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Israeli military: In the past 48 hours, it has attacked Syria's "most strategic weapons reserves". The Israel Defense Forces said on the 11th that in the past 48 hours, the Israeli army has attacked Syria's "most strategic weapons reserves". According to Israeli media reports, the Israeli army has destroyed "70% to 80% of the strategic military capability of the Assad regime".On the 11th, the director of the Crime Investigation Department of Senior Public Officials in South Korea said that if the situation is urgent, he would try to arrest the president urgently.Local regulators have found out the situation of institutions purchasing unlicensed financial information service products. The reporter was informed that some local securities regulatory bureaus are finding out the situation of institutions purchasing unlicensed financial information service products. The regulatory requirements require the securities fund and futures-related operating institutions within their jurisdiction to self-inspect the purchase of foreign financial information service products without the permission of the National Network Information Office. The main contents include a brief description of financial information service products, the contact telephone number and email address of foreign institutions, and so on. According to relevant regulations, the provision of financial information services by foreign institutions in China must be approved. Up to now, a total of 31 foreign institutions and 10 enterprises invested and established by foreign institutions in China have been licensed to provide financial information services. (Cailian)

Spot gold just broke through the $2,690.00/oz mark, and the latest price was $2,689.72/oz, down 0.15% in the day.Japan Life Insurance announced that it would spend $8.2 billion to acquire the life insurance company Resolution Life. On December 11th, Japan Life Insurance Mutual announced that it would spend about $8.2 billion to acquire the remaining 77% shares of the life insurance company Resolution Life. The transaction is expected to be completed in the second half of 2025. On the same day, Japan Life announced that it would acquire the remaining 20% shares of MLC Life Insurance from National Bank of Australia (NAB) and integrate MLC with Resolution Life.Date of hearing the liquidation petition of R&F Property's subsidiary. On Wednesday, the Hong Kong court postponed the date of hearing the liquidation petition to December 16th, when representatives of R&F Properties (Hong Kong) will go to court with lawyers of Seatown Holdings Private Equity Fund. Seatown Holdings is supported by Singapore Temasek Holdings.

Monetary authority of singapore survey shows that economists predict that Singapore's core inflation rate will be 1.8% in 2025 and 2.8% in 2024 (the previous value is 2.9%).According to a survey conducted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore's GDP growth rate is expected to be 3.6% in 2024 (previously 2.6%) and 3.1% in the fourth quarter of 2024 (previously 2.2%).China strongly condemns Canada's illegal sanctions against relevant Chinese personnel. On the 10th, a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Canada said that the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the pretext of so-called human rights, had planted and smeared China and announced that it had imposed illegal sanctions on relevant Chinese personnel, which seriously violated international law and the basic norms of international relations and seriously interfered in China's internal affairs. China firmly opposed this and strongly condemned it. (Xinhua News Agency)