In case the United States has a long conversation to discuss issues such as the release of detainees, it was learned from Israel on the 11th local time that Israeli Defense Minister Katz said on the phone with US Defense Secretary Austin that it is possible to reach a new agreement by restarting negotiations and thus release all detainees, including American citizens. The two sides also discussed the development of the situation in Syria and Israel's occupation of the buffer zone on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights. (CCTV)Lead closed down more than 1%, nickel and tin closed up, and LME copper closed down $24 to $9,192/ton. LME aluminum closed down $8 to $2,601/ton. LME zinc futures closed down $10 to $3,126/ton. LME lead closed down $22 to $2,043/ton. LME nickel futures closed up $143 to $15,858/ton. LME tin closed up $181 to $29,957/ton. LME cobalt was flat at $24,300/ton.Russian Defense Ministry: Ukraine used American-made missiles to attack Russian military airports. On the 11th local time, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Ukrainian armed forces used six American-made army tactical missiles to attack the military airport in Taganrog, Rostov State. The falling of missile fragments caused personal injury, but no other serious losses were caused. Russia will respond to this attack. (CCTV)
A refugee camp in western Sudan was shelled, killing 15 people. On December 11th, local time, the Hill Resistance Committee, the local organization law of Darfur in western Sudan, said that Zam Zam refugee camp in Northern Darfur was shelled by Sudan Rapid Support Force that day, killing 15 people and injuring 60 others. (CCTV)German Ministry of Economic Affairs: German government abandons expansion plan of natural gas plant.Germany's DAX 30 index initially closed up 0.34% at 20,399.53 points. The French stock index closed up 0.38%, the Italian stock index closed up 0.49%, the bank index rose 0.34%, and the British stock index closed up 0.25%.
Apple released iOS 18.2: Siri integrated ChatGPT. After more than six weeks of testing, Apple announced that iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2 and macOS Sequoia 15.2 were officially launched. It is reported that iOS 18.2 allows users to create custom Genmoji expressions, built-in application Playground that can generate images, and intelligent voice assistant Siri that integrates ChatGPT. According to public reports, at WWDC2024, Apple announced a cooperation with OpenAI, and Siri will integrate ChatGPT.Global Times editorial: China is still the main engine of global trade growth. Statistics recently released by official website of the General Administration of Customs show that the total import and export value of China's goods trade in the first 11 months of this year was 39.79 trillion yuan, up 4.9% year-on-year. Among them, exports reached 23.04 trillion yuan, up 6.7%; Imports reached 16.75 trillion yuan, up 2.4%. This is a further development of China's position as the world's largest country in goods trade for seven consecutive years, and its export accounts for 14.2% of the world's total in 2023, which means that the position of China manufacturing with high "cost performance" in the international production and supply chain continues to increase. The publication of this foreign trade "report card" once again shows the strong resilience and vitality of China's economy. (Global Times)Market information: Britain plans to lay off more than 10,000 civil servants.
Strategy guide 12-14
Strategy guide 12-14
Strategy guide 12-14
Strategy guide
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