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.