Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin met with Armenian Ambassador to China Gevolker Yang. According to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on December 11th, 2024, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin met with Armenian Ambassador to China Gevolker Yang. Liu Bin said that the friendly and cooperative relations between Central Asia have maintained healthy and stable development, and the cooperation between the two countries in building the "Belt and Road" has yielded fruitful results, and the cooperation in international affairs has been fruitful. The two sides should plan the next stage of exchanges and cooperation and promote the all-round development of bilateral relations. Gevolker Yang said that Asia attaches importance to Asia-China relations and is willing to further close high-level exchanges between the two countries, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation and international cooperation, and push Asia-China relations to a higher level.Spot silver fell 1% in the day and is now reported at $31.57 per ounce.Zamrazilova, Deputy Governor of the Czech Central Bank: I hope to see the inflation rate drop in January, and then I can start to consider further relaxing interest rates.
Saudi Arabia won the right to host the 2034 World Cup, and the FIFA Council confirmed that the 2034 World Cup will be hosted by Saudi Arabia, which is the third time that Asia has hosted the World Cup. At the same time, Saudi Arabia is also the only bidding country for the 2034 World Cup. The Saudi Football Association announced its bid to host the 2034 World Cup on October 9, 2023. By the deadline of November 1, 2023, there was still only one bidding country in Saudi Arabia. This is the first time in nearly 60 years that FIFA has determined the right to host the World Cup without competitors. Saudi Arabia is also the fourth Asian country to host the World Cup after South Korea and Japan in 2002 and Qatar in 2022. This is the second time that the World Cup has entered West Asia.Zhuoran shares: the settlement amount of order change is 15,685,900 yuan. Zhuoran shares announced that three major order contracts signed by Zhuoshu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, and Zhenhua Petroleum have been adjusted due to changes in the market environment. The total amount of the original order was 6.936 billion yuan. After negotiation between the two parties, a new settlement agreement and termination agreement were signed, and the final settlement amount after the change was 15,685,900 yuan. Up to now, the original order has confirmed revenue of 36,981,600 yuan, the company has received contract payment of 75 million yuan and the amount to be settled is 81,858,900 yuan. Order changes will not have a significant adverse impact on the company's financial and operating conditions. The company will continue to pay attention to the progress of follow-up matters and fulfill its information disclosure obligations in a timely manner.If the Bank of Canada cuts interest rates by 50bp as expected, it is expected that the pace of interest rate cuts will slow down. The Bank of Canada cut interest rates sharply for the second time in a row this month, and hinted that policymakers are prepared to slow down the pace of monetary easing. The bank cut interest rates by 50 basis points to 3.25%, bringing borrowing costs to the upper part of their expected range of neutral interest rates. However, they also hinted that after the sharp interest rate cut expected by the market and most economists, there may be a smaller interest rate cut again in 2025. Officials dropped their previous statement that they expected to further reduce borrowing costs. "With the policy interest rate greatly reduced, we expect that if the economic development is generally in line with expectations, monetary policy will adopt a more gradual approach," Bank of Canada Governor Mackler said in a prepared speech. "Looking ahead, we will evaluate the necessity of further reducing the policy interest rate one by one."
Another South Korean lawmaker from Yin Xiyue's party said that he would vote to impeach Yin Xiyue.Russia said it was attacked by six ATACMS missiles today, and said it would respond to today's ATACMS missile attack.US officials say that Russia may soon launch another hypersonic missile into Ukraine.