Category: Flash News

On January 11th, local time, due to the threat of heavy rainfall, the Peruvian government declared a state of emergency in 338 districts across the country. According to the highest law, this measure applies to multiple regions such as the Amazon, Lima, and Ica, aiming to accelerate the implementation of prevention and emergency intervention measures to ensure the safety of people’s lives and property.

On January 11th, according to CNN, on the evening of the 10th local time, the University of California, Los Angeles issued a statement requiring its students to prepare for a possible evacuation. The statement stated that evacuation warnings have been issued in the area near the University of California, Los Angeles due to the Palisade wildfire. The school requires campus personnel to remain vigilant and be prepared to evacuate at any time. There are over 46000 students in this university. As of the evening of the 10th local time, the latest evacuation order only covers a few minutes’ drive from the campus of the school.

On January 11th, the US news website Aksios reported that the Danish government has conveyed a message to the team of US President elect Trump through private channels, expressing willingness to discuss issues such as strengthening security in Greenland or increasing the US military presence on the island, but refusing to sell Greenland to the US. The report quoted anonymous sources as saying that the Danish government hopes to avoid a public conflict with the soon to be inaugurated Trump administration and requests the Trump team to clarify the accurate meaning of Trump’s recent remarks related to Greenland. The Danish government is ready to discuss with the Trump team all other demands of the United States in Greenland, except for the sale of Greenland.

On January 11th, the foreign ministers of Egypt, Somalia, and Eritrea held a meeting in Cairo, and after the meeting, the three foreign ministers held a joint press conference. Egyptian Foreign Minister Abdul Ati stated at the press conference that the trilateral foreign ministers’ meeting unanimously supports Somalia’s sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity, and opposes any unilateral interference in Somalia’s internal affairs. The three countries also unanimously believe that the issue of Red Sea security should be limited to coastal countries and oppose any military presence in the Red Sea.

On January 11, the third meeting of the 15th Nanjing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference was held on January 11. Nanjing Municipal Party Secretary Zhou Hongbo stated that it is expected that the regional gross domestic product of Nanjing will grow by about 4.5% in 2024. The city has been newly selected as one of the two national advanced manufacturing clusters, with a continuous stream of major scientific and technological achievements, a batch of billion dollar major industrial projects starting construction, a batch of iconic headquarters projects successfully landing, a batch of future industrial new tracks accelerating layout, and new quality productivity accelerating growth.

On January 11th, according to Israeli Channel 12 television, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu plans to send the heads of the Israeli Intelligence and Special Services Agency (Mossad) and the National Security Agency (Shin Bet) to the Qatari capital Doha in the coming hours to participate in negotiations with Hamas.

On January 11th, the National Data Work Conference was held in Beijing on the 10th. The meeting requires that we do a good job in data work for 2025 and focus on achieving the goal of building a digital China by 2025. We will focus on key tasks, working mechanisms, monitoring and evaluation, pilot experiments, and other aspects to achieve effective breakthroughs with the spirit of reform and innovation. Efforts should be made to promote high-quality development of the digital economy and digital society. Deepen the implementation of digital transformation projects, promote the construction of a hierarchical layout system for digital industry clusters, promote the deep integration of data and reality, develop new quality productive forces according to local conditions, accelerate the construction of a digital society, and focus on public utilities, public services, etc., to accelerate the digital transformation of urban areas. Efforts should be made to cultivate and strengthen the national integrated data market. Accelerate the establishment of a data market system that combines internal and external factors, and create a good development ecology.

On January 11th, Ukrainian President Zelensky released a video stating that a meeting of the Supreme Command was held that day. The meeting called for a new high in drone production by 2025, while significantly increasing the production of domestically produced missiles, artillery, and other necessary equipment in Ukraine.

On January 11th, according to UTair, a Russian airline, a passenger plane flying from Moscow to Dubai returned after takeoff and landed at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow. It is reported that the aircraft model is Boeing 767, and the reason for the aircraft’s return is due to a malfunction in the hydraulic oil equipment. Fortunately, all passengers and crew members were safe.

On January 11th, the European Commission announced on January 10th that Ukraine will not participate in the high-level working group on natural gas transit issues to be established by Slovakia and the European Commission. Slovak Prime Minister Fizo met with EU Energy Commissioner Jorgensen in Brussels on the 9th and discussed the issue of natural gas transit from Russia through Ukraine. According to the meeting results, the European Commission announced the establishment of a high-level working group. It is reported that the working group will begin its work in the coming weeks, focusing on studying all the economic consequences of Ukraine’s termination of natural gas transit, including the economic consequences for Ukraine, exploring and determining various options, and studying how the EU can provide assistance.