According to the Ukrainian state news agency: Natalia Khumenyuk, spokesperson of the Ukrainian Army’s Southern Combat Command, said that the Russian army is expelling residents living in Novikakhovka on the Dnieper River in order to establish shooting positions there.

According to the Ukrainian state news agency: Yelena Kondratyuk, Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, stated that the direct recorded damage to Ukrainian infrastructure caused by the conflict totaled 150 billion U.S. dollars.

The South Korean won weakened more than 1 percent against the dollar.

WTI crude oil futures broke through $76/barrel, up 0.46% on the day.

[TSMC recorded the largest drop in five months, and its market value has shrunk by nearly NT$500 billion] TSMC’s Taiwan stock price fell by more than 3.8% today, the largest drop in five months, and its market value has shrunk by nearly NT$500 billion. The previous day, TSMC said at its financial report meeting that it had once again lowered its annual US dollar revenue target. In addition, due to staff shortages in the Arizona plant in the United States, the date of 4nm mass production was postponed to 2025.

Market news: U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen will meet with Vietnamese Finance Minister at 10:30 am local time today.

The Nikkei 225 index fell more than 1% in early trading, and chip stocks fell after TSMC lowered its annual revenue forecast.

From Japan to July 14, foreign capital bought Japanese bonds -411.4 billion yen, the previous value was 705 billion yen.

From Japan to July 14, foreign investors bought 238.6 billion yen in Japanese stocks, up from 181.7 billion yen in the previous period.

Japan bought foreign bonds in the week to July 14 -77.4 billion yen, the previous value was -950.5 billion yen.

[Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the production line of the Arctic LNG-2 project] On July 20, local time, Russian President Vladimir Putin inspected Novatek’s factory on the Kola Bay in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, and visited the assembly and manufacturing process of the production line modules of the Arctic LNG-2 project. The Utrenneye oil field developed by the Arctic LNG 2 project is located on the Gedda Peninsula of Russia, and currently has nearly 1.4 trillion cubic meters of natural gas and 90 million tons of liquid reserves.

Cryptocurrency exchange FTX is suing Sam Bankman-Fried and other former executives to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in allegedly fraudulent transfers, court documents show.

US Federal Trade Commission (FTC): Drops lawsuit blocking Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal.

According to the New York Post: Twitter will roll out new ad safety controls.

Turkey will withdraw 450-500 billion liras of liquidity from the market by adjusting the statutory reserve.

Turkish Official Gazette: Turkey has introduced a 15% statutory reserve requirement for fixed-rate lira deposits.

US White House official: The White House will explore "all legal and policy options" to prevent future debt-ceiling standoffs.

It is reported that U.S. President Biden set up a debt ceiling team to find a way to end the impasse, led by Brainard and Delery.