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[Overnight global news you need to know on Thursday: The United States requires non-emergency personnel to evacuate Saudi Arabia; Zelensky said that Ukraine supports starting a new round of trilateral talks as soon as possible; the U.S. stock Nasdaq closed up more than 1%; SpaceX rose more than 7%]
1. The U.S. State Department confirmed on October 21, local time, that it had ordered the evacuation of non-emergency U.S. government employees and their families stationed in Saudi Arabia.
2. Ukrainian President Zelensky stated on the 21st that Russia has agreed to hold a new round of trilateral negotiations between the United States, Ukraine and Russia. The United States proposes to start talks as soon as possible, Ukraine supports it, and all parties strive to hold a meeting in early November or earlier.
3. On the 21st local time, continuous explosions were heard in the urban area of Kiev, Ukraine. Kiev Mayor Klitschko said that Kyiv was attacked by a ballistic missile.
4. The U.S. Treasury Department website shows that the United States has imposed a new round of sanctions on Iran. The U.S. Treasury Department issued a statement saying that as part of "economic isolation actions," the U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on law firms headquartered in Panama and Greece.
5. The U.S. New Mexico court ordered Meta Platforms to pay a civil penalty of US$25 billion. The jury found that Meta violated state consumer protection laws more than 43 million times by making misleading statements related to user privacy, data processing and hate speech moderation.
6. OpenAI updates its usage policy, effective from November 20, 2026, to clarify relevant rules for security model development and sensitive uses of artificial intelligence.
7. Tesla’s revenue in the third quarter was US$28.05 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 0.2%, of which the automotive division’s revenue was US$20.56 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 3%; third-quarter operating profit was US$718 million, a year-on-year decrease of 56%.
8. Meta’s third-quarter revenue was US$64.6 billion, a year-on-year increase of 26%; third-quarter operating profit was US$12.99 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 37%.
9. The winning bid for the US$13 billion 20-year Treasury bond issued by the U.S. Treasury Department was 5.469%, the highest level since the issuance of Treasury bonds of this period resumed in 2020.
10. The Panama Canal Authority said on the 20th that due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to the war in the Middle East, the cargo volume of the Panama Canal hit a record high in the last fiscal year.
11. The three major U.S. stock indexes collectively closed higher. The Dow rose 0.69%, the Nasdaq rose 1.05%, and the S&P 500 rose 0.59%. Most popular technology stocks rose. Semiconductors, cryptocurrency concepts, and computer hardware sectors were among the top gainers. SpaceX rose by more than 7%, AMD rose by more than 9%, Dell Technologies rose by more than 5%, NanoVis Semiconductor and Circle rose by more than 4%, and Tesla rose by more than 3%.
12. The settlement price of WTI crude oil futures was US$97.15/barrel, down US$0.67, or 0.68%. Brent crude oil futures settled at $108.82 per barrel, up $0.03, or 0.03%.
13. COMEX gold futures closed up 0.41% at US$4,159.5 per ounce; COMEX silver futures rose by 0.2% at US$58.115 per ounce.
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