[Overnight global news you need to know on Wednesday: Fed Williams said it is appropriate to raise interest rates once this year and there is no need to raise interest rates next year; the three major U.S. stock indexes collectively closed lower, with semiconductor and storage stocks lower; U.S. Central Command said the Strait of Hormuz is controlled by the U.S. military and regional partners] 1. Fed Williams said that it is appropriate to raise interest rates again this year; currently it is believed that there is no need to raise interest rates in 2027. 2. The U.S. Central Command stated that the Strait of Hormuz is currently controlled by the U.S. military and regional partners. The U.S. side also stated that the U.S. military assisted partners in the Gulf region to transport more than 19 million barrels of crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz the day before. 3. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has recently had multiple phone calls with US President Trump to discuss the possibility of launching a large-scale joint military strike against Iran before the Israeli parliamentary election on October 27 and the US mid-term election on November 3. 4. U.S. President Trump posted a message on social media on October 13, accusing the Houthis in Yemen of using "very bad" means to attack Saudi Arabia and possibly "deliberately pushing up oil prices before the U.S. midterm elections." 5. According to a person in charge of the Saudi Energy Ministry, an administrative office building of Saudi Aramco in Dhahran, eastern Saudi Arabia, was attacked, but no one was injured. 6. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy Commander Azmaei said that Iran is waiting for the US warship to approach the entrance of the Strait of Hormuz and then sink it. We are counting down the days and waiting for this day to arrive.” 7. Ukrainian President Zelensky said in a video speech that Ukraine has submitted a new round of meeting and consultation plan to the United States, proposing to hold talks in the next few days, and has submitted relevant proposals to relevant U.S. representatives. 8. On the evening of the 13th local time, explosions were heard in the Saudi capital Riyadh and the eastern Saudi city of Dammam. 9. David Rosenberg said that the U.S. stock market is increasingly looking like a bubble, with valuations, leverage and investor positions at extreme levels never seen in his 40 years of business. 10. The Meta platform is launching a series of AI-driven custom tools on Facebook. Users can use natural language to directly explain to the algorithm what they want to see in the information flow and Reels short videos. 11. Google began to launch Gemini 4 Argon to Google AI subscribers. Gemini 4 Argon was launched at a preferential price of $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens. 12. Apple launches HomeView device, which supports entertainment and smart home management. It is available in standard and wall-mounted versions, both priced at US$299. 13. The three major U.S. stock indexes collectively closed down. The Dow fell 0.35%, the Nasdaq fell 0.15%, and the S&P 500 fell 0.02%. Semiconductor equipment and materials, storage stocks, and precious metals fell. Applied Materials fell more than 6%, SpaceX fell more than 4%, Kexiu Semiconductor and Kelei fell more than 3%, and Micron Technology and SK Hynix fell more than 3%. 14. COMEX gold futures closed down 0.15% at US$4,184.2 per ounce; COMEX silver futures fell by 1.85% at US$59.395 per ounce. 15. The settlement price of WTI crude oil futures was US$94.14/barrel, up 40 cents, or 0.43%. Brent crude oil futures settled at $105.69 per barrel, down 96 cents, or 0.9%.