German Defense Minister Pistorius: After depleting special defense funds, we urgently need a major jump in the conventional defense budget.

USGS: A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck 94 kilometers southwest of Truk Daram, Indonesia.

Philippine central bank governor: If CPI falls, we will consider pausing rate hikes in August.

Philippine central bank governor: If inflation falls below 4%, rate cut may be considered.

According to the Financial Times: Saudi Arabia plans to set up a multi-billion dollar sports investment group.

Central Bank of Turkey: As of June 23, foreign exchange held by local residents in Turkey was 167.95 billion U.S. dollars, compared with 176.34 billion U.S. dollars a week ago.

Central Bank of Turkey: Foreign investor holdings of Turkish stocks increased by $398.8 million.

German Chancellor Scholz said on the large-scale investment in the chip field, I know that Germany and other companies have more plans.

According to the Interfax news agency: The Russian Ministry of Defense said that Russian troops attacked Ukrainian troops near Bakhmut.

Britain has asked the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to step up its scrutiny of banking rules for political figures.

Adani Enterprises repaid INR 100 crore commercial paper.

The CEO of Saudi Aramco said the company plans to increase natural gas production by 50-60% by 2030.

German Chancellor Scholz: Funding our security is a budget challenge.

German Federal Motor Authority KBA: German car registrations rose 24.8% in June to 280,139 vehicles.

The Caspian Sea oil pipeline resumed receiving oil from all producers in Kazakhstan.

Yuexiu Property (00123.HK) contracted sales in June were 14.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.3%. As of June this year, the cumulative contract sales were 83.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 71%.

Kazakh oil company Tengizchevroi: Power outage in West Kazakhstan will not affect production.

According to TASS: UNCTAD Secretary-General may visit Russia before July 17.

The Hungarian forint fell about 1% to 379.15 against the euro, its weakest level since late April.

Brilliance Auto is considering declaring a special dividend of no less than HK$0.96 per ordinary share.