Category: Flash News

On January 14th, the Prime Minister of Greenland’s autonomous government, Mutt Egde, held a press conference in the capital of Greenland, Nuuk, on January 13th local time. He said that the remarks of US President elect Trump were worrying. Mut Egde emphasized that Greenland is not for sale, and Greenlanders will determine the future of the country. We have started talking to Trump and are looking for opportunities for cooperation, “he reiterated Greenland’s willingness to cooperate with the United States. We have professionals in the mining field and we will continue to do so in the coming years. We need to trade with the United States

On January 14th, Slovak Prime Minister Fizo issued an open letter to Ukrainian President Zelensky, responding once again to Ukraine’s decision to stop natural gas transit. The letter stated that the decision caused significant damage to Ukraine itself, Slovakia, and the European Union. Fizo also called for dialogue between the two sides to resolve the energy crisis in the letter, and invited Zelensky to hold a private meeting near the border between the two countries to discuss the issue of transporting natural gas through Ukrainian territory to other countries. Fizo also pointed out that the interruption of natural gas transportation will cause Slovakia to lose about 500 million euros annually and will also affect the competitiveness of the European Union. At the same time, he stated that he would not respond to Zelensky’s criticism of his visit to Russia on January 12. Previously, he had stated that his visit to Russia was to solve the problem of natural gas transportation and protect his own interests.

On January 14, Russian President’s press secretary Peskov said to the media on the 13th that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov had discussed with President Miller of Gazprom about Ukraine’s use of drones to attack the natural gas compression station related to the “Türkiye Creek” pipeline. Peskov stated that this attack indicates that Ukrainian authorities continue to carry out “energy terrorism” under the instigation of so-called “overseas friends”. He pointed out that it is very dangerous for European natural gas users to attack the facilities related to “Türkiye Creek”. Peskov also stated that the United States is a beneficiary of Russia’s reduction in natural gas supply to the international market.

On January 14th, several settlements in the West Bank of the Jordan River sounded alarms after Yemen launched ballistic missiles at Israel. The Israeli Defense Forces claimed that its air defense system successfully intercepted a missile launched from Yemen towards Israel. There are currently no reports of casualties or property damage.

On January 14, according to the  Sao Tome and Principe News Agency, President Nova signed a presidential decree on the 12th, appointing Americo Ramos, the current governor of the Central Bank of  Sao Tome and Principe, as the new Prime Minister of the country. On January 12 local time, Ilza Amado Vass, the new Prime Minister of  Sao Tome and Principe (Sao Tome and Principe), submitted his resignation to President Nova, who subsequently removed Amado Vass from his post as Prime Minister. Amado Vaz was appointed as the Prime Minister of Sao Tome and Principe by President Nova on January 9th, replacing former Prime Minister Trovada who was dismissed on January 6th.

On January 14th, Goldman Sachs promoted several core executives and merged its banking and marketing teams to form the Capital Solutions Group, stating that this move will strengthen the financial products available to clients. The statement released on Monday indicates that the new group will include the bank’s financing team, financial investor team in the investment banking business, and private equity team in the fixed income and stock trading departments. Pete Lyon, Global Head of Goldman Sachs Financial Institutions Group and Financial and Strategic Investors Group, and Mahesh Saireddy, Global Head of Mortgage and Structured Products, will lead the new group and join the bank’s management committee.

On January 14th, a 5.0-magnitude earthquake occurred at 20:58 on January 13th in Dingri County, with a depth of 10 kilometers. After the earthquake, the Department of Transport of the Xizang Autonomous Region arranged the regional highway development and emergency support center to dispatch the Shigatse, Ali highway maintenance departments and regional high-grade highway maintenance units as soon as possible to patrol and investigate the damage of national and provincial trunk roads within the earthquake affected area. After preliminary investigation, as of 23:30 on January 13th, no blockages have been found on national and provincial trunk highways such as National Highway 318 and 219, Provincial Highway 515 and 303. In view of the aftershock risk that still exists in the future, in order to prevent the occurrence of secondary disasters, the road maintenance unit of the Xizang Autonomous Region plans to check the damage of road infrastructure in the earthquake affected area again on January 14.

On January 13th, according to The Wall Street Journal, billionaire Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management will distribute returns of $3 billion to $5 billion to investors after earning high profits.

On January 13th, the Fourth Session of the 17th Suzhou Municipal People’s Congress opened on January 12th. The government work report mentioned that by 2024, the city will achieve a regional GDP of 2.67 trillion yuan (expected), an increase of about 6%, ranking among the top trillion level cities in China in terms of GDP growth rate; Completed a general public budget revenue of 245.91 billion yuan, an increase of 5.9% in the same caliber; The total output value of industrial enterprises above designated size reached 4.69 trillion yuan, with an increase of about 9% in added value; The total import and export volume increased by about 6.9%.

On January 13th, China Gold International announced on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that it is expected that the annual copper production of Jiama Mine in 2025 will be about 13.9 million pounds to 14.8 million pounds (about 63000 tons to 67000 tons), and the gold production will be about 69124 ounces to 73947 ounces (about 2.15 tons to 2.3 tons); The gold production of Changshanhao Mine is approximately 77162 ounces to 83592 ounces (about 2.4 tons to 2.6 tons).