Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will decide whether to visit Central Asia.

The Philippine stock index rose 1.1% to 6,618.35 points.

British maritime security company Ambrey: The merchant ship that was attacked said no casualties or physical damage were reported.

British maritime security company Ambrey: A merchant ship was attacked by a drone approximately 58 nautical miles southwest of Hodeidah, Yemen.

The main soybean oil contract touched 7,500 yuan/ton, up 0.27% on the day.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 1% to 174.58 points.

Petrobras revised its 2024 capital expenditure forecast to $13.5 billion to $14.5 billion, saying it would not affect the oil and gas production curve.

JPMorgan Asset Management expects the Bank of Japan to avoid raising interest rates again in the short term.

Tokyo Electron shares surged 10% after it raised its annual earnings guidance.

Google (GOOG.O) has successfully fixed a Gmail service degradation issue.

Nikon fell more than 10% after its first-quarter operating profit fell short of expectations.

U.S. Defense Secretary Austin said he spoke with Israeli Defense Minister Galant.

Venezuelan President Maduro said that social media platform X will be blocked nationwide for 10 days.

Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.5%, while S&P 500 futures rose 0.2%.

Senior U.S. government official: U.S. President Biden and U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin reviewed military deployments in the Middle East today and are expected to begin preparations for ceasefire negotiations soon, but no agreement is expected to be signed before next Thursday.

According to Nikkei: The United States hopes to jointly produce more than 100 Patriot missiles with Japan.

Paramount Worldwide will cut 15% of its U.S. workforce and is considering selling assets.

Joint statement from Qatar, Egypt and the United States: We call on the parties to resume urgent talks on Thursday, August 15, in Doha or Cairo, to bridge all remaining differences and begin implementing the agreement without delay.

Joint statement from Qatar, Egypt and the United States: As mediators, we are ready to present a final proposal to address the remaining issues related to implementation and ensure that the expectations of all parties are met.

Qatar, Egypt and the United States issued a joint statement: It is time to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gaza and release hostages and prisoners.