate hike cycle, eyes economic toll, board member says

Reuters Reuters was first to report Bank of Mexico board member Gerardo Esquivel cautioned against increasing the monetary policy rate to “excessively” restrictive levels as the economy remains weak, saying the bank’s current rate-hiking cycle could end with rates between 10%-10.25%. Esquivel did not project when the rate would hit what he called its terminal…

Two in five US voters worry about intimidation at polls -Reuters/Ipsos

Jerusalem Post US voters feel the constant sense of voter intimidation at their local polling stations. https://www.jpost.com/us-elections/article-720650

Reuters reveals U.N. could administer over $3 bln in funds to aid Venezuela

Reuters Reuters exclusively reported that Venezuelan politicians are discussing proposals for a fund that could release over $3 billion to provide humanitarian aid to Venezuela through the United Nations, in a process that also involves officials from the U.S. State and Treasury Departments. The post Reuters reveals U.N. could administer over $3 bln in funds…

Americans divided on midterm voting intentions but economy remains top issue- study

Jerusalem Post The recent Pew survey, three weeks before midterms, found that economy remained top issue for US voters. https://www.jpost.com/us-elections/article-720406

The story of a woman who joined ISIS

Jerusalem Post Italian documentarian Benedetta Argentieri’s film The Matchmaker had its first Israeli premiere at the Haifa International Film Festival. What she found would forever change the way she viewed ISIS. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/isis-threat/article-720065

Reuters reveals Ethiopia debt relief delay partly due to civil war, state finance minister says

Reuters Reuters exclusively revealed that Ethiopia’s state finance minister said on Saturday that delays in restructuring Ethiopia’s debt due to the failings of a new global mechanism for resolving debt problems are “disappointing,” adding that he planned to raise it with the head of the International Monetary Fund. Africa’s second-most populous country requested a debt…

Reuters reveals Iran racing to expand enrichment at underground plant, IAEA report shows

Reuters Reuters exclusively revealed that Iran is rapidly expanding its ability to enrich uranium with advanced centrifuges at its underground plant at Natanz and now intends to go further than previously planned, a confidential U.N. nuclear watchdog report seen by Reuters showed. The post Reuters reveals Iran racing to expand enrichment at underground plant, IAEA…