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United Nations Report: The number of victims of human trafficking caused by poverty, conflict and climate change has surged. On December 11th, local time, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said in its latest report covering 156 countries that the number of victims of human trafficking in the world has risen again after the decline during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Global Trafficking in Persons Report 2024 shows that the number of victims increased by 25% from 2019 to 2022. Vulnerability caused by poverty, conflict and climate crisis has led to the exploitation of children and a sharp increase in forced labor cases.The warm winter of second-hand houses has arrived: in November, house prices in Chengdu, Shenzhen rebounded first, and second-hand houses once again played a leading indicator of market warming. On December 11th, the Middle Finger Research Institute released a map of housing prices of second-hand houses in the top ten cities in November 2024, showing that in November, the average price of second-hand houses in Baicheng fell by 0.57% from the previous month, which was 0.03 percentage points lower than that of the previous month. The second-hand housing market in first-tier cities is more active. The average price of second-hand housing in the top ten cities dropped by 0.17% month-on-month, and the decline was narrowed by 0.16 percentage points from last month. Among them, the prices of second-hand houses in Shenzhen and Chengdu rose by 0.21% and 0.12% respectively, breaking the overall decline of 100 cities for seven consecutive months. Experts in the industry said that under the blessing of the policy of "buying houses and reducing taxes", it is expected that the transaction of second-hand houses in core cities will continue to be high, and prices are expected to continue to adjust. (beijing business today)The United Nations appealed for $4 billion in aid to Palestine. On December 11th, local time, the United Nations appealed for more than $4 billion in aid to the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in 2025 to meet the living needs of local people. On the same day, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that due to Israel's restrictions on the transportation of local humanitarian relief materials, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs could only reduce the amount of assistance to about 4 billion US dollars, while the actual amount of assistance needed locally may be higher, at least 6.6 billion US dollars.

N Pioneer's first day of listing rose by over 650%.Navigation warning! Military training in the South China Sea. According to the website of China Maritime Safety Administration, the Qingyan Maritime Safety Administration issued a navigation warning. From 8: 00 to 18: 00 on December 13, military training was conducted in parts of the South China Sea, and it was forbidden to enter.The European Central Bank may no longer mention the need to adopt a "restrictive" policy to curb inflation. The financial market has completely digested the expectation that the European Central Bank will cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday, and the possibility of a larger rate cut is close to zero. Any adjustment of the ECB's future guidance may be minimal. It may no longer mention the need to adopt "restrictive" policies to curb inflation, which is an implicit signal that interest rates will at least fall to the so-called neutral level. Lorenzo Codogno of LC Macro Advisors said: "In view of the great uncertainties in international geopolitics and policies, it is still appropriate to rely on data and determine the appropriate level and duration of restrictions one after another."

OpenAI apologizes for the downtime of ChatGPT: Some services are restored, and Sora is still in a state of paralysis. On the morning of December 12, Beijing time, OpenAI confirmed that its chat robot ChatGPT is experiencing a worldwide downtime, and ChatGPT, Sora and API are affected. The company updated the accident report and said that it had found out the cause of the outage, was trying to restore normal service as soon as possible, and apologized for the outage. At 9: 50 Beijing time on the 12th, the company further updated the accident report and said that it was continuing to carry out remedial work. API and ChatGPT services are partially restored, and Sora is still in a state of paralysis.Dong Yuhui Company was granted the license of network culture operation. According to Tianyancha App, on December 10th, Tonghui Peer (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. added a new license of network culture operation. The content of the license is to apply for the approval of establishing an operating Internet culture unit, and the validity period is from December 10th, 2024 to December 9th, 2027. The licensing authority is Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism. Tonghui Tongxing (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. was established in December 2023 with a registered capital of RMB 10 million, with Dong Yuhui as the legal representative, director and manager and wholly-owned shares.Guosheng Financial Holdings has 3 consecutive boards. In the news, the company announced last night that the company's merger of Guosheng Securities was accepted.