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The United States will use the proceeds from frozen Russian assets to lend to Ukraine. In October this year, the leaders of the Group of Seven reached a consensus on the details of providing Ukraine with a loan of 50 billion US dollars with the proceeds from frozen Russian assets as collateral. As part of the G-7 loan, the United States promised to grant Ukraine a loan of $20 billion. The Ukrainian cabinet recently issued a resolution saying that it has finalized the details of the loan with the US and approved the relevant loan agreement. Russian Finance Minister Siluanov said last month that since western countries have decided to use Russian assets and income from assets, Russia will also take corresponding actions to freeze the assets of western investors, financial market participants and companies, and will use the income generated from these assets.Oracle Bone Inscriptions fell by 10%, the biggest drop since December 2023.Amazon will try out the fast delivery service in India and promise to deliver it within 15 minutes. amit agarwal, senior vice president of emerging markets of Amazon, said in an interview on December 10th that Amazon will try out the delivery service in Bangalore, India for 15 minutes or less. "The catalogue of products involved in the service will range from groceries to household items, depending on the community it serves". Companies such as Blinkit, a subsidiary of Indian takeaway giant Zomato, Swiggy supported by Softbank and BigBasket, a subsidiary of Tata Group, dominate the Indian grocery express delivery market, and some of them have launched the fastest 10-minute express delivery service.

Wang Yi attended the 25th anniversary of Sino-Vietnamese land boundary demarcation and the 15th anniversary of the signing of the "Three Legal Documents". On December 10th, 2024, the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Commissioner and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pei Qingshan attended the 25th anniversary of Sino-Vietnamese land boundary demarcation and the 15th anniversary of the signing of the "Three Legal Documents" in Beijing. Wang Yi said in his speech that China and Vietnam are friendly neighbors linked by mountains and rivers. In the long history, they have condensed into the traditional friendship of "deep friendship between China and Vietnam, comrades and brothers", and supported each other and helped each other in promoting the cause of socialist construction. The land border between China and Vietnam is not only a friendly bond between the two countries, but also a bridge for cooperation between the two sides. Twenty-five years ago, under the personal care and guidance of the leaders of the two parties and countries, the two sides insisted on solving the border issue through dialogue and consultation. After nine years of negotiation and consultation, they signed the Sino-Vietnamese Land Border Treaty, which laid a solid foundation for peace, stability and long-term stability in the border areas between the two countries and created favorable conditions for consolidating the traditional friendship between China and Vietnam and deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Vietnam. Over the past 25 years, with the joint efforts of both sides, the level of border management between China and Vietnam has been continuously improved, cross-border exchanges have become increasingly active, and border-related cooperation has yielded fruitful results. Wang Yi pointed out that we should create a clear and stable border, give full play to the basic and programmatic role of the Sino-Vietnamese land border treaty and the "three legal documents", strengthen the construction of border-related mechanisms such as the Land Border Joint Committee, continue to promote the legalization, systematization and standardization of border management, enhance the efficiency of border governance, and maintain a clear and stable border and a good order in border areas. We should create a border of prosperity and development, constantly improve the layout of port passages, promote the formation of a smart and convenient, compound development and friendly exchange port system, promote the connectivity of cross-border infrastructure such as bridges and roads, and promote regional coordinated development. We should build a friendly border for generations, encourage local exchanges and people-to-people exchanges, carry forward the valuable experience of successfully delineating the land border between China and Vietnam, uphold the spirit of good-neighborliness and frankness, and jointly safeguard peace, stability and development in the region. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs website)The proportion of recruitment positions requiring a bachelor's degree in the United States has declined. According to the data of Indeed Hiring Lab, about one in every six recruitment positions in the United States requires a bachelor's degree or above, and this proportion has been declining since the outbreak of the new crown. The proportion of vacancies requiring a bachelor's degree dropped from about 20% in 2019 to 17.6% in October. Indeed said in a report that this means that there may be hundreds of thousands of additional jobs for more than 60% people without college degrees in the United States to choose from.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.

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.International Air Transport Association (IATA): It is estimated that the net profit of the aviation industry may reach 36.6 billion US dollars in 2025, and the number of air passengers may exceed 5 billion in 2025. On the 10th local time, IATA released the global aviation industry profit forecast for 2025. It is estimated that the net profit of the aviation industry will reach 36.6 billion US dollars in 2025, a slight improvement over 2024, and it is estimated that the net profit in 2024 will reach 31.5 billion US dollars. According to the report, despite the continuous cost and supply chain challenges, the profitability of the aviation industry has improved slightly. In addition, passenger traffic is expected to reach 5.2 billion in 2025, and the number of passengers will exceed 5 billion for the first time.Alaska Airlines shares rose 18%, the biggest increase since November 2020.