Reuters agri commodities reporter, based in London. #Sugar #Coffee #Cocoa #FoodSecurity #Deforestation #LivingWages #ChildLabor #ClimateChange
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Apr 21
My latest for Reuters: Biofuels back in vogue as Iran war triggers oil price surge #IranWar #EnergySecurity #FoodSecurity reuters.com/business/energy/…
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Mar 11
I don't think we've had this many sirens (indicating salvos launched fron Iran and Lebanon) in the wee hours since Israel's criminal war of aggression in Iran began. We have no real way of knowing what has hit where. It doesn't really matter. Israelis are rattled.
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Twenty years ago we invaded Iraq. The war killed many innocent Iraqis and Americans. It destroyed the oldest Christian populations in the world. It cost over $1 trillion, and turned Iraq into a satellite of Iran. It was an unforced disaster, and I pray that we learn its lessons.
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May Angel retweeted
12 Nov 2025
Imagine how much better our political discourse and culture would be if more people were willing to do this:
12 Nov 2025
Five years ago I accused @aaronjmate of unfounded claims that he was being paid by Russia. While I stupidly and sincerely believed it at the time, no evidence has materialized to prove it. I'm embarrassed by it and I owe him, along with his readers, a long overdue apology.
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8 Oct 2025
Ivory Coast traces 40% of cocoa beans as EU delays anti-deforestation law - report reuters.com/sustainability/c…
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1 Oct 2025
Netanyahu gambles Trump Gaza plan may win back support abroad but risks lurk at home #onassignmentinJersualem reuters.com/world/middle-eas…
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11 Aug 2025
Exclusive: Hartree in talks to buy major cocoa trader Touton, sources say #cocoa #commodities #hedgefunds #climate
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11 Aug 2025
Talks come as trading costs soar, driving out independent firms
Cocoa prices more than doubled last year and remain elevated
Hartree last year bought soft commodities trader ED&F Man
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30 Jul 2025
Trump's tariffs give chocolate makers in Canada, Mexico an edge over US firms #Trump #Tariffs #Chocolate #Cocoa reuters.com/world/americas/t…
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30 Jul 2025
Under the United States-Mexico-Canada free trade pact (USMCA), which the Trump administration has confirmed remains in place, Canada and Mexico can export chocolate to the U.S. tariff-free no matter where they sourced their inputs of cocoa
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30 Jul 2025
Canada also has zero tariffs on imports of raw and semi-processed cocoa like butter and powder, while Mexico grows its own beans, meaning factories both north and south of the U.S. border can produce more cheaply than those domestically
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16 Jul 2025
Traders rush to land Brazilian coffee in the US before Trump's 50% tariff #trumptariffs #trumptradewars #coffee reuters.com/world/americas/t…
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27 Mar 2025
My latest for Reuters: Coming to a store near you: double-digit coffee price hikes #Coffee #ClimateCrisis #Inflation reuters.com/markets/commodit…
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May Angel retweeted
19 Feb 2025
On Friday 14th, Argentina's President Milei tweeted about the $LIBRA coin, encouraging his followers to buy it on the grounds that it would “help fund small businesses and start-ups”. As if that weren’t enough, he shared a link for people to buy it online. Naturally, within a few hours, $LIBRA’s price shot up. Many more people, trying to escape the poverty that Millei’s policies have subjected them to, rushed in to buy. Alas, soon after the price of $LIBRA crashed and they lost their money.
This is a standard tactic by crypto scammers. It is known as a ‘rug pull’: draw in naïve buyers only to stop trading and run with their money. But when the President of the country does it, it is more than a scam, a scandal. It is a crime.
More broadly, this incident confirms how dangerous the illusion of apolitical, non-state, money is. Money can never be anything other than state based. That we need to democratise our public money is, of course, crucial. But any attempt to privatise money, however well-meaning its adherent might be, is bound to end in tears and to empower an oligarchic circle. End of story.
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12 Feb 2025
What out coffee lovers!!!!! "Surge in cost of trading coffee heats up record price rally" reuters.com/markets/commodit…
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31 Jan 2025
What Gaza looks like today 🥺. Amazing job by the Reuters colleagues: reuters.com/pictures/what-ga…
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31 Dec 2024
Once muscular and strong, Palestinian bodybuilder Moazaz Obaiyat’s nine-month spell in Israeli custody left him unable to walk unaided upon his release in July. Then, in an October pre-dawn raid on his home, soldiers detained him again. reuters.com/world/middle-eas…
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Once muscular and strong, Palestinian bodybuilder Moazaz Obaiyat’s nine-month spell in Israeli custody left him unable to walk unaided upon his release in July. Then, in an October pre-dawn raid on his home, soldiers detained him again. reuters.com/world/middle-eas…
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