Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau: In our meeting with Nordic ministers, we had a serious discussion on the possible impact of internal turmoil in Russia.

U.S. natural gas futures rose 3.00% on the day and are now at $2.929/MMBtu.

Spot palladium extended its intraday gain to 4% and is now at $1,339.00 an ounce.

According to AFP: The Wagner Group will continue to operate in Mali and the Central African Republic, the Russian foreign minister said.

Spot palladium rose more than 3% on the day.

Market news: Snowflake (SNOW.N) expanded its partnership with Microsoft (MSFT.O), Snowflake will increase its spending commitment to Azure, and said it will focus on integration with Azure OpenAI and Azure Machine Learning.

European Mediterranean Seismological Center: 5.4-magnitude earthquake hits southern Fiji Islands.

According to a Reuters poll: Bank of England interest rates hit 5.50% in the third quarter (June 14 poll was 5.00%).

According to a Reuters survey: the Bank of England will raise interest rates by 25 basis points to 5.25% on August 3 and to 5.50% on September 21.

European Mediterranean Seismological Center: 5.4-magnitude earthquake hits southern Tonga.

Market news: Petrobras issues USD bonds for the first time since 2021.

BP: The Whiting refinery suffered an operational disruption due to weather conditions in the region on Saturday evening, sparking an unplanned flare.

Israeli military: A rocket fired from the West Bank city of Jenin exploded in the Palestinian territories. There are no reports of casualties.

Central Bank of Pakistan: Barring any unforeseen developments, the rate hike is to support the medium-term target of reducing inflation to 5%-7% by the end of FY2025.

[Russian official: The State Duma has passed legislation to prevent private military companies from signing contracts with prisoners] On June 26, local time, Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) Legislation and State Construction Committee Chairman Krasheninnikov said that the State Duma Laws have been passed that exclude private military companies from signing contracts with prisoners. At present, only the Russian Ministry of Defense can sign service contracts with prisoners, and the relevant procedures are complete and clear. PMC contracts with prisoners are a thing of the past.

Central Bank of Pakistan: The Monetary Policy Committee reiterated that it will take appropriate measures to achieve the medium-term price stability target if necessary.

Lithuanian President: Germany, the Netherlands and France have been asked to deploy air defense systems in turn.

NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg: There is no sign that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons, but NATO remains vigilant.