Israeli Defense Minister: Israel is setting up a demilitarized "defense zone" in Syria. Israeli Defense Minister Katz said on the 10th that Israel is setting up a demilitarized "defense zone" on the Syrian side of the existing Israeli-Syrian military buffer zone to prevent "hostile forces" from approaching Israel. According to Israeli media reports, Katz said during his visit to the naval base in Haifa, a city in northern Israel, that he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had instructed the Israeli army to set up this "defense zone", which would be "free from weapons and armed threats" and "free from the permanent presence of the Israeli army". Katz did not provide the geographical boundaries of this area or the details of what Israel would do. He said that the Israeli army is currently completing its deployment in military buffer zones and strategic areas to "protect the Golan Heights and Israeli citizens".Chilean National Copper Company: The output of Escondida copper mine in Chile increased by 22% in October, reaching 108,000 tons.US Secretary of State Blinken discussed the Syrian issue with the foreign ministers of Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Egypt on Tuesday.
During the year, the amount of A-share repurchase has exceeded 160 billion yuan, which has become the mainstream, and the repurchase tide of A-share listed companies continues to heat up. Wind data shows that 2446 repurchase schemes have been implemented this year, involving more than 160 billion yuan, far exceeding the level of last year. Different from the past, the current wave of buybacks is characterized by great strength, short term, quick implementation and large number of cancelled buybacks. At the same time, with the support of special loans for stock repurchase, more and more listed companies join the buyback team. Ye Xiaojie, director of the Finance Department of Shanghai National Accounting Institute, said that share repurchase is a measure for listed companies to release positive signals, indicating that management recognizes the current value of stock investment and helps boost market confidence. For investors, share repurchase means that the number of shares circulating in the market is reduced, which helps to stabilize the stock price. (Securities Times)Alaska Airlines says passengers are willing to pay more for advanced class on long-haul flights.Ukraine said that Russia attacked the IAEA convoy, and Russia called the rotation of observers at the nuclear power plant to provide protection. On December 10th, local time, Ukrainian President Zelensky said on social media that Russia attacked an IAEA convoy with a drone on a road in Zaporoge, and a car was hit, but there were no casualties. At present, the Russian side has no response to this statement. Earlier in the day, the Zaporoze nuclear power plant and the Russian Ministry of Defense issued a statement saying that the observers of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Zaporoze nuclear power plant completed routine personnel rotation that day. The Russian Ministry of Defence and the Russian National Guard provided security for the rotation.
French official: French President Macron is trying to avoid holding new French parliamentary elections before 2027.The intraday increase of USD/CHF against the Swiss franc expanded to 0.50%, and it is now reported at 0.8831.The Federal Reserve accepted a total of $174.842 billion from 51 counterparties in the fixed-rate reverse repurchase operation.