February 3rd overnight news overview

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03/02/2026
1. In response to the Iran issue, Trump stated that the US has deployed large warships to the region and is maintaining communication with Iran, "observing how the situation develops." 2. According to Iranian government officials, the Iranian president has officially ordered the opening of specialized negotiations with the United States on the nuclear issue. A spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also confirmed on that day that Iran and the US are highly likely to engage in dialogue in the coming days. 3. International oil prices fell significantly on Monday, with US President Trump stating that Iran is in "serious negotiations" with the US, indicating a possible easing of tensions between the two countries. The strengthening of the US dollar and relatively mild weather forecasts also put pressure on oil prices. 4. NVIDIA's plan to invest $100 billion in OpenAI has stalled. With doubts from NVIDIA's management about the deal, the negotiations that were supposed to be completed "within a few weeks" have made no substantial progress, and the collaboration has been substantially shelved. 5. Trump stated on Monday that he has reached a trade agreement with India, reducing US tariffs on Indian goods from 50% to 18%. In exchange, India will reduce trade barriers, stop buying Russian oil, and instead buy oil from the US, and possibly Venezuela. 6. Musk announced in a blog post on Monday the acquisition of the AI company xAI by SpaceX. 7. Due to a sharp increase in costs caused by the electrification gamble, Porsche is considering shelving an electric sports car product line to reduce expenses. 8. Oracle issued $250 billion investment-grade bonds on Monday to provide funding for infrastructure development for artificial intelligence projects. 9. The US Department of Justice has stated that since releasing the latest batch of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein on January 30, thousands of documents and "media materials" have been taken down due to potentially sensitive information revealing victims' identities accidentally included in them due to technical or human error.