[overnight global news you need to know on Friday] 1. GM announced that the next generation of electric vehicles will adopt the Tesla charging standard. Starting from 2025, GM will build electric vehicles with ports directly connected to Tesla super charging piles. 2. The US White House said the report that Iran and the United States were close to reaching an agreement on Iranian uranium enrichment was false news, after US crude oil fell more than 4 per cent in intraday trading and narrowed to around 2 per cent in late trading. 3. Sources said that the British government will set a threshold for a windfall tax on oil and gas companies and will not impose a windfall tax if the price of oil or natural gas falls below the 20-year average within a few months. Us President Joe Biden said he would promote tax reform to reduce the fiscal deficit. 5. Citigroup has disbanded its global team responsible for foreign exchange market review and analysis, according to people familiar with the matter. 6. The US Climate Prediction Center (CPC) released a monthly report saying that El Ni ñ o does exist and may gradually strengthen from 2023 to early 2024. 7. Mansour, director of the Syrian Civil Aviation Administration, said that the Saudi side has agreed to resume flights with Syria, and the relevant airlines are making preparations. 8. The Biden administration has proposed to its trade allies that the freeze period of the new digital services tax be further extended after it expires at the end of this year. 9. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is reported to have appointed Hafize Gaye Erkan as central bank governor. 10. Moody's confirmed that the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has a rating of B2 and senior debt rating B1, and its outlook has been adjusted from stable to negative. 11. The three major indexes of US stocks collectively closed higher, with the S & P 500 up 0.62%, up more than 20% from last October's low and entering a technical bull market, with the Dow up 0.5% and the Nasdaq up 1.02%. Hot Chinese stocks rose generally, and the Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index rose 1.59%. WTI July crude oil futures closed down 1.71% at US $71.29 per barrel, while Brent August crude oil futures closed down 1.29% at US $75.96 per barrel. COMEX August gold futures closed up 1.03% at $1978.60 an ounce.