US Secretary of State Blinken visited Baghdad to discuss the Syrian issue with Iraqi Prime Minister. On December 13th, local time, US Secretary of State Blinken visited the Iraqi capital Baghdad and held talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Sudani on the Syrian issue. The State Council has not announced the itinerary of Blinken's visit before.Polish central bank governor: I think there is no reason to change interest rates.Two weeks after the ceasefire in Lebanon, Britain and Japan lowered their travel warnings to Israel. Two weeks after the ceasefire in Lebanon, Britain and Japan announced that they would lower their travel warnings to Israel respectively. Japan lowered its travel warning from level 3 to level 2. Britain followed suit and cancelled all travel warnings to Israel and the West Bank.
Market News: The daily active users of cryptocurrency reached a record high of 18.7 million in December, a significant increase compared with 7.7 million at the beginning of 2024.The total number of wells drilled in the week of December 13th in the United States was 589, with the previous value of 589.The pharmacy chain WBA rose to 4%. It is reported that Sycamore Partners LP is arranging a debt financing plan for the acquisition of WBA. Sycamore has contacted lenders such as Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase.
President of Georgia: I don't intend to leave the presidential palace after my term expires.The latest research results support Harvard's discovery that Novo Nordisk diet drug Ozempic is related to rare visual loss, and the large-scale test results show that Novo Nordisk diet drug Ozempic is related to rare visual loss, which supports the research results given by Harvard University earlier this year. Obese patients who use Ozempic are more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with NAION. NAION occurs when the blood flow decreases and damages the optic nerve. The risk of eye conditions is still low; Patients should pay attention. Novo Nordisk Denmark's share price once fell more than 3.3%.Japanese yen moves towards the longest losing streak since June. Traders bet that the Bank of Japan will stay put and the yen will move towards the longest losing streak against the US dollar since June. Traders bet that the Bank of Japan will not raise interest rates next week. The yen continued to fall on Friday, falling 0.7% against the US dollar to 153.72 yen, the lowest level since November 26th. The yen has fallen for the fifth day in a row, and is heading for the worst weekly performance in more than two months. Earlier this week, it was reported that the Bank of Japan thought that it would not pay a huge price to wait until January or later, because there were signs that there was little risk that inflation might exceed the target. It is reported that officials are still open to taking action next week, depending on data and market trends.