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The Russian State Duma passed a bill on first reading to remove the Taliban from the list of Russian terrorist organizations. On December 10, local time, the Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) passed a bill on first reading, which can remove the Taliban from the list of Russian terrorist organizations. (CCTV News)According to the report, the community for the aged is getting more and more popular. How can the "coordination of insurance and support" go further? Under the impact of multiple changes, the traditional concept of providing for the aged has begun to be challenged. Which way of providing for the aged has become a new choice at present? A report was unveiled. The White Paper on Urban Commercial Pension in China 2025 released on December 8th shows that when asked whether to consider living in an old-age community, 59.9% of the respondents are willing to live in an old-age community without being taken care of. The reasons for the growing popularity of the old-age community include that it can not only provide professional services, rich activities and comfortable environment, but also meet the needs of modern family relations. It is noteworthy that, at present, insurance companies have produced another innovative model based on the mainstream model of "large policy+occupancy rights", namely "large policy+occupancy rights+service payment". (beijing business today)Over 40% of the passengers at Shenzhen Bay Port brush their faces for customs clearance. At Shenzhen Bay Port, the per capita brush their faces for customs clearance for 10 seconds. At the same time as the implementation of the policy of "one sign and multiple lines" for Shenzhen residents to go to Hong Kong, Shenzhen Bay Port recently opened the "brush face clearance" measure. According to the statistics of Shenzhen Border Inspection Station, as of December 9, the number of people who used the "no-show-documents" channel for customs clearance exceeded 630,000, and the number of people who "brushed their faces for customs clearance" accounted for about 43% of the number of people who passed through the express channel in a single day. Passengers in the "ID-free" channel, through the head-up camera, automatic verification of fingerprints, faces and other biometric information, completed the customs clearance inspection within 10 seconds. (CCTV Finance)

In 6 years, Beijing 12345 received 150 million cases, and the satisfaction rate of Beijing 12345 received 97%. The 2024 Beijing reform forum will be held at the National Convention Center from December 18 to 19. On December 10th, the reporter learned from the press conference held by the Information Office of Beijing Municipal People's Government that the annual theme of this year's forum is "People-oriented Modernization of Urban Governance", and a number of theoretical research results will be released at the conference, and the Beijing Declaration on Modernization of Urban Governance (2024) will also be released. The reform of handling complaints immediately has gone through six years, and a group of people are anxious to solve the problem efficiently. In the past six years, the 12345 hotline has received 150 million complaints from the masses and enterprises, and the settlement rate of appeals has increased from 53% to 97%, and the satisfaction rate of appeals has increased from 65% to 97%, further enhancing the people's sense of acquisition, happiness and security. (Beijing Daily)Michael Del Pozzo, president of Hershey's American candy business, will leave his post and return to his old club Pepsi. On December 10th, local time, American chocolate manufacturer Hershey (NYSE: HSY) announced that Michael Del Pozzo, president of American candy business, will leave his post on December 12th, 2024. Michele Buck, President and CEO of Hershey, will take the leading position in the candy business in the United States, and the company will look for successors from internal and external candidates. Del Pozzo will return to PepsiCo and take up a new leadership position.SOMO, Iraq's national oil marketing organization: Iraq will set the official selling price of Basra Intermediate crude oil sold to North America and South America in January next year at a discount of $1.5 per barrel. Iraq will set the official sales price of Basra Intermediate crude oil sold to Europe in January next year at a discount of $5.5/barrel compared with the spot Brent crude oil price.

China Mobile cooperated with Huawei to complete the first commercial deployment of 5G EasyMacro high-precision positioning for subway tunnels in China. On December 10th, according to Huawei's official news in China, in response to the requirements for positioning capability of communication industry in China's 14th Five-Year Plan, China Mobile Design Institute and Shanghai Mobile Company cooperated with Huawei to successfully realize the first commercial deployment of 5G EasyMacro (EM) high-precision positioning solution in Shanghai subway tunnel. As an important network capability in vertical industry, the successful deployment of 5G high-precision positioning in subway tunnel scene marks a major breakthrough in 5G private network positioning technology.TSMC ADR fell before the market, but analysts said that the demand for artificial intelligence remained strong. TSMC ADR fell by 0.6% in pre-market trading in the United States, after the world's largest chip foundry announced its sales data for November. Analysts said that the data is a positive signal of TSMC's quarterly revenue. Bernstein analysts said that the company's revenue in October and November totaled 590 billion Taiwan dollars, accounting for 69.6% of TSMC's guidance midpoint in the fourth quarter of 2024, close to the high end of the range of 65-72% in December of the past eight years. If December follows the average seasonal factors of the past eight years, the income in the fourth quarter of 2024 will be 1.7% higher than the midpoint of the guidance interval and 1.2% higher than the market expectation.The pace of interest rate cuts may be inconsistent. The pound rose to the highest level against the euro since 2022, and the pound rose to the highest level against the euro in more than two and a half years. British government bonds fell because the market expected that the Bank of England would cut interest rates less than Europe. On Tuesday, the pound rose 0.3% against the euro to 82.50p, the first time since April 2022. British government bonds fell across the board, and the 10-year yield rose to 4.33%, the highest since November 28. Traders expect the Bank of England to stay put at its last policy meeting this year next week and maintain a cautious stance on subsequent interest rate cuts. The country's growth remains strong, while inflation in some areas remains high. At the same time, it is widely believed that the European Central Bank will cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday to support the economy. "The 0.8200 mark is imminent," said Brad Bechtel, global foreign exchange director of Jefferies. "It is clear that the Bank of England will still lag far behind the European Central Bank in the pace and extent of interest rate cuts.