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The Israeli military says it has cracked down on 320 strategic targets in Syria since the weekend.The United States will disclose the details of lending to Ukraine with the proceeds from frozen Russian assets. In October this year, the leaders of the Group of Seven reached a consensus on the details of providing Ukraine with a loan of 50 billion US dollars with the proceeds from frozen Russian assets as collateral. As part of the G-7 loan, the United States promised to grant Ukraine a loan of $20 billion. The Ukrainian cabinet recently issued a resolution saying that it has finalized the details of the loan with the US and approved the relevant loan agreement. According to the agreement, the Federal Loan Bank of the United States will provide Ukraine with a loan of US$ 20 billion for 40 years by using the proceeds from Russian frozen assets. The annual interest rate of the loan will be calculated according to the current average interest rate of one-year national debt in the United States, and the loan principal and interest will be repaid with the proceeds from frozen assets in Russia. Accord to a resolution issued by that Ukrainian cabinet a few day ago, the loan will be transferred to a fund specially set up for Ukraine by the world bank in October for Ukrainian use.The yield of two-year German bonds fell by more than 3 basis points, while the yield of 10-year British bonds rose by more than 5 basis points. At the end of the European market on Tuesday (December 10), the yield of German 10-year government bonds was roughly flat at 2.122%, and the intraday trading was in the range of 2.143%-2.099%. The yield of two-year German bonds fell by 3.4 basis points to 1.964%, and the intraday trading was in the range of 2.010%-1.956%, which fluctuated downwards throughout the day. The yield spread of 2/10-year German bonds rose by 3.291 basis points to +15.393 basis points. British 10-year bond yields rose by 5.3 basis points, and two-year British bond yields rose by 3.0 basis points; The yield spread of 2/10-year British bonds rose by 2.3 basis points to +4.408 basis points. French 10-year bond yields rose by 0.7 basis points, Italian 10-year bond yields rose by 1.0 basis points, Spanish 10-year bond yields rose by 0.7 basis points, and Greek 10-year bond yields rose by 0.8 basis points.

General Staff of the Chadian Army: French troops began to leave Chad. On December 10th, local time, the General Staff of the Chadian Army announced that French troops stationed in Chad began to gradually leave Chad that day. On November 28, 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chad announced the termination of the security and defense cooperation agreement with France revised in September 2019. On December 10th, several French warplanes took off from N 'Djamena airport, the capital of Chad, leaving Chad, which marked the official start of the French withdrawal.Chief Financial Officer of Citigroup: I feel very good about this year's revenue performance. Citigroup is expected to achieve the high end of the revenue guidance range in 2024, and plans to increase the stock repurchase scale after the bank's capital prospects are further clarified. "It is my top priority to return more of Citi's capital to investors," Mark Mason, chief financial officer of Citigroup, said at a conference organized by Goldman Sachs on Tuesday. "I am well aware of our trading level compared with our peers." Mason also said that the bank expects to reach the high end of the income guidance of $80 billion to $81 billion this year. "So it feels very good," he said. Mason said that spending may also be at the high end of the range. This shows that the bank will realize the forecast of two key indicators at the beginning of the year.African stock market | South Africa's stock index closed down more than 0.4%, led by basic metal mining stocks Glencore, Anglo-American and BHP Billiton. On Tuesday (December 10th), South Africa's FTSE /JSE Africa Leading 40 Tradeable Index closed down 0.44% to 78,703.60 points. Glencore, a constituent stock, closed down 2.56%, Anglo-American Company fell 1.99%, BHP Billiton Group fell 1.74%, ranking third from the bottom, Jintian Company rose 0.75%, ranking sixth, and harmony Gold rose 0.81%, ranking fifth. The South African rand is currently down 0.56% against the US dollar, temporarily reporting 17.8720 rand, which is the highest level since November 11, which was set on Monday.

Goldman Sachs believes that there will be more large-scale strategic transactions in 2025. Dennis Coleman, chief financial officer of Goldman Sachs, said on Tuesday that it is expected that the company's "strategic" transactions will accelerate in 2025, including large-scale mergers and acquisitions. He said: "The intensity of our dialogue with customers is accelerating, and some aspects of the overall strategic activities are becoming more obvious. The confidence of the CEO and customers will certainly increase, and they think there may be more and larger transactions and more strategic activities. "After the publication of USDA monthly report, CBOT soybean increased by 0.25%, CBOT corn increased by 0.91%, CBOT soybean meal increased by 0.45%, CBOT soybean oil decreased by 0.44%, and CBOT wheat increased by 0.22%.Qatari Foreign Ministry: Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed received a phone call from US Secretary of State Blinken.