Category: Flash News

On January 25th at 18:00, the Central Meteorological Observatory continued to issue a yellow warning for a cold wave: due to the influence of the cold wave, there will be significant strong winds and cooling weather in most parts of central and eastern China from the night of January 25th to 27th. The lowest temperature line of 0 ℃ on the 27th and 28th will be pushed southward to the southern part of Jiangnan, southern Guizhou, and northern Yunnan. It is predicted that from 20:00 on January 25 to 20:00 on January 27, the air temperature in Northeast Xizang, the northern part of Western Sichuan Plateau, the eastern part of Inner Mongolia, the eastern part of Northwest China, the western and northern parts of North China, the central and western parts of Huang Huai River, the Yangtze Huaihe River, most parts of Jiangnan, the central and western parts of South China, and the central and eastern parts of Yunnan will drop by 8-12 ℃. Among them, the temperature drop in some parts of central Inner Mongolia, central and southern Shaanxi, central and northern Shanxi, western Henan, and northern parts of Western Sichuan Plateau can reach more than 14 ℃.

On January 25th, AMD announced that it has integrated a new DeepSeeker V3 model onto the Instinct MI300X GPU, which is designed to achieve optimal performance together with SGLang. DeepSeeker V3 has been optimized for Al inference.

On January 25th, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) issued a statement stating that it has received a list of 200 Palestinians to be released by Israel on the same day, of which 70 will be sent to other areas and the remaining will be sent to the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip came into effect on the 19th of this month, and Israel and Hamas began exchanging detainees.

On January 25th, the Lebanese military issued a statement stating that as the 60 day ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel is about to expire, the Lebanese military is still working hard to complete engineering surveys, open roads, handle unexploded ordnance, and closely monitor the conflict situation, especially the ongoing Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement and Lebanese sovereignty. The statement pointed out that since the first day of the Lebanon Israel ceasefire agreement coming into effect, the Lebanese side has been implementing the action plan for deploying troops in southern Lebanon and coordinating with the committee responsible for monitoring the implementation of the ceasefire agreement and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. However, due to Israel’s delayed withdrawal, there have been delays in multiple stages, making the deployment task of the Lebanese army more complex. The statement stated that once Israel withdraws, the Lebanese army will complete its deployment at any time.

On January 25th, as the Spring Festival approaches, it has been learned from multiple car rental platforms that Shanghai, as one of the popular self driving destinations, continues to have a booming car rental market, with many popular car models already fully booked. With the continuous expansion of China’s visa free friend circle, there has also been a significant increase in foreign tenants. According to data from multiple car rental platforms, Shanghai has entered the peak of Spring Festival car rental bookings since mid to late January, with a year-on-year increase of over 40% in bookings and an average car rental duration of over 6 days. (CCTV Finance)

On January 25th, since January 20th, multiple regions across the country have launched a subsidy policy for purchasing new 3C products, with a maximum reduction of 500 yuan. According to multiple interviews by Caixin reporters, the launch of the new round of “national subsidies” has significantly boosted the sales of digital products. A staff member of a mobile phone brand store in Guangzhou said, “Normally, sales are only two or three units, but after the national subsidy is issued, they sell twenty or thirty units per day.” According to data provided by Suning.com, customer traffic in stores across the country increased threefold on the first day of policy implementation, and sales of mobile phones and tablets both increased by more than 330% year-on-year. (Caixin News Agency reporter Wang Biwei and Lu Tingting)

On January 25th, according to Russian media reports, a Khabarovsk Airlines An-24 aircraft veered off the runway and crashed into bushes during takeoff. There were 20 passengers and 4 crew members on board, with no casualties. The accident occurred at Nelkan Airport, and the plane was originally scheduled to fly to Khabarovsk. Preliminary assessment shows that the aircraft’s engine malfunctioned during takeoff. (CCTV International News)

On January 25th, the South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism confirmed that bird feathers and blood were found in both engines of Jeju Air Flight 7C2216, which crashed on December 29, 2024. On the 25th, the South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism also stated that the pilot of the Jeju Air plane that crashed issued the “MAYDAY” distress signal due to a bird strike during landing. Previously, the South Korean authorities have confirmed that neither of the two black boxes of the crashed Jeju Air plane recorded critical 4-minute data before the plane collided with the concrete facilities at the end of the airport runway. Analysis has pointed out that the two engines of the crashed plane lost power due to bird impact, or the reason for the black box to stop recording.

On January 25th, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated in a statement on January 24th that Mexico is willing to cooperate with the United States on various issues, including immigration, and respect each other’s sovereignty. For immigrants deported by the United States, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs always welcomes their compatriots to return to Mexico.

On January 25th, as the Spring Festival approaches in 2025, bookings for homestays across Hainan are hot and have entered the “Spring Festival” mode. The Hainan Tourism Homestay Association introduced on the 25th that currently, the average occupancy rate of “gold, silver, and copper level” homestays in Hainan Province has reached 80%, and the average booking rate during the Spring Festival holiday is nearly 50%.