According to the Japan Mainichi Shimbun: The Japanese government will seek to dissolve the Unification Church.

According to Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun: The Japanese government will invest 10 billion yen to support the space industry.

U.S. natural gas futures fell more than 3.00% within the day and are now at $2.681 per million British thermals.

[The probability that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged in September is 93%] According to CME "Fed Watch": the probability that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged at 5.25%-5.50% in September is 93%, and raise interest rates by 25 basis points to 5.50%-5.75 % range is 7%; the probability of keeping interest rates unchanged by November is 65.3%, the probability of a cumulative interest rate hike of 25 basis points is 32.6%, and the probability of a cumulative interest rate hike of 50 basis points is 2.1%.

At the opening of trading on Monday, spot gold and U.S. stock index futures opened basically flat, while WTI crude oil opened slightly lower.

According to Nikkei: Japan and the UK plan to jointly develop minerals in Africa.

Director of Renault Engineering: A good strategy is to maintain prices and adjust fixed costs. Renault cannot afford to compete with Tesla on low prices.

Nigerian Presidential Spokesperson: At the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Nigerian President will attend the G20 summit in India.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa: Investigation finds no evidence to support claim that Russian cargo ship was transporting weapons from South Africa to Russia. South Africa does not issue arms export licenses and does not export weapons.

Ukrainian President Zelensky said he had held talks with French President Macron and reached a very important agreement on pilot training in France.

According to Ukrainian Pravda: Ukrainian Defense Minister Leznikov predicts that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will have F-16s in the spring of 2024 and use them on the front lines.

[Iranian Foreign Minister Meets with Turkish Foreign Minister] On September 3, local time, Iranian Foreign Minister Abdullahiyan met with visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan in the capital Tehran. The two sides held consultations and discussions on topics such as the latest progress of bilateral relations and bilateral cooperation. In addition, Fidan also said that Iranian President Rahim will pay an official visit to Turkey in the next few days.

Market news: Iran said that Saudi Arabia seeks to hold a trilateral summit together with Turkey.

Italian oil company Eni plans to invest US$7.7 billion in Egypt over the next four years.

Italian Economy Minister: Government supports policies to reduce debt.

Market News: Israeli diamond tycoon BENY STEINMETZ was detained in Cyprus on an arrest warrant issued by Romania.

ADNOC, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company of the United Arab Emirates: set the price of Das crude oil in October at a discount of US$00.6 per barrel to Murban crude oil; set the price of UPPER ZAKUM crude oil in October at a discount to Murban crude oil 0.6 US dollars / barrel; set the UMM LULU crude oil price in October to be 0.2 US dollars / barrel higher than Murban crude oil.

Market News: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) sells its metals unit to Saudi sovereign wealth fund PIF at a valuation of 12.5 billion riyals.

Ukrainian Air Force: 25 Russian drone strikes on port infrastructure in Odessa region injure two civilians.