Category: Flash News

On February 27th, the Trump administration announced in a letter released on the 26th that New York City must end congestion fees by March 21st. Previously, the US Department of Transportation stated that it would revoke the federal government’s approval of the congestion fee plan for New York City. Two transportation agencies in New York City have filed lawsuits to block the decision. After the implementation of congestion fees in the lower and middle areas of Manhattan Island in New York City on January 5th local time, traffic flow has significantly decreased.

On February 27th, according to the new policy of the US government on media coverage, the White House refused to allow journalists from news agencies such as the Associated Press to enter the first cabinet meeting of Trump’s second presidential term. It is reported that the White House refused entry to a photographer from the Associated Press and three journalists from Reuters, Huffington Post, and the German Daily Mirror.

On February 27th, informed sources revealed that US and Russian officials have identified the Arctic as a potential area for economic cooperation between the two countries, which is also part of US President Donald Trump’s efforts to ease tensions with Moscow. Insiders said that the discussion included natural resource exploration and trade routes. The discussion has not yet been made public and is in its early stages. One informed source said that energy exploration cooperation is also seen as a goal by the United States.

On February 27th, according to the Congressional Hill, US President Trump stated that “every” general involved in the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan should be fired. US Defense Secretary Hergeyser stated that the Department of Defense is conducting a comprehensive review of “every aspect” of the August 2021 withdrawal and plans to hold those responsible fully accountable. In addition, Trump called on the Afghan Taliban to return the equipment left by the United States in Afghanistan.

On February 27th, the US Senate confirmed Jamison Greer as the US Trade Representative with 56 votes in favor and 43 votes against. Greer is a lawyer with a background in international trade law who served as Chief of Staff to Robert Lighthizer, the then United States Trade Representative, during Trump’s first presidential term.

On February 27th, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in the European Union answered questions from reporters regarding the 16th round of EU sanctions against Russia, which listed Chinese companies and individuals. Q: On February 24th, the European Union announced that it would include some Chinese companies and individuals in the 16th round of sanctions against Russia. What is China’s comment on this? Answer: China has always opposed unilateral sanctions without international legal basis and authorization from the United Nations Security Council. The approach taken by the European side is unreasonable and without legal basis, which is very wrong. We express strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition, and have made solemn representations to the European side. On the issue of Ukraine, China has always adhered to an objective and fair stance, advocated for peace and talks, and is committed to promoting a political solution to the crisis. We urge the European side to immediately stop smearing and blaming China without factual basis, and to immediately stop listing Chinese companies. China will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises.

On February 26th, He Qing, Secretary and Director of the Party Committee of Shanghai State owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, led a team to Shanghai Guotou Company for research and chaired a symposium to listen to the company’s work report and suggestions. He Qing stated that the Shanghai State owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission will increase policy supply in areas such as assessment and evaluation, due diligence exemption, and resource allocation, providing institutional guarantees for the high-quality development of Shanghai Guotou Company. He Qing also requested that Shanghai Guotou Company adhere to its original mission, strengthen the basic positioning of government guided funds, further clarify the strategic goals, functional positioning, and investment strategies of its fund matrix, and better serve Shanghai’s scientific and technological innovation and industrial upgrading; Consolidate the foundation of development, regard talent as the most core asset of the company, actively recruit high-end talents in fields such as investment and research at home and abroad, stimulate a sense of belonging and mission among talents through market-oriented mechanisms, form a good atmosphere that advocates professionalism and respects talents, and provide a broad platform for innovation and creation for outstanding talents; Improve the governance structure, strengthen strategic forecasting and rapid response to cutting-edge technologies and emerging industries by building a market-oriented and specialized operational system, and achieve an organic unity of strategic agility, collaborative empowerment, and effective control; To establish a normalized review and optimization mechanism, timely calibrate investment strategies, optimize investment decision-making mechanisms, and improve decision-making efficiency in practice.

On February 26th, Liu Ning, Secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee, and Wang Kai, Governor of Henan Province, met with Wang Chuanfu, Chairman and President of BYD Co., Ltd., and his delegation in Zhengzhou. Wang Chuanfu said that BYD is willing to work with Henan to seize the critical and window period of the new round of automotive industry transformation, increase investment and layout in Henan, promote accelerated construction of key projects, accelerate the restructuring of the automotive industry chain, seize the high ground of development, and work together to achieve win-win development.

On February 26th, an algorithm technology jointly released by Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and other institutions can enable humanoid robots to stand quickly and stably from various states. Pang Jiangmiao, a young scientist at the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, said that we should be the world’s first algorithm to be able to stand on generalizable terrain and any terrain. The previous work was basically to make a robot stand up with a fixed program in a fixed terrain and posture, but we learned from the interaction technology and were able to make it stand up very directly in different scenes, terrains, and postures. (CCTV Finance)

On February 26th, a research team from Nagoya University in Japan published an innovative study titled “Internal Hat Initiation Translation” (ICIT) mechanism in the latest issue of the journal Nature Biotechnology. Under this mechanism, mRNA that appears to be wearing a hat can produce over 200 times more protein, providing a new approach for treating cancer and diseases with abnormal protein synthesis. This achievement has brought revolutionary progress to mRNA medicine and revealed the possibility of regulating the translation process through the interaction between long non coding RNA and mRNA, indicating that more new therapeutic methods based on this mechanism may be developed in the future.