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The State Council, USA: The United States doesn't know the situation of Russian bases in Syria, and it doesn't know what actions the upcoming Syrian regime will take against these bases.Raw sugar futures fell more than 1.5%, while new york cocoa futures rose more than 3.5% and continued to hit a record high. In late new york on Monday (December 9), ICE raw sugar futures fell 1.56% and ICE white sugar futures fell 1.21%. Coffee "C" futures 0.94%. Robusta coffee futures rose 1.39%. New york cocoa futures rose 3.52% to $10,200/ton, reaching $10,454 at 21:44 Beijing time, continuing to hit a record high. London cocoa futures rose 2.17% to 8061, and also rose to 8306 at 21:45, a record high. ICE cotton futures fell 0.23%.Altman, CEO of OpenAI: It is expected that new products in Europe will be delayed.

WTI crude oil futures closed up 1.74%, while WTI January crude oil futures closed up 1.17 USD, or 1.74% to 68.37 USD/barrel. Brent February crude oil futures closed up 1.02 US dollars, or 1.43% to 72.14 US dollars/barrel. Nymex January natural gas futures closed up 3.45% to $3.1820/million British heat.Volkswagen will resume its protracted cost-cutting negotiations with workers next week, and Volkswagen and the labor union will continue negotiations next week, because the two sides still have differences on how to make the automaker more competitive. Arne Meiswinkel, the chief negotiator of the management, said on Monday night that the two sides will hold the fifth round of negotiations again on December 16th to discuss the restructuring of the Volkswagen brand.Make a good investment and actively plan and reserve major projects. As a "ballast stone" to stabilize economic growth and a "strong engine" to promote high-quality economic development, the construction of major projects plays a vital role in the economic development of various places. The reporter noted that near the end of the year, many places continued to exert their efforts in the construction of major projects, both to accelerate the construction and to actively plan reserve projects for next year. Statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics show that from January to October this year, the investment in projects with a planned total investment of 100 million yuan or more increased by 7.1% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 3.7 percentage points higher than the total investment; It has boosted the total investment by 3.8 percentage points, showing that the investment in large projects plays an obvious supporting role. While the construction of major local projects has been accelerated, some places have started planning and preparation in advance to make a good investment in 2025. (Securities Daily)

Damascus, the capital of Syria, and Homs, the central city, were attacked. The reporter learned on the 9th local time that Israel launched attacks on Damascus, the capital of Syria, and Homs, the central city. On the same day, there were many air strikes near the western suburbs of Damascus, Syria, and the Damascus Scientific Research Center was attacked, with more than four explosions. It is reported that in the past few hours, the Israeli army destroyed all air defense bases in Syria, most military airports, Syrian fighter planes and helicopter formations, long-range missile depots, strategic weapons warehouses and dozens of tunnels connecting Syria and Lebanon. At present, the Israeli side has no response to this.The State Council, USA: In recent days, the United States has communicated with some Syrian groups through intermediaries.Chief negotiator of Volkswagen: After today's negotiations, it is obvious that we are still far from the solution.