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Canadian Prime Minister Carney: Negotiations on a formal review of the USMCA agreement will begin within weeks.

A subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the competitive implications of the proposed Netflix-Warner Bros. deal.

On January 28th, Bundesbank President Jean-Jacques Nagel stated in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that Germany's gold reserves held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York remain safe. His remarks were a response to recent public debate about whether the Bundesbank should reassess its gold strategy amidst current political tensions. He stated, "I have no doubt that our gold reserves held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York are safe. These reserves enjoy a special protected status." Regarding monetary policy, he said there is currently no reason to discuss interest rate adjustments, but political and economic volatility makes it difficult to provide guidance on the medium- to long-term outlook.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu: (On peace with Saudi Arabia) Anyone who wants to normalize relations with us should not join or support groups that attack Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu did not deny asking Trump not to attack Iran.

Hang Seng Index futures closed up 0.43% at 27,186 points in overnight trading, a premium of 59 points.

U.S. natural gas futures rebounded 2% after falling more than 15% earlier in the session, poised to hit their highest closing price since December 2022.

The French government survived a second vote of no confidence in parliament.

The Syrian presidential palace stated that President Shahraim emphasized to US President Trump the need for unified international efforts to prevent the resurgence of terrorist organizations, including the Islamic State.

Local prosecutors say a Russian drone strike on a train in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine killed three people.

January 28th - As of 2:30 PM closing, the Shanghai Gold futures contract fell 0.28% to 1142 yuan/gram, the Shanghai Silver futures contract fell 2.42% to 27702 yuan/kilogram, and the SC Crude Oil futures contract rose 1.54% to 456 yuan/barrel.

The Israeli military stated that special forces have been deployed to the border region with Jordan to deal with infiltration incidents.

The Israeli military has stated that it has identified "suspected infiltrators" who have entered Israel from Jordan.

The Federal Reserve accepted a total of $1.253 billion from five counterparties in its fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

OpenAI: Over time, more powerful AI capabilities will be available through the paid ChatGPT plan.

OpenAI: PRISM will soon be available to organizations using ChatGPT's commercial, team, enterprise, and educational plans.

January 28th - According to three sources familiar with the preparations, U.S. officials are working to issue a general license as soon as possible to lift some sanctions on Venezuela's oil industry. This differs from previous plans, which involved providing individual exemptions for specific sanctions to companies seeking to operate in the country.

Google: Launching Google AI Plus in 35 new countries and territories, including the United States. In the U.S., Google AI Plus costs $7.99 per month.

The US 5-year Treasury auction on January 27th yielded a winning bid of 3.823%, compared to 3.75% previously.

The bid-to-cover ratio for the 5-year U.S. Treasury bond auction ending January 27 was 2.34, compared to 2.35 previously.