September 24, 2024 Tuesday - Social Current Affairs

September 24, 2024 Tuesday - Social Current Affairs

August 22nd of the lunar calendar

1. China and Switzerland officially launched the upgrade negotiations of the free trade agreement on the 23rd to further expand bilateral trade and promote two-way investment.

2. Elon Musk: SpaceX will launch five unmanned spacecraft to Mars within two years. If successful, people will be sent to Mars within four years.

3. In the second quarter of South Korea, the number of employed people aged 65 and above reached 3.94 million, exceeding the youth group for the first time.

4. Japan's largest railway company and Tokyo Metro were exposed to data fraud scandals. The test data is suspected of being randomly modified.

5. Lebanon: The Israeli army launched a large-scale air strike on many places in Lebanon on the 23rd. It has caused 492 deaths and 1,645 injuries.

6. Foreign media: Harris surges ahead in polls, now leading Trump; Trump says he will not run again if he loses the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

7. U.S. Commerce Department proposes banning U.S. smart connected cars from using Chinese software and hardware; China’s Foreign Ministry opposes discriminatory measures against Chinese companies.

8. European Commission requests consultations with the WTO regarding China's anti-subsidy investigations; China’s Ministry of Commerce expresses regret.

9. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill with great fanfare and allocated 1.625 billion U.S. dollars to buy "Internet trolls" to smear China globally.

10. Zelensky arrived in the United States and will submit Ukraine's "Victory Plan" to Biden and seek to lift weapon restrictions.

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