CHICAGO—Chinese buyers bought 1.084 million tonnes of U.S. corn, their biggest purchase of U.S. grain since May 2021, the U.S. government said on Monday. The deal comes as shipments from Ukraine, the world’s fourth biggest exporter of corn, are snarled following Russia’s invasion. China had been a big buyer of Ukrainian corn and the fighting,…

By Paula Immo “I’m so frustrated with myself. What is it that makes me procrastinate?” “Why can’t I just do what I have planned to do?” “I guess I’m just not good enough, right?” These are the type of questions I often get from my clients when they’re in the midst of the inner battle…

HOUSTON—Exxon Mobil Corp. on Tuesday reported a fourth-quarter profit of $8.87 billion, its largest in seven years, as the top U.S. oil producer benefited from strong energy prices. The company slashed spending after fuel demand cratered two years ago. Since then, earnings have topped pre-pandemic levels, helped by the rise in oil prices, with the…

A mother has given birth to a whopping 14-pound 15-ounce (6.77 kg) baby in Oxfordshire, making him the third-biggest newborn ever in the United Kingdom. Cherral Mitchell, 31, from Thame, Oxon, needed two midwives to haul out baby Alpha before he left staff shocked with his weight. The little boy, who was born at 38…

Colin and Donna Craig-Brown were weeding their garden in New Zealand when Colin’s hoe struck something huge just beneath the soil’s surface. As the couple knelt down and began digging around the object, Colin wondered if it was some kind of strange fungal growth, a giant puffball. After Colin pried it out with his garden…