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Tang Shuangning, the former chairman of China Everbright Group, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for corruption and bribery. On December 10, 2024, the Intermediate People's Court of Tangshan City, Hebei Province publicly pronounced the case of Tang Shuangning, the former party secretary and chairman of China Everbright Group Co., Ltd., sentenced the defendant Tang Shuangning to five years in prison for corruption and fined him 200,000 yuan. He was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison for accepting bribes and fined him 1.1 million yuan. He decided to execute a 12-year prison term and concurrently imposed. The property and fruits of Tang Shuangning's crime shall be recovered according to law and returned to the injured unit or turned over to the state treasury. (CCTV News)Kremlin: It is Assad's personal decision to resign as Syrian president.Ren Hongbin, president of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, led a delegation to visit Hong Kong. According to the news of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, from December 8 to 10, Ren Hongbin, president of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, led a delegation to visit Hong Kong, attended the joint meeting of the Mainland-Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in 2024 and delivered a speech at the symposium of foreign business associations and foreign-funded enterprises in Hong Kong, and prepared to hold the second Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Business Conference. During his visit, Ren Hongbin met with Lee Ka Chiu John, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and Qi Bin, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. He had extensive exchanges with Lin Jianyue, Chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, and people from the Hong Kong business community. He had an in-depth exchange of views on deepening economic and trade cooperation between the Mainland and Hong Kong. He went to Jardine Matheson Group, HSBC Group, Swire Group and Cathay Group for investigation, and listened to work reports at the Hong Kong Representative Office of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and China Patent Agency (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.

Arabica coffee futures climbed to a record high in new york.Guizhou Gas: Cheng Yuedong was elected as the chairman of the board of directors. Guizhou Gas (600903) announced on the evening of December 10th that the company held the 22nd meeting of the third board of directors, and elected Director Cheng Yuedong as the chairman (legal representative) of the third board of directors of the company and no longer served as the general manager of the company. Nominated by the chairman of the company, Wang Ruoyu was agreed to be appointed as the general manager of the company and no longer served as the deputy general manager of the company.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar confirmed the resumption of mediation in the conflict in Gaza. On December 10th, local time, Majid Ansari, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, said at a regular press conference that Qatar was in contact with relevant participants in the ceasefire negotiations in Gaza and exchanged views through talks and telephone calls. Ansari said that Qatar has recently felt some positive factors that are conducive to the advancement of negotiations. He also said that positive contact does not mean that positive results will definitely be achieved. Ansari also said that in order to reach an agreement, it is necessary to put pressure on both sides of the negotiations, rather than just putting pressure on one side and favoring the other. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar has previously stated that Qatar suspended its mediation work in Gaza conflict in November because of the willingness and attitude of both parties to the conflict in Gaza to participate in the negotiations, and Qatar will resume its mediation work only after the parties concerned express their "sincerity and seriousness". Since the current Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out, with the mediation of Qatar, Egypt and the United States, Israel and Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) have held several rounds of negotiations. However, apart from the short-term ceasefire between Palestine and Israel in November last year and the release of some detainees, there has been no substantial progress in several rounds of negotiations. (CCTV News)

Prime Minister of Mauritius: The previous government falsely reported GDP and public debt.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar confirmed the resumption of mediation in the conflict in Gaza. On December 10th, local time, Majid Ansari, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, said at a regular press conference that Qatar was in contact with relevant participants in the ceasefire negotiations in Gaza and exchanged views through talks and telephone calls. Ansari said that Qatar has recently felt some positive factors that are conducive to the advancement of negotiations. He also said that positive contact does not mean that positive results will definitely be achieved. Ansari also said that in order to reach an agreement, it is necessary to put pressure on both sides of the negotiations, rather than just putting pressure on one side and favoring the other. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar has previously stated that Qatar suspended its mediation work in Gaza conflict in November because of the willingness and attitude of both parties to the conflict in Gaza to participate in the negotiations, and Qatar will resume its mediation work only after the parties concerned express their "sincerity and seriousness". Since the current Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out, with the mediation of Qatar, Egypt and the United States, Israel and Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) have held several rounds of negotiations. However, apart from the short-term ceasefire between Palestine and Israel in November last year and the release of some detainees, there has been no substantial progress in several rounds of negotiations. (CCTV News)UN Special Envoy for Syria: Israel must stop its military operations in Syria. UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Syria Pei Kairu said in Geneva, Switzerland on the 10th that Israel must stop its military operations in Syria and the conflict in the whole Middle East must stop. Pei Kairu said at the press conference on the same day that it is necessary to be alert to Israel's attack on Syria. "The disturbing development is that we still see Israel marching and bombing Syrian territory, and this situation must stop." He also said that the armed groups in the Syrian capital Damascus, including the League for the Liberation of Syria and the Syrian National Army, are currently "well coordinated". Pei Kairu stressed that in the process of political transition in Syria, it is necessary to ensure the representation of all parties in Syria, otherwise "new conflicts will arise." (Xinhua News Agency)