Market News: Infosys may gain more than $100 million from Microsoft-Coca-Cola deal.

According to a Reuters survey: 38 economists expect the Bank of Korea to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3.50% on August 22. The Bank of Korea will cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.25% in the fourth quarter, the same as the July survey results.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with the Emir of Qatar in Doha at 8:25 p.m. local time.

US Secretary of State Blinken will meet with the Egyptian president at 12:05 local time.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with his Egyptian counterpart in Alamein at 1:20 p.m. local time.

ECB board member Rehn: Geopolitics and uncertainty weigh on economic confidence.

ECB board member Rehn: Industrial production may not be as temporary as expected.

ECB board member Rehn: There are no clear signs of recovery in the manufacturing sector.

Market news: At the Democratic National Convention in the United States, protesters broke through security barriers and police were dispatched to quell the riots.

According to aviation news website The Air Current: Boeing (BA.N) grounded its 777X test fleet due to a failure in a key engine mounting structure.

Hamdan, a senior Hamas official: We confirmed to the mediator that we do not need new Gaza ceasefire negotiations, we need to reach an agreement on the implementation mechanism.

Market news: American sports camera manufacturer GoPro will lay off 15% of its employees and is expected to incur total restructuring costs of US$5 million to US$7 million.

South Korea’s consumer confidence index was 100.8 in August, up from 103.6 in the previous month.

Goldman Sachs: We still expect that natural gas transportation through Ukraine will not stop until the existing natural gas transit agreement between Ukraine and Russia expires on January 25 next year. We believe that the risk of Dutch TTF natural gas prices in winter is still biased to the upside compared to our forecast of 35 euros/MWh.

Ukrainian military: Russian troops are expected to continue their offensive in the Pokrovsk region.

Ukrainian military: The Pokrovsk region in eastern Ukraine has suffered a fierce Russian attack.

Ukrainian Military: Ukrainian troops have suffered multiple attacks in the Toretsk area of the Donetsk region.

According to the Times of Israel: The United Nations said the Houthis have returned control of their human rights office in Yemen. On August 3, the Houthis sent a delegation to the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and forced the staff to hand over the keys.

Former US President Trump: If elected, he will consider letting Musk serve in the cabinet or advisory role if he is willing.