[Overnight global news you need to know on Wednesday: US military attacks Iranian oil tankers; Iran warns it will attack oil tankers in Kuwait and Bahrain ports; SpaceX's total market value returns to US$2 trillion] middle east conflict 1. It was learned from Iran that an Iranian oil tanker was attacked by a US missile 4 miles away from Khark Island. 2. The Iranian military warned that it would attack oil tankers in Kuwait and Bahrain ports, and the crews must evacuate immediately. 3. The U.S. Treasury Department announced a new round of sanctions against Iran on the 8th local time, involving a total of 36 sanctions targets, focusing on Iran’s aviation industry and related companies. 4. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy issued a statement stating that its troops captured a US military unmanned submarine at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz. 5. The Iranian army stated that "an intruding MQ-1 drone" was successfully shot down by the Iranian army's air defense system over Bandar Abbas Port. 6. U.S. officials said that a U.S. military drone malfunctioned during a water reconnaissance mission in the Middle East. Global News 1. The three major U.S. stock indexes collectively closed down, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.17%, the Nasdaq Composite Index falling 0.32%, and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.58%. AI computing power leasing companies and optical communications sectors surged; Intel rose by more than 9%; SpaceX rose by more than 3%, with the total market value returning to US$2 trillion. 2. International precious metals fell. Spot gold fell 1.06% to US$4,357.62 per ounce; spot silver fell by 0.68% to US$65.71 per ounce. 3. International oil prices rose. WTI crude oil futures closed at US$93.03 per barrel, an increase of 1.69%; Brent crude oil futures closed at US$97.92 per barrel, an increase of 0.95%. 4. Most major European stock indexes closed lower, with the British FTSE 100 index falling by 0.10%, the French CAC40 index rising by 0.15%, and the German DAX30 index falling by 0.05%. 5. U.S. President Trump posted on social media platforms instructing government procurement to exclude Canadian products. 6. Russian President Vladimir Putin had a phone call with U.S. President Trump to exchange views on the visit of the U.S. presidential envoy to Russia and Ukraine. 7. The U.S. Treasury Department is about to expand the repurchase of Treasury bonds. Wall Street interest rate strategists predict that the Treasury Department will increase the size of the repurchases to a maximum of $10 billion each time. 8. Crude oil inventories in the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve fell by about 1.2 million barrels last week to 285.4 million barrels, the lowest level since 1982. 9. Goldman Sachs has advanced its forecast for the Reserve Bank of Australia to raise interest rates from November to September. 10. Citigroup will provide cross-border remittance services to Japanese companies as soon as this year, using blockchain-based tokenized deposits. 11. OpenAI launches ChatGPT Images 2.5, which is now open to all ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work and Codex users and supports desktop, mobile and web use. 12. Anthropic will withdraw from the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) because the relevant legislation supported by the industry organization involves restricting foreign access to U.S. chips, and Anthropic opposes this policy direction. 13. SpaceX’s weight in the Nasdaq is expected to increase, and it may usher in more than 10 billion US dollars in passive net buying. 14. Coca-Cola plans to invest approximately US$720 million in Chile through partners in the next few years. 15. Artificial intelligence startup Cognition said it has raised more than US$2 billion and is valued at US$48 billion. 16. The Irish media regulator has launched an investigation into X under the Cybersecurity Code.