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TREE NEWS update: Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on the 23rd that the century-long partnership declaration signed by Canada and Ukraine will not improve the situation and will bring no positive results. Continuing to supply weapons to Ukraine only delays the peace process and draws Western countries directly into the conflict, she said.

TREE NEWS reports: Insta360’s global unit share of the panoramic camera market rose to 72.5% in the second quarter of 2026, up from 66% in 2025. It marks a second consecutive quarter of share gains for the company. The Luna Ultra model also accounted for about 20% of the US Amazon segment.

TREE NEWS update: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the US State Department said. No further details of the conversation were disclosed. The talks mark continued diplomatic contact between Washington and Moscow over the war.

TREE NEWS reports: Economist Ye Tan said the internet era is drawing to a close and AI has become the new growth direction, speaking on Sept. 23 at a private session in the “Binance Living Room” segment. She noted that with overall Chinese investment declining, AI-related infrastructure investment remains in the tens of trillions of yuan with an average annual compound growth rate above 10%. She cautioned that growth in the sector does not guarantee profitable investments.

TREE NEWS reports: The Institute of International Finance warned that surging interest costs are pushing the US and other wealthy nations into territory once associated only with distressed emerging-market sovereigns. In a report released Wednesday, the IIF said interest expenses across mature markets are climbing as maturing debt is refinanced at higher rates, naming the US, UK, France and Japan as facing persistent large deficits and rising interest burdens.

TREE NEWS reports: Traders have fully priced in four European Central Bank interest rate hikes through 2027. The shift reflects a repricing of the ECB’s policy path toward tightening rather than cuts over the coming years. No specific meeting dates or hike sizes were given in the pricing.

TREE NEWS reports: US crude oil inventories rose by 2.97 million barrels last week, the Energy Information Administration reported, defying expectations for a drawdown. Bloomberg users had forecast a decline of 777,000 barrels and analysts expected a drop of 578,000 barrels. The prior week saw a decrease of 640,000 barrels.

TREE NEWS reports: US distillate inventories fell by 428,000 barrels in the week ended September 18, the EIA reported, swinging from a build of 1.585 million barrels the prior week. The weekly petroleum status data marks a reversal in distillate stocks, which had risen sharply in the previous period.

TREE NEWS update: Weilego, a Shenzhen-based e-bike export brand founded in December 2020, broke ground on its e-bike motor, battery and controller project and headquarters in Wuxi’s Huishan district on September 23. The project involves total investment of RMB 500 million and will house a production base for the three core components, a foreign trade settlement center and the company’s Yangtze River Delta headquarters as its listed entity.

TREE NEWS update: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Iran struck multiple commercial ships this morning. Rubio also said that reaching an agreement with Iran would require painstaking effort and time. No further details on the vessels, casualties or the location of the strikes were given.

TREE NEWS update: The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) is scheduled to release its weekly government crude oil inventory report at 22:30 Beijing time. The report covers official US crude stockpile data for the week.

TREE NEWS reports: A trader bought 15,000 lots of a November 2026 SOFR 95.875/95.9375/96.00 call fly at 0.25, a position that profits if the Federal Reserve hikes rates only once more this year and follows a more dovish path than swap markets price. Swaps currently imply about 37 basis points of hikes across the October and December meetings. The November SOFR options expire November 13, between the October 28 and December 9 policy statements.

TREE NEWS reports: All three major US stock indices fell in intraday trading on September 23, with the Nasdaq dropping 1.02%, the S&P 500 losing 0.51% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.12%. The declines were recorded as of the session’s intraday levels.

TREE NEWS update: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran needs nuclear energy rather than nuclear weapons. The remark addresses Tehran’s nuclear program, which has been at the center of international negotiations and sanctions. No further details or conditions were provided.

TREE NEWS reports: Libya’s National Oil Corporation said output at the Sharara oil field has dropped below 100,000 barrels per day. The state oil company gave no reason for the decline in the brief statement. Sharara is one of Libya’s largest producing fields.

TREE NEWS reports: Brazil ranked first in Chainalysis’s redesigned crypto adoption index, as Latin America posted $593.8 billion in regional activity, up 9.8%, while the global crypto economy contracted 1.6% over the same period. The region bucked the worldwide slump, with the index reworked to capture activity beyond simple transaction volumes.

TREE NEWS update: China Development Bank said it has deployed 60.85 billion yuan (RMB 60.85B) through its new policy-based financial instrument since September, backing 153 projects with total investment of 1.4 trillion yuan. All funds were used to supplement capital for private investment projects and projects involving private capital.

TREE NEWS reports: US Treasury yields on 3- to 5-year maturities rose 10 basis points. The move lifts yields across the belly of the curve, which is sensitive to shifts in the interest-rate outlook. No further figures were given in the material.

TREE NEWS reports: The S&P 500 fell 0.5%, while the Nasdaq and Nasdaq 100 extended losses to nearly 1%, with the semiconductor index dropping more than 2%. The declines marked a broad pullback across major US equity benchmarks.

TREE NEWS update: Saudi Arabia issued an alert in Jazan. No further details on the nature of the alert or the specific area affected were provided. The alert marks the latest development in the region, though authorities have not yet released additional information.