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US President Trump: The number of discounted drugs available will increase sevenfold. More than 600 generic drugs will be added to the TrumpRx website.

U.S. President Trump announced the expansion of a discounted drug pricing program.

The U.S. State Department: has activated its emergency plan and initially allocated US$13 million in foreign aid funds for immediate response measures.

The U.S. Department of State: is working closely with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the military to develop evacuation plans for U.S. citizens who may be affected by Ebola based on assessed exposure risks and health needs.

Japanese official: Rising U.S. yields could lead to yen depreciation. Japan has intervention capabilities in terms of savings and cash.

U.S. State Department: The United States will host the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Atlanta from October 30 to 31.

US President Trump will hold a leadership summit in Miami from December 14th to 15th.

Fitch Ratings: The U.S. leveraged finance market showed broad resilience in April despite continued uncertainty caused by the Iran conflict. The Iran conflict remains an upside risk to default expectations.

The Dow Jones Index closed up 159.95 points, or 0.32%, at 49686.12 points on May 18 (Monday);The S&P 500 Index closed down 5.4 points on May 18 (Monday) 5 points, or 0.07%, to 7403.05 points;The Nasdaq Composite Index closed down 134.41 points, or 0.51%, to 26090.73 points on May 18 (Monday).

The net inflow of long-term capital into the United States in March was US$81.3 billion, and the previous value was revised from US$58.6 billion to US$57 billion.

U.S. White House spokesperson Kelly: (On the Iran issue) Trump can choose all options at any time.

Fed Goolsbee: If interest rates are cut too much, it will further trigger inflation.

Source from the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The Turkish Foreign Minister held calls with his counterparts in Qatar and Jordan and US negotiators to discuss the progress of the US-Iran negotiations.

U.S. President Trump: He has given further instructions that if an acceptable agreement cannot be reached, he should be ready to immediately carry out a large-scale and comprehensive military strike against Iran.

US President Trump: The attack (on Iran) was scheduled for tomorrow.

US President Trump: Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have asked us to suspend our military attack plans against Iran.

The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of M777A2 ultra-light howitzers to India at an estimated total cost of $230 million.

Nvidia (NVDA.O) extended its intraday losses to 3%.

Market news: The White House is reviewing whether to ban stock trading through the "best price mechanism."

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang: It will be very difficult to keep up with the speed of infrastructure construction in the next ten years.