Lebanese military: After the withdrawal of Israeli troops, the Lebanese army will be stationed in five locations in southern Lebanon. On the 11th, local time, the Lebanese military issued a statement saying that as the first phase of army deployment, the Lebanese army, in coordination with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, will be stationed in five locations around Shyam town in southern Lebanon after the withdrawal of Israeli troops. According to the statement, this is an initiative made after discussion by the Supervisory Committee, and the deployment will be completed in the next stage. At the same time, as part of the operation, the military will conduct an investigation to remove unexploded ordnance. The Lebanese army urged people to avoid the area and follow military instructions until the operation was completed. (CCTV)US Treasury Secretary Yellen: Worried about the fiscal outlook, the deficit needs to be reduced. President Biden's proposal to cut the deficit by an additional $3 trillion is necessary. Disappointed that Congress failed to take measures to deal with the budget deficit.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)
Trump plans to abolish a policy that "sensitive places" can arrest illegal immigrants. US President-elect Trump plans to abolish a policy that restricts US Immigration and Customs Enforcement from arresting immigrants in or near "sensitive places", such as in churches, schools and hospitals, or at funerals, weddings and public demonstrations. According to some sources, US President-elect Trump plans to abolish this policy on the first day of his inauguration. According to the report, the move aims to improve the power and speed of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau to arrest immigrants across the United States. It is reported that this policy began in 2011, prohibiting agents of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau from arresting immigrants in sensitive locations without the approval of the supervisor.Dollar deposits and wealth management are popular again, and experts such as CITIC Mingming have paid attention to exchange risk. Since December, many bank wealth management subsidiaries have intensively put on shelves dollar wealth management products. According to the statistics of Puyi standard data, as of December 9, there were 1,312 surviving products in US dollar financing, and the surviving scale of US dollar financing reached 281.927 billion yuan, which has doubled from the surviving scale of 140.351 billion yuan at the end of December last year. Although banks have previously lowered the interest rate of dollar deposit products, from the current point of view, the interest rate of some banks' dollar deposits remains above 4%, attracting many customers to buy. Judging from the rate of return, the performance benchmark of some US dollar fixed-income wealth management products currently launched is close to 5%, but the performance benchmark of RMB wealth management products with the same risk level is mostly around 2%.Six people were killed in mine explosions in many places in Syria. According to the news released by Syrian Human Rights Watch on the evening of 11th local time, six people were killed in mine explosions in Deir ez-Zor, Mambiji and Aleppo in Syria that day. (CCTV)
A school in Germany was attacked by irritant gas, which injured 40 people. On December 11th, local time, a school in northern Munich, Germany was attacked by irritant gas, which injured 40 people, most of whom were students. About a dozen children and teenagers with eyes and respiratory tract irritation were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. The police are currently looking for the perpetrators. (CCTV)On Wednesday (December 11th), the won finally rose 0.25% against the US dollar to 1,429.20 won. At present, ETFs listed in the United States rose by 2.81% to $55.445.The European STOXX 600 index initially closed up 0.27% at 519.90 points. The euro zone STOXX 50 index initially closed up 0.16% at 4959.60 points. The FTSE Pan-European Excellent 300 Index initially closed up 0.26% at 2064.37 points.