Market news: SoftBank Group will hold a press conference at 4 p.m. local time on Thursday, and CEO Masayoshi Son will attend.

Singapore Prime Minister: Determined to take necessary measures to address money laundering and terrorist financing risks.

UK Maritime Trade Operations Office: A report has been received of an incident 52 nautical miles south of Aden, Yemen. The captain of a merchant ship reported that a missile exploded in waters near the ship. The crew is reported to be safe and the vessel is heading to the next port. The authorities are investigating.

HSBC upgraded South Korean stocks to overweight from neutral and downgraded Indonesian stocks to neutral from overweight.

NATO will formally approve Mark Rutte as the next NATO Secretary-General on Wednesday (June 26), AFP reported, citing diplomatic sources.

Samsung Electronics has denied reports of defects at its wafer fabs.

RBA Assistant Governor Kent: Evidence of further decline in core CPI is needed to relax policy.

OpenAI: The ChatGPT desktop app for Apple’s macOS platform is now open to all users.

A third of Bank of Japan watchers expect the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates in July while launching a quantitative tightening program.

RBA Assistant Governor Kent: The overnight call rate is above our estimated range of the nominal neutral interest rate.

According to AFP: WikiLeaks founder Assange pleaded guilty to US charges.

RBA Assistant Governor Kent: The RBA believes that the current cash rate setting is restrictive.

RBA Assistant Governor Kent: The neutral interest rate is about 3.5%.

Witnesses say a hearing for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has begun in a Saipan court.

Samsung will hold its Galaxy Unpacked event in Paris on July 10.

EU initiative: 112 EU cities will need 650 billion euros to achieve net zero emissions by 2030.

According to Nikkei News: Suntory Holdings will build India into a production base.

According to Russia Today: WikiLeaks founder Assange arrived at the Saipan court under US jurisdiction.