Category: Flash News

On September 5th local time, Hunter Biden, son of US President Biden, pleaded guilty to nine charges in his federal tax case. Previously, Hunter Biden was charged with 9 federal tax offenses in December last year, including failure to declare and pay taxes, tax evasion, and submitting false or fraudulent tax returns. Among the 9 charges, there were 3 serious offenses and 6 minor offenses.

On September 5th local time, John Kirby, spokesperson for the White House National Security Council, stated that Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) have not yet reached an agreement on the exchange of detainees in the ceasefire agreement.

According to Russian media reports on September 5th, Russian President Putin stated that Russia will support Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in the US presidential election, as recommended by current US President Biden.

The 9th Eastern Economic Forum Plenary Session was held in Vladivostok, Russia on September 5th local time. Russian President Putin attended and delivered a speech. According to reports, Putin said at the forum that he is ready to negotiate with Ukraine, but the negotiations need to be based on the draft future peace agreement reached by Russian Ukrainian negotiators in Istanbul in 2022.

On the morning of September 5th local time, French President Macron, after much deliberation, finally selected a 73 year old veteran to appoint Michel Barnier as the new prime minister.

On September 5th local time, Hungary, the rotating presidency of the European Union, posted on social media that it had signed the Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence on behalf of the EU in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. The Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence was led by the European Commission, and after years of preparation, it was drafted by more than 50 countries over a period of two years. It was adopted in May of this year.

On the evening of the 5th local time, according to the South Korean Joint Staff Headquarters, North Korea released balloons to South Korea again that evening. The Joint Staff Headquarters stated that based on wind direction analysis, the balloons released by North Korea may be drifting towards Gyeonggi Province and Seoul. The South Korean side stated that North Korea released balloons to South Korea on the evening of the 4th and the morning of the 5th. On the morning of the 5th, the South Korean military announced that it had detected over 420 balloons from North Korea. The North Korean side has not responded to this yet.

On September 5th local time, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) issued a statement saying that eight OPEC and non OPEC oil producing countries have decided to extend the voluntary production reduction measures of 2.2 million barrels per day, which were originally scheduled to expire at the end of this month, until the end of November. Starting from early December, these production reductions will be gradually withdrawn, but the pace of withdrawal will be flexibly controlled according to market conditions.

On September 5th, news spread that Elon Musk was buying a house in Beijing. Social media videos showed that Elon Musk purchased an aerial courtyard located at 8 Xiaoyun Road in Beijing for $150 million. Has Musk really bought a house in Beijing? Tesla responded to First Financial by saying, “Fake news.” The sales agent for the project also stated that the recent transaction record of the aerial courtyard was purchased by a wealthy businessman from Henan in the name of the company, not the rumored Musk.

The Chinese national football match on the evening of September 5th brought the video platform iQiyi to the forefront of public opinion. The copyright dispute between CCTV and iQiyi reflects the soaring value of content, intense market competition, and changes in user viewing habits. The industry expects that in the future, the competition between traditional television media and emerging streaming media for high-quality content may become more intense.

As of the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.54%; The S&P 500 index fell 0.3%, while the Nasdaq rose 0.25%. Most large technology stocks have risen, with Tesla rising nearly 5% and its market value increasing by $34.3 billion (approximately RMB 243.3 billion) overnight, reaching a new high since August; Amazon rose by over 2%, while Apple, Nvidia, Netflix, Meta, and Google saw slight increases; Microsoft and Intel saw slight declines. Chinese concept stocks fluctuated, with the Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index rising 0.88%.

On September 5th, a total of 21 stocks on the Dragon and Tiger List showed the presence of institutions, with 8 stocks showing net institutional buying and 13 stocks showing net institutional selling. The top three stocks purchased by institutions on that day were Shenzhen Huaqiang, Baobian Electric, and Zhongtian Fine Decoration. The top three stocks sold by institutions on that day were Jianzhijia, Nandu Power, and Kaisheng Technology.

On September 4th local time, the Federal Reserve of the United States released a national economic situation survey report. According to the “Brown Book”, economic activity has slightly increased in three regions, while the number of regions reporting flat or declining economic activity has increased from five in July to nine recently.

On September 4th local time, a judge in the United States temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s plan to relax immigration policies for spouses and children of American citizens. Texas District Judge Campbell Buck has decided to suspend the program until September 23 for legal briefings and hearings.

On the morning of September 4th local time, a shooting incident occurred at a high school in Georgia, USA. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation issued a statement later that day stating that the shooting incident resulted in 4 deaths and 9 injuries. A suspect has been arrested.

Russian President Putin ended his official visit to Mongolia on the evening of September 3rd and left Mongolia by plane. Mongolian Foreign Minister Battsetseg and Russian Ambassador to Mongolia Yevsikov went to the airport to see them off.

Putin ends his visit to Mongolia, and the Mongolian government responds to the “arrest warrant” against Putin: it has always pursued a neutral policy in all diplomatic relations and is powerless.

According to reports, Ukrainian leader Zelensky stated in an interview that as long as troops and resources permit, the Ukrainian military intends to “hold” parts of the Kursk Oblast that have already been occupied. Zelensky stated that this is an important strategy for Kiev.

On the early morning of the 5th local time, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) issued a statement stating that the organization does not need new proposals for the ceasefire and personnel exchange agreement in the Gaza Strip. What it needs now is to put pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and his government to comply with the agreements already reached. The statement also stated that Netanyahu’s decision not to withdraw troops from the “Philadelphia Corridor” is aimed at preventing the achievement of a ceasefire agreement.

On the evening of September 4th local time, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu reiterated at a press conference that the Israeli military will not withdraw from the “Philadelphia Corridor”. Netanyahu stated that the Israeli military’s military operations in the Gaza Strip have three objectives: to eliminate the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), to rescue all detainees, and to ensure that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel. All three objectives are closely related to the Philadelphia Corridor, so the Israeli military will not withdraw from it.

The Royal Mail Titanic announced on social media platform X that the latest survey shows that a 4.5-meter-long railing on the left side of the bow of the Titanic has fallen off. The latest survey shows that the wreckage of the Titanic is slowly disintegrating, and there is already a gap in the railing on the left side of the bow.

On September 4th, the Singapore Ministry of Health announced a series of public health measures including border control, testing, isolation, treatment, and vaccination to address the potential risk of monkeypox outbreak.