Chevron Australia spokesperson: We welcome today’s endorsement of the agreement by the Australian trade union Offshore Alliance, and an employee vote is now underway.

A spokesman for Chevron Australia welcomed the agreement in principle with the Australian Workers Union over the proposed agreement at the Gorgon and Wheatstone plants.

A former Bank of Japan committee member said negative interest rates may be lifted before the yield curve control (YCC) adjustment.

A former Bank of Japan committee member said the Bank of Japan may end its negative interest rate policy by the end of the year.

The British Museum has unveiled plans to digitize its entire collection.

Financial website Forexlive commented on the final September CPI value in the Eurozone: There was no change compared with the initial value, which once again confirmed that price pressure in the Eurozone had weakened last month, but this was mainly due to the base effect.

The final monthly core CPI rate in the Eurozone in September was 0.2%, which was expected to be 0.2% and the previous value was 0.2%.

German Chancellor Scholz: We are closely coordinating humanitarian assistance to Gaza and believe progress will come soon.

The Stoxx Europe 600 index erased intraday losses.

Sri Lankan Minister: Very confident that the IMF working-level agreement will be reached soon.

Italian Prime Minister Meloni: We are waiting for final confirmation of the developments in the Gaza hospital attack.

US President Joe Biden said that from what he saw, the hospital explosion was caused "by another party."

US President Biden: Hamas does not represent all Palestinian people.

U.S. President Joe Biden said he was saddened and angry about the explosion in a Gaza hospital.

US President Biden: The United States stands with Israel.

European Central Bank Governing Council member Vesco: Raising interest rates is a necessary measure to control inflation.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the civilized world must unite to defeat Hamas.