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Extreme heat, erratic rainfall, and disease are disrupting cocoa production in West Africa, which supplies most of the world's chocolate. As climate change pushes growing conditions past their limits, Ecuador is rapidly expanding output and positioning itself as a key alternative supplier. Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu reports from cacao farms near Guayaquil, with insights from Climate Central's Kristina Dahl, cocoa exporter Ivan Ontaneda, farmer Johann Zeller, and chocolatier Oded Brenner on why climate stress, genetics, and farming practices are reshaping the global chocolate industry. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Apple shakes up its AI efforts with a Google partnership, management changes and two new versions of Siri. Also: The company gets ready to kick off its 2026 Mac launches and puts CEO candidate John Ternus in charge of design....

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium said an offshore mooring is back online, enabling crude to flow through a route that accounts for about 90% of Kazakh oil exports....

Traders will start the week on heightened alert of Japan government intervention to halt the yen's recent slide — possibly with rare US assistance — as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warned of action on abnormal moves....

A Mol Nyrt. executive said the Hungarian refiner's bid for a stake in Serbia's Naftna Industrija Srbije was agreed by Gazprom Neft....

Libya signed a deal with TotalEnergies SE and ConocoPhillips that would more than double production capacity of their Waha Oil venture, with investments likely to reach $20 billion over 25 years....

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer vowed to block a massive spending package next week unless Republicans strip funding for the Department of Homeland Security, dramatically increasing the risk for a partial US government shutdown....

Global betting companies are increasingly looking to secure a foothold in Africa's fast-growing gambling market. Super Group has been among those moving early and investing heavily in the continent. Super Group CEO Neal Menashe discusses why Africa has become such a key growth play for the company. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Netflix Inc. kicked off one of its most ambitious live events yet, streaming US free-solo climber Alex Honnold as he began scaling Taipei 101 after a 24-hour delay caused by rain....

An international group of plaintiffs sued Meta Platforms, Inc. alleging that the company has made false claims about the privacy and security of its WhatsApp chat service....

President Donald Trump's latest tariff threats may signal an early escalation in what's expected to be months of volatile posturing as the US, Canada and Mexico prepare to review their trade pact this year....

A tale of two economies is driving China's stock market, prompting investors to raise bets on the beneficiaries of an industrial export boom at the expense of firms mired in a consumption slump....

The Trump administration is planning to invest $1.6 billion into USA Rare Earth, the Financial Times reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter....

A sprawling winter storm has grounded more than 14,500 flights around the US, halted trains and triggered a grid emergency and knocked out power to thousands, all while threatening to drop a foot of snow on New York City and the rest of the Northeast corridor on Sunday....

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Australia in March as the South Pacific nation continues to engage with so-called middle powers amid pressure from the US and other powerful blocs....

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi issued a fresh warning against the financial markets amid rising bond yields and the weakening yen, saying the government will be ready to take action....

The Federal Reserve and three of the central banks that just backed its embattled chair are poised to keep interest rates unchanged at an edgy moment for global policymakers....

Some of the best performing US debt in the first weeks of this year is the lowest rated, implying that corporate defaults are low on the list of investor fears now....

A massive winter storm forced thousands of flight cancellations that continue to ramp up as a system that may be the most expansive in years rips across the US from Texas up to New England....

Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said the government and parliament could have done more to pare the deficit in a budget compromise adopted on Friday....