Category: Flash News

On January 25th, Slovak Foreign Minister Branal stated on January 24th local time that if the United States stops providing aid to Ukraine, Slovakia does not agree to let the European Union bear full responsibility for the aid to Ukraine. Branagh stated that currently the United States is Ukraine’s biggest supporter, both financially and militarily. When commenting on the possibility of US President Trump stopping aid to Ukraine, Branal said, “If some EU countries decide to continue supporting Ukraine militarily, it’s their own business, but the EU refuses to take over the (financial) burden. Branal reiterated that Slovakia refuses military aid to Ukraine and supports reaching a ceasefire agreement as soon as possible and starting peace negotiations.

On January 25th, the Israel Defense Forces announced on the 24th local time that the Israeli army, the Israeli National Security Agency (Shin Bet), and the Israeli border police continued their operations in the northern West Bank city of Jennin. During the operation, Israel killed more than 10 Palestinian armed personnel, arrested nearly 20 suspects, and confiscated their weapons. On the 24th, the Israeli Air Force also carried out an airstrike on a vehicle carrying multiple Palestinian armed personnel in the town of Kabatiya near the city of Jennin. According to the military, they will continue to carry out operations in the area.

On January 25th, the Trump administration announced that it will expand the fast track deportation authority nationwide, allowing immigration officials to deport immigrants without trial by a judge. Mayor Las Balaka of Newark, New Jersey, stated that on the 23rd, federal agents detained several undocumented residents and citizens at a local company without presenting arrest warrants. On the 24th, US media reported that an internal memo from the Department of Homeland Security showed that the Trump administration has authorized federal immigration officials to revoke the legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants allowed to enter the United States during former President Biden’s tenure and seek to deport them.

On January 25th, LME copper futures closed up $44 at $9276 per ton. LME aluminum futures closed up $18 at $2641 per ton. LME zinc futures closed down $19 at $2828 per ton. LME lead futures closed down $10 at $1939 per ton. LME nickel futures closed flat at $15668 per ton. LME tin futures closed up $257 at $30156 per ton.

On January 25th, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban stated on the 24th local time that energy security is crucial for Central European countries, including Hungary. Hungary hopes that the EU can persuade Ukraine to resume natural gas transportation from Russia to Europe. Orban said that for Hungary and Slovakia, Hungary was lucky to participate in the construction of the “Türkiye Stream”. Therefore, when Ukraine “closed the gate”, although Hungary suffered higher natural gas prices, it could still obtain natural gas. In the future, Hungary providing natural gas to Slovakia can improve the country’s natural gas supply situation. Orban said that Hungary hopes the EU can persuade Ukraine to resume natural gas transportation from Russia to Europe.

On January 25th, a US federal judge announced on January 24th local time that Stuart Rhodes, founder of the far right organization “Guardians of the Oath,” and other defendants involved in the “Capitol Hill riot” case are prohibited from entering Washington D.C. and the US Capitol building. After the 2020 US presidential election, then Republican President Donald Trump refused to concede to his Democratic opponent Joseph Biden and repeatedly claimed the existence of large-scale election fraud. On January 6, 2021, a large number of Trump supporters violently broke into the Capitol building, causing riots and resulting in 5 deaths and approximately 140 injuries.

On January 24th, a strong cold air spread from west to east, affecting most areas of Inner Mongolia. As of 22:00 on January 24th, due to the impact of low temperature, rain, snow, and freezing weather, some sections of Inner Mongolia do not have the conditions for safe traffic to implement traffic control. One expressway (G1817) is controlled along the entire line, and three expressways (G6, G7, G18) are controlled along the section, involving the closure of 26 toll stations.

On the morning of January 24th local time, the Colombian government issued a decree announcing that the Catatongbo area, the Cucuta metropolitan area, and two cities in Cesar province in the province of North Santander have entered a state of internal turmoil, which will last for 90 days, in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by recent armed conflicts in the region. This regulation ensures that in times of internal turmoil, the government is allowed to take extraordinary actions to restore public order, including strengthening military and police forces to control territory, restricting the transportation and commercialization of materials used by armed groups, and conducting international coordination and management of humanitarian resources.

On January 24th, Shanzi High tech released its 2024 performance forecast, expecting a net profit loss attributable to shareholders of the listed company of 980 million yuan to 149 million yuan in 2024, a decrease of 28% -52% compared to the same period last year. The performance changes are mainly due to the gradual implementation of positive measures taken by the company to improve operating results, but are affected by factors such as the rising cost of its hybrid dual clutch transmission project, the impact of historical debt in the automotive parts sector, the loss of operating performance in the European automotive parts sector, the production capacity slope stage of the new energy logistics vehicle sector in the early stage of mass production, and business losses in the real estate sector.

On January 24th, it was reported that the public fund’s Q4 2024 report has been fully disclosed. According to statistics, by the end of the fourth quarter of 2024, a total of 2930 stocks appeared on the top ten holdings list of public funds. Specifically, it includes 339 Hong Kong stocks such as Tencent Holdings, Meituan-W, Xiaomi Group-W, Alibaba, and China National Offshore Oil Corporation. 2591 A-shares appeared among the top ten heavy holdings of public funds at the end of the fourth quarter of 2024. Looking at different industries, as of the end of the fourth quarter of last year, the market value of public funds’ heavy holdings in eight major industries exceeded 100 billion yuan, with the electronics industry having the highest market value of 446.581 billion yuan; The power equipment, food and beverage, pharmaceutical and biological industries all hold the highest stock market value, exceeding 200 billion yuan. In terms of the market value of holdings on a month on month basis, the market value of holdings in the electronic, non bank financial, banking, and computer industries held by public funds increased significantly at the end of the fourth quarter of last year, with each increment exceeding 5 billion yuan. (Securities Times)