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Callas, High Representative of EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: The fall of Assad is a great blow to Putin and the Iranian regime.French President Macron is striving to avoid holding new French parliamentary elections before 2027.The Dow Jones Internet Composite Index reported 1157.64 points, up 3.54 points or 0.31%.

Morgan stanley capital international's MSCI Nordic Countries Index fell 0.5%, the worst one-day performance since November 15th (down 1.7%), at 383.03 points. Nibe Industrier AB, a heating technology company, fell 2.0%, which was the worst among the constituent stocks.The British government has promised to invest 21.7 billion pounds in carbon capture projects.The United States will disclose the details of lending to Ukraine with the proceeds from frozen Russian assets. 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 $20 billion. The Ukrainian cabinet recently issued a resolution saying that it has finalized the details of the loan with the US and approved the relevant loan agreement. According to the agreement, the Federal Loan Bank of the United States will provide Ukraine with a loan of US$ 20 billion for 40 years by using the proceeds from Russian frozen assets. The annual interest rate of the loan will be calculated according to the current average interest rate of one-year national debt in the United States, and the loan principal and interest will be repaid with the proceeds from frozen assets in Russia. Accord to a resolution issued by that Ukrainian cabinet a few day ago, the loan will be transferred to a fund specially set up for Ukraine by the world bank in October for Ukrainian use.

United Nations report: Three quarters of the earth's land is gradually dry due to climate change. The 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (COP 16) was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from December 2 to 13. On the 9th, 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. The report found that in the 30 years before 2020, about 77.6% of the world's land became drier than before. At present, except Antarctica, the dry land area accounts for about 40% of the global land area. Between 1990 and 2020 alone, the global dry land area increased by 4.3 million square kilometers.EIA Short-term Energy Outlook Report: It is estimated that US crude oil production will increase by 310,000 barrels per day in 2024, compared with the previous forecast of 300,000 barrels per day. It is estimated that US crude oil production will increase by 280,000 barrels per day in 2025, compared with 300,000 barrels per day previously expected. It is estimated that the growth rate of US crude oil demand will be 10,000 barrels per day in 2024, compared with 40,000 barrels per day. It is estimated that the growth rate of US crude oil demand in 2025 will be 240,000 barrels per day, compared with 190,000 barrels per day.Chief Financial Officer of Citigroup: I feel very good about this year's revenue performance. Citigroup is expected to achieve the high end of the revenue guidance range in 2024, and plans to increase the stock repurchase scale after the bank's capital prospects are further clarified. "It is my top priority to return more of Citi's capital to investors," Mark Mason, chief financial officer of Citigroup, said at a conference organized by Goldman Sachs on Tuesday. "I am well aware of our trading level compared with our peers." Mason also said that the bank expects to reach the high end of the income guidance of $80 billion to $81 billion this year. "So it feels very good," he said. Mason said that spending may also be at the high end of the range. This shows that the bank will realize the forecast of two key indicators at the beginning of the year.