Italian Minister of Transport: Italy and its allies "have enough votes" to block the proposal of "Euro 7 emission standards (Euro 7)".

Market news: Brazilian President Lula submitted a list of new central bank governors to the Senate.

Market news: Petrobras favors new fuel pricing policy.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa: I spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and they both agreed to accept a delegation from African leaders to discuss a possible peace plan.

CEO of the British antitrust regulator: In terms of digital market regulation, the UK and the EU are taking the same direction.

Russian State Duma chairman Volodin said on the 16th that Russian State Duma members voted unanimously at the Duma plenary session to support the abolition of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty.

UK Antitrust Regulator CEO: We will not listen to other agencies.

UK Antitrust Regulator CEO: We were able to negotiate the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal with the EU.

CEO of British antitrust regulator: We are not hostile to technology companies.

CEO of the British antitrust regulator: We still believe that it is inappropriate to accept improvement measures.

Kremlin: (in response to news that the CIA is recruiting Russian government informants) US spy agencies and other Western agencies are as active as ever in Russia.

Kremlin: Russia must decide whether to renew the deal.

The Kremlin said on the prospects of the renewal of the Black Sea grain agreement that the two sides are still in communication on this matter.

According to the TASS news agency: The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that Russia carried out high-precision sea and air strikes on Ukrainian troops and ammunition depots, and the goal was achieved.

Both the U.S. and Bursa oil prices fell nearly 0.5 USD in the short term, and are now at USD 70.79/barrel and USD 74.48/barrel respectively.

European Commission Vice-President and "Foreign Minister" Borrell called on Turkey to address shortcomings identified by the OSCE during the electoral process.

The ZEW economic conditions index in the euro zone in May was -27.5, the previous value was -30.2.

German think tank ZEW: Part of the reason for the decline in sentiment indicators is (market) expectations that the European Central Bank will raise interest rates further.