The Khartoum State Government of Sudan said on the 10th that the Sudan Rapid Support Force shelled the city of Omdurman in the west of the capital Khartoum that day, killing 65 civilians.China and Vietnam announced the signing of an intergovernmental agreement on cross-border standard-gauge railway cooperation projects. On December 10th, the 16th meeting of the China-Vietnam Bilateral Cooperation Steering Committee was held in Beijing. The two sides agreed to give full play to the overall coordinating role of the Steering Committee, actively explore the direction and measures to deepen the building of a community of destiny between China and Vietnam around the implementation of the high-level consensus between the two parties and the two countries, and promote more results. The two sides announced the signing of an intergovernmental agreement on cross-border standard-gauge railway cooperation projects. The meeting also heard a report on the first meeting of the "3+3" strategic dialogue mechanism between China and Vietnam in diplomacy, national defense and public security.Latvian Foreign Minister Blase said, I am sure that we can cooperate with US Secretary of State Lu Biao.
The New Zealand dollar fell 1% against the US dollar to 0.5804.VESTIS, a supplier of workplace supplies, once rose 9.4%, the highest since May 1. In the news, VESTIS is interested in the acquisition of many companies.Institution: AUD/NZD may rebound in the coming months. Jane Foley, foreign exchange strategist of ABN amro, said in a report that AUD/NZD may rebound in the coming months, because the growth momentum of New Zealand's economy is far less than that of Australia. "The weakness of the New Zealand economy and the risk of further sharp interest rate cuts by the New Zealand Federal Reserve indicate that the fundamentals do not support the further performance of the New Zealand dollar against the Australian dollar." The New Zealand Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 50 basis points in November and hinted that it would cut interest rates further in 2025. The Reserve Bank of Australia kept interest rates unchanged on Tuesday. The Dutch cooperative bank predicts that the Australian dollar will rise from the current 1.0991 to 1.12 against the New Zealand dollar within three months.
Three quarters of the earth's land is gradually dry due to climate change. From December 2 to 13, the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (COP16) was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. On December 9, the United Nations released a report during the meeting, saying that about three-quarters of the world's land has gradually become dry due to climate change. In addition, the Copernican Climate Change Service of the European Union pointed out in a monthly bulletin of global air surface temperature in November released on December 6 that 2024 will be the hottest year on record in the world, and the current ultra-high temperature is expected to last until the first few months of 2025.Lebanese media claimed that the Israeli army approached the Syrian capital, which was denied by the Israeli military. According to Lebanese media reports on December 10, after controlling the Israeli-Syrian military buffer zone in the Golan Heights, the Israeli army has crossed the buffer zone and entered the rural province of Damascus, Syria, only 20 kilometers away from the Syrian capital Damascus. In this regard, a military spokesman denied it.The chief financial officer of Goldman Sachs said that it is expected that strategic M&A activities will accelerate in 2025.