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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's testimony: I have waited eight years for this moment. I'm telling the truth I remember, which is very important for justice.On December 10th, it was reported that Yizi International, a snack and candy company, was exploring the acquisition of Hershey, a well-known chocolate manufacturer in the United States. This potential transaction is expected to create a food giant with a total sales of nearly $50 billion. People familiar with the matter said that Yizi had made preliminary contact on a possible merger. By the end of last week, the market value of Yizi was about $84 billion, compared with $35 billion at Hershey. People familiar with the matter said that the consultation was at an early stage and it was uncertain whether an agreement would be reached.CSI Index Company: On December 11th, it will officially release two indexes, including CSI Free Cash Flow Index. CSI Index Company announced that CSI Index Co., Ltd. will officially release CSI Free Cash Flow Index and CSI 800 Free Cash Flow Index on December 11th, 2024 to provide more investment targets for the market. The two free cash flow indices released this time select listed company securities with high free cash flow rate from the sample space of CSI Full Index and CSI 800 Index respectively as index samples, reflecting the overall performance of listed company securities with strong cash flow creation ability in the corresponding space. Among them, the sample number of CSI Free Cash Flow Index is 100, and the sample number of CSI 800 Free Cash Flow Index is 50. (Website of CSI Index Co., Ltd.)

Kegong: It was Bashar al-Assad's personal decision to stop being the Syrian head of state. On December 10th, local time, Russian Presidential Press Secretary peskov said that it was Bashar al-Assad's personal decision to stop being the Syrian head of state, and the rest would not comment. On the status quo of Russian military bases in Syria and Russia's influence in the Middle East, peskov said that Russia will continue to engage in dialogue with all countries in the Middle East. (CCTV News)US spokesperson: The conflict relegation mechanism with Russia has not been activated. According to a report by the Russian satellite agency on December 10, US Defense Department spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told reporters on the 9 th that the United States did not activate the conflict relegation mechanism with Russia after the change of Syrian regime, but these mechanisms remain available. According to the report, Singh said at a closed press conference: "I don't know if there has been any opening since the last mention of the channel, but the channel has always remained open." Earlier, militants occupying Syrian state television claimed to have controlled the whole country during the live broadcast. The Russian Foreign Ministry said that after negotiating with some participants in the Syrian conflict, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad decided to resign from the presidency and leave Syria and hand over power peacefully, while Russia did not participate in the negotiations. (Reference message)Cyrus weakened in the afternoon, falling more than 5% in intraday trading, with turnover exceeding 9.1 billion yuan.

International Air Transport Association (IATA): In 2025, the number of passengers in the global aviation industry will reach a record 5.2 billion.Sanhui Electric: Due to inaccurate information disclosure, Sanhui Electric announced that the company recently received a supervision letter from Ms. Jiang Shuling, an independent director, pointing out that the company's energy storage business income and cost accounting were not standardized, which led to inaccurate information disclosure in the third quarter of 2023. Independent directors urged the company to conduct accounting in strict accordance with accounting standards, improve the standard level, and strengthen the management and control of raised funds and internal business processes. In addition, the management is required to seriously study relevant laws and regulations to prevent similar incidents from happening again. The company has attached great importance to the requirements of the supervision letter and will complete the rectification on time.United Nations humanitarian agency spokesman: The growing humanitarian needs in Syria urgently require large-scale response measures.