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A school in Germany was attacked by irritant gas, which injured 40 people. On December 11th, local time, a school in northern Munich, Germany was attacked by irritant gas, which injured 40 people, most of whom were students. About a dozen children and teenagers with eyes and respiratory tract irritation were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. The police are currently looking for the perpetrators. (CCTV)The winning bid rate of US 10-year Treasury bonds is 4.235%, and the bid multiple is the highest in eight years. The winning bid rate of US Treasury's $39 billion 10-year Treasury bonds auction is 4.235%, and the pre-issue transaction rate is 4.252% when the bidding closes at 1 pm new york time. The allocation ratio of primary dealers is 10.5%, which is lower than the previous auction. The proportion of indirect bidders was increased to 70%, and the proportion of direct bidders was 19.5%. The bid multiple of 2.70 is the highest since 2016, and the average of the first six auctions is 2.54 times.Bitcoin stood at $101,000/piece, up 4.56% in the day.

Spot platinum just broke through the $940.00/oz mark, and the latest price was $940.55/oz, up 0.23% in the day; The main force of Nymex platinum futures recently reported $952.9 per ounce, up 0.40% in the day.Mackler, Governor of the Bank of Canada: We have seen a considerable rebound in real estate activities, but the price has not risen, which is good news.In case the United States has a long conversation to discuss issues such as the release of detainees, it was learned from Israel on the 11th local time that Israeli Defense Minister Katz said on the phone with US Defense Secretary Austin that it is possible to reach a new agreement by restarting negotiations and thus release all detainees, including American citizens. The two sides also discussed the development of the situation in Syria and Israel's occupation of the buffer zone on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights. (CCTV)

Global Times editorial: China is still the main engine of global trade growth. Statistics recently released by official website of the General Administration of Customs show that the total import and export value of China's goods trade in the first 11 months of this year was 39.79 trillion yuan, up 4.9% year-on-year. Among them, exports reached 23.04 trillion yuan, up 6.7%; Imports reached 16.75 trillion yuan, up 2.4%. This is a further development of China's position as the world's largest country in goods trade for seven consecutive years, and its export accounts for 14.2% of the world's total in 2023, which means that the position of China manufacturing with high "cost performance" in the international production and supply chain continues to increase. The publication of this foreign trade "report card" once again shows the strong resilience and vitality of China's economy. (Global Times)Apple released iOS 18.2: Siri integrated ChatGPT. After more than six weeks of testing, Apple announced that iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2 and macOS Sequoia 15.2 were officially launched. It is reported that iOS 18.2 allows users to create custom Genmoji expressions, built-in application Playground that can generate images, and intelligent voice assistant Siri that integrates ChatGPT. According to public reports, at WWDC2024, Apple announced a cooperation with OpenAI, and Siri will integrate ChatGPT.Spanish Foreign Minister: The debate on sanctions is on the table. Let's engage quickly and clearly on the Syrian issue. We must discuss the removal of Sharm el-Liberation from the list of terrorists.