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According to the Washington Post, a drone attacked a U.S. diplomatic facility in Iraq.

The market currently expects a 70% probability that the Reserve Bank of Australia will raise interest rates to 4.10% on March 17.

Economists from Westpac, ANZ, Citi and Deutsche Bank have changed their forecasts for the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rates, predicting a rate hike next week.

The Qatari minister stressed the need for the United States to return to peace.

The 40-year Japanese government bond yield rose 3.5 basis points to 3.670%.

Hong Kong stocks opened, with the Hang Seng Index opening up 0.59% and the Hang Seng Technology Index opening up 0.87%; NIO (09866.HK) opened up 15% after the results.

Sources: SoftBank-backed Japanese payments app PayPay's IPO could be priced at the low end of its issuance range.

Amazon (AMZN.O): It will invest A$750 million to build a robotic logistics center in Australia.

British Home Secretary: Approval of the Metropolitan Police’s request to ban the “Al-Quds Day Parade”.

Japan's domestic corporate commodity price index in February was -0.1% on a monthly basis, expected to be 0.1%, and the previous value was 0.20%.

Japan's domestic corporate commodity price index in February was at an annual rate of 2%, expected to be 2.1%, and the previous value was 2.30%.

Security sources said two drones targeted a U.S. diplomatic facility near Baghdad International Airport.

Australia's S&P/ASX200 index opened up 35.20 points, or 0.40%, on Wednesday, March 11, to 8727.80 points.

American Priority Refining: The new facility will have an annual processing capacity of approximately 60 million barrels of light shale oil.

America's First Refining Company: Successfully reached a landmark 20-year crude oil purchase agreement and secured capital investment to build the first new refinery in the United States in 50 years.

UBS Group: The Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to raise interest rates by 25 basis points in March.

U.S. Priority Refining: Under the new energy agreement, it will purchase and process 1.2 billion barrels of U.S. light shale oil worth $125 billion.

Priority Refining Company of America: Under the newly signed agreement, 50 billion gallons of refined products will be produced, valued at $175 billion.

U.S. First Refining Company: Construction of its new refinery will officially begin in the second quarter of 2026.

According to Politico: U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth has disbanded the office originally used to investigate the attack on an Iranian girls' school.