The Arab Baath Socialist Party led by former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said it would suspend its operation indefinitely.Competitors criticized Google for changing its search results and asked the European Union to file antitrust charges. More than 20 price comparison websites in Europe criticized Google's suggestions for modifying its search results on Wednesday, saying that these suggestions still did not meet the technical rules of the European Union, and urged regulators to file charges against Google. For more than a year, Google has been discussing with price comparison websites, hotels, airlines, restaurants and retailers how to abide by the Digital Market Law, which prohibits Google from favoring its own products and services on its platform. Last month, the company announced its latest proposal, which includes expanding the unit with the same format, allowing users to choose between comparison websites and supplier websites. If it can't reach an agreement with its competitors, it may return to the "ten blue links" format many years ago as an alternative. This form is currently being tested in Germany, Belgium and Estonia.Fitch Ratings: US state and local governments are expected to return to normal in 2025.
Egypt condemned Israel for launching military operations in Syria. On the 11th local time, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning Israel's organized attacks on infrastructure in Syria, its deliberate bombing and destruction of bases, weapons, equipment and military systems in various parts of Syria, and its illegal bases established in Syria. Egypt reiterated its firm opposition to Israel's use of Syria's internal affairs and its current vacuum to undermine Syria's national capacity and occupy Syrian land. Egypt believes that Israel's attacks on Syria systematically violate international law. Egypt warned that Israel's irresponsible policies may cause terrible risks. Egypt calls on the UN Security Council and the international community to shoulder their responsibilities, stop Israel's dangerous escalation in Syria and urge it to respect Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity.FBI Director Wray will resign before Trump takes office, ending his term ahead of schedule. Christopher Wray, director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced that he will resign before President-elect Trump takes office (sworn in on January 20, 2025), ending his historic and turbulent term as the head of the highest law enforcement agency in the United States ahead of schedule. Wray said in a statement that he plans to resign at the end of Biden's presidency next month. Trump, who will take office on January 20, made it clear that he will not be allowed to continue as the director of the FBI, although Wray's 10-year term will not end until 2027. Trump posted on Truth Social on November 30th that he planned to nominate loyal ally Kash Patel as the director of the FBI.Egypt condemned Israel for launching military operations in Syria. On the 11th local time, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning Israel's organized attacks on infrastructure in Syria, its deliberate bombing and destruction of bases, weapons, equipment and military systems in various parts of Syria, and its illegal bases established in Syria. Egypt reiterated its firm opposition to Israel's use of Syria's internal affairs and its current vacuum to undermine Syria's national capacity and occupy Syrian land. Egypt believes that Israel's attacks on Syria systematically violate international law. Egypt warned that Israel's irresponsible policies may cause terrible risks. Egypt calls on the UN Security Council and the international community to shoulder their responsibilities, stop Israel's dangerous escalation in Syria and urge it to respect Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Euronext: Due to an accident in the waterway, the delivery point of its February 2025 rapeseed futures (COMG5) contract along the Mosel River will be unavailable until further notice.The Afghan interim government condemned the explosion of the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation. On the 11th local time, Zabihullah Almugahed, spokesman of the Afghan interim government, condemned the death of Khalil Rahman Haqqani, the acting minister of the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation, and expressed condolences to Haqqani's family. According to Dawn News, Zabihullah Almugahed believes that the extremist organization "Islamic State" launched the attack that day. (CCTV)US stocks closed: Nasdaq stood at 20,000 points for the first time in history, and star technology stocks such as Google and Tesla hit record highs. US stocks closed mixed, with the Dow down 0.22%, the S&P 500 index up 0.82% and the Nasdaq up 1.77%, breaking through 20,000 points for the first time and hitting a new record high. Star technology stocks are climbing, with Tesla, Google, Amazon, Meta and Netflix all hitting record highs. Among them, Tesla and Google rose by nearly 6%, while Amazon, Meta and Nai soared by more than 2%. Bitcoin regained its position of $100,000, and cryptocurrency concept stocks soared collectively. MicroStrategy rose by more than 9%, Riot Platforms rose by more than 6%, and Bit Digital and Coinbase rose by nearly 4%. Gold and silver mining stocks generally rose, Cordillen Mining rose more than 5%, Pan American Silver rose more than 3%, and harmony Gold and Hekela Mining rose nearly 3%.