December 23, 2024, Monday - Social Current Affairs

November 23 of the lunar calendar

1. Trump threatened to "take back" the Panama Canal, "reduce the charges for US ships, otherwise the canal will be returned to the United States"! Pakistani scholars criticized it as "utterly absurd.".

2. Pinduoduo's Temu ranks first in South Korea, with 18.04 million new downloads this year.

3. Russian Defense Ministry: Russian air defense systems shot down 100 Ukrainian drones in the past day.

4. Gu Ailing achieves a historic three-peat victory at the FIS World Cup in Copper Mountain.

5. Volkswagen will cut over 35,000 jobs in Germany by 2030.

6. Tesla shares plunge, wiping out 1.38 trillion yuan in market value in three days.

7. The U.S. announced $571.3 million military aid to Taiwan on the 21st; China's Foreign Ministry responded: The United States "using force to support independence" will only bring disaster to itself.

8. British media: The Polish president calls for the confiscation of €260 billion in Russian assets to aid Ukraine; Scholz shouted on the spot "This will affect the stability of our financial market".

9. Japanese media: Okinawa holds protests against U.S. military violence toward underage girls; poll shows support for Ishiba's cabinet has dropped to 41%.

10. China's "Tianguan" satellite discovers a new, unknown transient celestial body in the depths of the universe.

Micro-Quote: The meaning of experience is to guide you, not to define you. You can stare into the abyss, but don't stop.