[overnight global news you need to know on Saturday] 1. The US Department of Energy said in a statement that it had awarded contracts to five companies to acquire 3 million barrels of US-produced crude oil to replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). 2. Russian President Vladimir Putin evaluated the Ukrainian army's counter-offensive action for the first time in Sochi. Putin said that the Ukrainian army has launched a counteroffensive and the Ukrainian army has used its strategic reserve team, but it has failed to achieve any of its intended goals. 3. The US Department of Defense has announced a new security assistance program to emphasize US support for Ukraine. It is said that the total value of the package is as high as 2.1 billion US dollars, including key air defense systems and ammunition. 4. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel approved Leqembi, an Alzheimer's drug jointly developed by Eisai and Bojian, by a vote of 6 to 0. White House Chief of staff Jeff Zients said that artificial intelligence companies are working with the Biden administration to announce a series of privacy and security commitments in the near future. 6. Samsung Electronics is reported to have begun to fully develop the big language model (LLM), the key technology behind artificial intelligence chatbots, for internal use, with the goal of completing the initial version by the end of July. 7. UBS said on the 9th local time that it had signed a loss protection agreement with the Swiss government, effective from the date of completion of the bank's acquisition of Credit Suisse. 8. Hedge fund bullish bets on Brent crude rose to a six-week high as Saudi Arabia unexpectedly stepped up production cuts. Fund managers increased their bullish bets for the third straight week, according to exchange data released on Friday. 9. Jeffrey Currie, global head of commodities research at Goldman Sachs, said OPEC's latest production cuts will push oil inventories down, pushing oil prices to just over $90 a barrel. 10. Online celebrity brokerage Robinhood will withdraw the trading services of Solana, Cardano and Polygon from its encrypted digital currency platform in response to high-profile regulatory action by the US government. 11. European natural gas futures rose 20% to $32.3 per million British heat as hot weather boosted demand. 12. The U.S. Department of Justice has unsealed a federal indictment against Trump and his former military aide Walter Notta for improper handling of classified documents. Trump has been charged with 37 counts, including 31 counts of intentionally withholding defense information. 13. The Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid support Force have respectively issued statements confirming their commitment to full compliance with the interim ceasefire agreement and hope that the other side will effectively implement the agreement. 14. The three major indexes of US stocks closed slightly higher, with the Dow up 0.13%, up 0.34% this week; the Nasdaq up 0.16%, up 0.14% this week; and the S & P 500 up 0.12%, up 0.19% this week. The Nasdaq china golden dragon index rose 0.26%, up 4.25% this week. WTI July crude oil futures closed down 1.57% at US $70.17 per barrel, while Brent August crude oil futures closed down 1.54% at US $74.79 per barrel. COMEX August silver futures closed up 0.25 per cent at $24.516 an ounce, up 2.77 per cent this week.