1. The 138th plenary session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) being held in Tokyo, Japan, was officially adopted, adding “more United” (together) to the Olympic motto. The Olympic motto has since become “faster, higher, stronger-more United”.

 2.Amazon founder Bezos’ New Shepard rocket was successfully launched, along with Bezos’ younger brother Mark Bezos, 82-year-old former American astronaut Wally Falk and 18-year-old German physics student Oliver Deaman. The rocket launch site is located in the desert area of western Texas, about 32 kilometers away from the city of Van Horne.

3. By the close, the Dow was up 549.95, or 1.62%, at 34511.99; the S & P was up 64.57, or 1.52%, at 4323.06; and the Nasdaq was up 223.89, or 1.57%, at 14498.88.

4. The United States Olympic team brings its own ingredients: Brian Natterson, director of food and nutrition of the United States Olympic Committee, said the food support center of the United States delegation will provide about 32 tons of food to American athletes and staff during the 27 days of the Olympic Games. To ensure that athletes get enough protein, the food aid center also ordered 900 kilograms of meat and about 160 kilograms of salmon, which can be shipped from American origin to Tokyo in a few days.

5.US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: 83% of all COVID-19 confirmed cases in the United States are infected with Delta virus, an increase of 50% from two weeks ago. In addition, more than half of the American people have not yet completed two doses of vaccination.

6. Germany’s DAX30 index rose 1.36% to 15422.50, France’s CAC40 index rose 1.85% to 6464.48, and Britain’s FTSE 100 index rose 1.70% to 6998.28.

7.The Guinean Olympic team announced that it had decided to withdraw from the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games because of concerns about the growing case of COVID-19 and the need to protect athletes, Agence France-Presse reported.

8.[global Market News] Faraday will be officially listed on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange in the future. Founder Jia Yueting showed up at the Nasdaq listing ceremony, but did not ring the bell. Jia Yueting resigned as CEO in September 2019 to become chief product and user ecology officer.

9.According to a new study published by Ohio State University in the journal Microbiota, 33 viruses that have been frozen for 15000 years have been found in the Guliya Glacier on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau at an altitude of 6705 meters, of which 28 are new viruses that have never been seen before. another scientific team is continuing to study.

10.Eurostat: in the first quarter, the euro zone government debt ratio exceeded 100% for the first time, reaching 100.5%, compared with 97.8% in the fourth quarter of last year. The overall debt ratio of the 27 EU countries also increased to 92.9% from 90.5% in the fourth quarter of last year. Among them, the Greek government has the highest debt ratio of 209.3%, while Italy, Portugal, Cyprus, Spain, Belgium and France all have a debt ratio of more than 100%. The European Central Bank left three key interest rates unchanged. The main refinancing rate will remain unchanged at 0%, the deposit mechanism interest rate will remain unchanged at-0.5%, and the marginal lending rate will remain unchanged at 0.25%, which is in line with market expectations.