Kremlin: (Statement on nuclear test) Please pay attention to Putin’s statements on this issue, including his speech in St. Petersburg.

Kremlin: We have no choice but to achieve all our goals in our military operations in Ukraine.

National Hurricane Center: Hurricane and storm surge watches have been issued for portions of the Florida Gulf Coast.

WHO official in Lebanon: Some hospitals are "overwhelmed" by thousands of injured in air strikes.

National Hurricane Center: John is expected to weaken further and rapidly and is forecast to become a tropical depression later today.

UNICEF official: So far, the air strikes in Lebanon have killed at least 35 children, and more children are still missing under the rubble.

National Hurricane Center: John has been upgraded to a tropical storm and is moving northwest. Coastal areas of Southern Mexico will continue to face the risk of life-threatening flash floods in the next few days.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Calls on all countries and influential actors to take action to prevent further escalation of the situation in Lebanon and Israel.

The United Nations Human Rights Office expressed "extreme alarm" at the dramatic escalation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Qatar Airways: It will suspend all flights to and from Beirut, Lebanon on September 24 and 25 due to ongoing conflict.

Turkish Ministry of Tourism: The number of foreign tourist arrivals in August was 6.83 million.

German think tank IFO: German business confidence fell in September.

IDF: More than 65 rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel this morning.

UAE airline Flydubai has cancelled flights from Dubai, UAE to Beirut, Lebanon on September 24 and 25.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: Will maintain close communication with the government.

Kazuo Ueda, Governor of the Bank of Japan: I would like to closely study the service price data for October. The yield of long-term Japanese government bonds is affected by the trend of long-term US government bond yields.

UBS (UBS.N) CEO: We hope to continue to increase dividends.

UBS (UBS.N) CEO: Hopefully we can achieve a balanced outcome.

UBS (UBS.N) CEO: It is too early to speculate on the outcome of the capital requirements debate in Switzerland.

UBS (UBS.N) CEO: Our profitability in the U.S. is not as high as it should be.