More than 40 illegal immigrants have disappeared off the coast of Italy. No missing persons have been found yet. An Italian rescue organization said on the 11th local time that an 11-year-old girl was rescued in the waters near Lampedusa in the early morning. She said that her illegal immigrant boat had capsized and more than 40 people on board fell into the water. The Italian Coast Guard has launched a search and rescue operation, but no wreckage or missing persons have been found yet. (CCTV)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)Tesla rose to $415, the first intraday record high since the end of 2021. Tesla rose 3.5% to $415, surpassing the intraday record high of $414.4967 set on November 4, 2021.
The Israeli army said that it was still carrying out operations in the buffer zone and Syria to seize weapons and equipment. On the 11th local time, the Israel Defense Forces announced that in recent days, during the operations in the buffer zone in southern Syria, the Israeli army had seized several Syrian tanks, which had not been put into use recently. In addition, the troops also found and seized a number of weapons, including mines, explosives, anti-tank missiles and other military equipment, in a post of a former Syrian government army. The Israeli army said that its four brigade-level combat teams continue to carry out activities in Syria and in the buffer zone between the two countries. In addition, paratroopers and commandos also "carry out defensive actions and eliminate threats" in the buffer zone. (CCTV)Google launched Gemini 2.0, calling it a brand-new AI model for the Agentic era. On December 11th, local time, Google CEO sundar pichai released a note: Today, I am excited to launch the next model of Google for this new Agentic era: launching Gemini 2.0, our most powerful model. With the new development of multimodal-such as local image and audio output-and the use of local tools, it will enable us to build new artificial intelligence agents and bring us closer to our vision of universal assistants.The President of the United Arab Emirates held talks with the King of Jordan to discuss the situation in Syria. On the 11th, local time, UAE President Mohammed and King Abdullah II of Jordan held talks in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, focusing on the close relationship between the two countries and the latest regional situation development. During the talks, the two sides reviewed the developments in Syria, reaffirmed their consistent position of supporting Syria's unity, stability, sovereignty and territorial integrity, and stressed the importance of safeguarding its state institutions. In addition, the two sides also expressed their commitment to support initiatives that meet the aspirations of the Syrian people and stressed the importance of Syria's stability to the region and the Arab world. During the talks, the two sides stressed that it is necessary to intensify efforts to strengthen regional stability and prevent conflicts in the region from escalating. (CCTV)
Jon Gray, President of Blackstone Group: The US market and economy are in a "sweet spot" state.Musk became the first person in the world with a net worth of more than 400 billion dollars, and Musk became the first person with a net worth of 400 billion dollars, setting a new milestone for the richest man in the world. Recently, the catalyst was SpaceX's internal stock sale transaction, and Musk's net asset value increased by about 50 billion US dollars to 439.2 billion US dollars. At the end of 2022, Musk's net worth once dropped by more than 200 billion US dollars, but after Trump won the election last month, as his biggest financier, Musk's value immediately soared. On Wednesday, SpaceX and its investors agreed to buy shares worth $1.25 billion from employees and other company insiders. The deal valued the private space exploration company at about $350 billion, making SpaceX the most valuable private start-up in the world.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)
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