Russian Ministry of Defense: Russian troops are still defending against Ukrainian attempts to invade Russian territory.

According to RIA Novosti: The head of the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation, Likhachev, had a telephone conversation with the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Grossi, to discuss the situation at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant.

Belarusian President Lukashenko: Belarus destroyed a suspected Ukrainian drone that entered its airspace.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko: The Belarusian Air Force was put on high alert on Friday after Ukraine violated Belarusian airspace.

An Israeli military spokesman said that about 20 Hamas and Jihad militants were active in the Gaza school that was attacked.

[One person died in an attack on an infrastructure in Donetsk] On August 10, local time, officials in the Donetsk region reported that an important infrastructure in Kramatorsk in the region was attacked by Russian missiles that morning, killing one worker and injuring several others. The building of the facility was severely damaged. The Russian side has not yet responded to this.

The Chilean Civil Aviation Administration issued an announcement on the 9th saying that a light aircraft crashed in the Aisén region in the south of the country that day, killing 7 people.

According to a press release issued by the French presidential palace on the 9th, President Macron recently spoke with the leaders of Egypt, Qatar and the United Kingdom on the situation in the Middle East, calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

More than 100 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in eastern Gaza, Palestinian media reported.

U.S. Central Command: Two Houthi armed drones were destroyed in the Red Sea on August 9.

U.S. troops in Syria have been hit by a drone attack, U.S. officials said, with initial reports indicating no injuries.

New York Governor Hochul declared a state of emergency in New York State and said he was ready to deploy resources to areas affected by the storm.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): As of the week ending August 6, U.S. speculators reduced their net short positions in the S&P 500 Index CME by 25,312 contracts to 222,856 contracts, and stock fund managers reduced their net long positions in the S&P 500 Index CME by 57,309 contracts to 881,533 contracts.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): As of the week ending August 6, speculative net long positions in COMEX copper futures decreased by 2,255 contracts to 7,194 contracts.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): As of the week ending August 6, speculative net long positions in COMEX silver futures decreased by 27 lots to 24,904 lots.

IAEA Director General Grossi: We are monitoring the situation around the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant and call on both sides of the conflict to exercise restraint.

Intel postponed its innovation event originally scheduled for September.

Hang Seng Index futures closed down 0.1% at 17062 points in the night session, 28 points below the spot price.