Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization: It is estimated that about 10,000 people have been displaced in Syria since the Syrian opposition began to attack. We have delivered trauma and surgical supplies to Damascus Hospital and made efforts to provide more material support.Market information: Ronen Bar, director of Israel National Security Agency, and Herzi Halevi, chief of staff of Israel Defense Forces, visited Cairo today and met with Hassan Rashad, head of Egyptian intelligence department, and senior Egyptian military officials.Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates: Strongly condemn Israel's occupation of the buffer zone in the Golan. The UAE firmly opposes these Israeli actions, which may lead to further escalation of the situation in the region.
Israel Defense Forces: Since the collapse of the Assad regime, we have attacked 320 targets in Syria and destroyed more than 70% of the military capabilities of the Syrian army.African stock market | South Africa's stock index closed down more than 0.4%, led by basic metal mining stocks Glencore, Anglo-American and BHP Billiton. On Tuesday (December 10th), South Africa's FTSE /JSE Africa Leading 40 Tradeable Index closed down 0.44% to 78,703.60 points. Glencore, a constituent stock, closed down 2.56%, Anglo-American Company fell 1.99%, BHP Billiton Group fell 1.74%, ranking third from the bottom, Jintian Company rose 0.75%, ranking sixth, and harmony Gold rose 0.81%, ranking fifth. The South African rand is currently down 0.56% against the US dollar, temporarily reporting 17.8720 rand, which is the highest level since November 11, which was set on Monday.The United States will disclose the details of lending to Ukraine with the proceeds from frozen Russian assets. In October this year, the leaders of the Group of Seven reached a consensus on the details of providing Ukraine with a loan of 50 billion US dollars with the proceeds from frozen Russian assets as collateral. As part of the G-7 loan, the United States promised to grant Ukraine a loan of $20 billion. The Ukrainian cabinet recently issued a resolution saying that it has finalized the details of the loan with the US and approved the relevant loan agreement. According to the agreement, the Federal Loan Bank of the United States will provide Ukraine with a loan of US$ 20 billion for 40 years by using the proceeds from Russian frozen assets. The annual interest rate of the loan will be calculated according to the current average interest rate of one-year national debt in the United States, and the loan principal and interest will be repaid with the proceeds from frozen assets in Russia. Accord to a resolution issued by that Ukrainian cabinet a few day ago, the loan will be transferred to a fund specially set up for Ukraine by the world bank in October for Ukrainian use.
Wang Yi attended the 25th anniversary of Sino-Vietnamese land boundary demarcation and the 15th anniversary of the signing of the "Three Legal Documents". On the 10th, the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Committee member and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the 25th anniversary of Sino-Vietnamese land boundary demarcation and the 15th anniversary of the signing of the "Three Legal Documents" together with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pei Qingshan in Beijing. Wang Yi said that 25 years ago, the two sides signed the Sino-Vietnamese Land Border Treaty, which laid a solid foundation for peace and stability in the border areas between the two countries. We must implement the important consensus of the leaders of the two parties and countries, and focus on the overall goal of "six modernizations" to promote the building of a community of destiny between China and Vietnam. It is necessary to create a clear, stable, prosperous and friendly border for generations. Pei Qingshan said that Vietnam is willing to make joint efforts with China to strengthen infrastructure construction in border areas and deepen pragmatic cooperation in border trade and ports. (Xinhua News Agency)CEO of Goldman Sachs (GS.N): I believe that the new government's decision on tariffs will be made in a way around growth.African stock market | South Africa's stock index closed down more than 0.4%, led by basic metal mining stocks Glencore, Anglo-American and BHP Billiton. On Tuesday (December 10th), South Africa's FTSE /JSE Africa Leading 40 Tradeable Index closed down 0.44% to 78,703.60 points. Glencore, a constituent stock, closed down 2.56%, Anglo-American Company fell 1.99%, BHP Billiton Group fell 1.74%, ranking third from the bottom, Jintian Company rose 0.75%, ranking sixth, and harmony Gold rose 0.81%, ranking fifth. The South African rand is currently down 0.56% against the US dollar, temporarily reporting 17.8720 rand, which is the highest level since November 11, which was set on Monday.