Serbian President Vucic: The next government may reconsider Rio Tinto Group’s lithium project.

The U.S. 4-month Treasury bond auction as of January 17th - the winning interest rate was 5.185%, compared with the previous value of 5.18%.

SpaceX: The launch of the AX-3 mission is now scheduled for January 18.

Jack Kleinhenz, chief economist of the National Retail Federation: Consumer spending will show very strong resilience in 2023.

National Retail Federation: Survey data shows that holiday sales increased by 3.8% in 2023, reaching a record high of $964.4 billion.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader McConnell: Negotiators are making progress in border talks.

[The Italian government provides 1.2 billion euros in EU funds to the Emilia-Romagna region for post-disaster reconstruction] On the 17th local time, European Commission President von der Leyen visited the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy and met with Italian Prime Minister May Loni holds talks. During this period, the Italian government signed an agreement with the Emilia-Romagna region to use 1.2 billion euros of EU funds to provide economic assistance for post-disaster reconstruction in the Emilia-Romagna region, which suffered severe floods in May 2023. In May 2023, heavy rainfall caused floods in the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy, killing more than a dozen people and causing economic losses of billions of euros.

Russian Ministry of Defense: Russia conducted high-precision strikes against temporary deployment sites for foreign fighters in Kharkiv.

According to the AXIOS website: Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi will leave the Biden administration.

Russian Ministry of Economy: As of January 15, the annual consumer inflation rate was 7.40%, a slight decrease from 7.44% a week ago.

OpenAI founder Sam Altman: Artificial intelligence may become a new computer operating system in the future.

Nigeria’s Petroleum Minister: Nigeria’s oil production continues to grow.

Egyptian Cabinet: Egypt’s tourist arrivals reach record high of 14.9 million in 2023.

Senior U.S. government official: The United States is issuing general permits and other mitigation measures to reduce humanitarian impacts in "designated areas."

COMEX gold futures fell 1.00% on the day, now trading at $2,009.80 per ounce.

Senior U.S. Administration Official: The designation will take effect within 30 days to give us time to minimize the impact on the Yemeni people.

Senior U.S. government official: The United States will consider whether to lift the Houthis’ terrorist organization designation if they stop attacking ships in the Red Sea.