German Geoscience Research Center GFZ: A 6.0 magnitude earthquake occurred in the Tonga Islands.

According to the Asahi Shimbun: Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi and Takako Kamikawa will run for the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party.

According to Nikkei News: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit the United States at the end of September and meet with US President Biden.

According to the Wall Street Journal: As of mid-last week, Russia had deployed as many as 5,000 additional troops.

The National Hurricane Center said the El Nino storm is approaching Bermuda, bringing strong winds, dangerous storm surges and potentially life-threatening flooding to the island. The center of El Nino is expected to approach or pass Bermuda on Saturday morning and will be near or east of Newfoundland on Monday night.

India has cut its windfall tax on domestic crude oil to 2,100 Indian rupees per tonne.

US Vice President Harris will meet with members of the transport union team.

The National Hurricane Center of the United States: Bermuda will experience strong winds, dangerous storm surges and life-threatening flooding. Hurricane Ernesto is currently located about 150 kilometers south-southwest of Bermuda, with maximum sustained winds of 155 kilometers per hour.

US President Biden: Optimistic about the Gaza ceasefire agreement, but it is still under negotiation. It remains to be seen when the ceasefire will begin according to the agreement.

The Central Bank of Uruguay kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 8.5%.

His, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Mexico: We will soon be able to lower interest rates systematically, but the rate cuts need to be done cautiously and prudently.

Argentine President Milley: Annual inflation rate is expected to be between 7% and 14%.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): As of the week ending August 13, stock fund speculators increased their net short positions in the S&P 500 Index CME by 63,926 contracts to 286,781 contracts, and stock fund managers increased their net long positions in the S&P 500 Index CME by 70,558 contracts to 952,091 contracts.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): As of the week ending August 13, the net short position in the Swiss franc was -21,664 contracts.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): As of the week ending August 13, the net long position in the euro was 26,983 contracts.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): As of the week ending August 13, the net long position in the Japanese yen was 23,104 contracts.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): As of the week ending August 13, the net long position of natural gas futures in the NYMEX and ICE markets increased by 2,145 lots to 38,301 lots.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): As of the week ending August 13, speculative net long positions in COMEX copper futures increased by 447 lots to 7,641 lots.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): As of the week ending August 13, speculative net long positions in COMEX silver futures decreased by 646 contracts to 24,257 contracts.