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Italian President: The escalation of violence against civilians in Gaza is unacceptable. On December 13th, local time, Italian President Mattarella and Italian Prime Minister meloni respectively met with visiting Palestinian President Abbas in Rome. During the meeting, Italian President Mattarella said that the escalating violence against civilians, women and children in Gaza was unacceptable. Italy is committed to a real ceasefire in Gaza and hopes to realize the "two-state solution" immediately.A few ETFs in the U.S. stock market closed up, with semiconductor ETFs rising by more than 2.5%. This week, biotechnology ETFs fell by more than 3.3%, while optional consumer ETFs rose by more than 1.1%. On Friday (December 13th), semiconductor ETFs closed up by 2.51%, global technology stock index ETFs rose by 0.87%, technology ETFs rose by 0.43%, and optional consumer ETFs rose by 0.4%."New Year's Eve+Travel" has caught fire in some places. It is hard to book a table for New Year's Eve. Recently, the reporter visited some old-fashioned restaurants and hotels in Shanghai, and many popular restaurants have been hard to find a table for New Year's Eve. A person in charge of a restaurant said that their New Year's Eve dinner had been sold out as early as May. Some restaurants added a "annual lunch" at noon on New Year's Eve, and reservations were equally hot. Some citizens simply invited the chef to go home and cook a reunion dinner at home. It is understood that the price of a New Year's Eve dinner ranges from 4,000 yuan to 8,000 yuan depending on the dishes and the number of dishes. Reunion is an important part of the Spring Festival culture. This year, in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, the new model of "New Year's Eve+Tourism" has lengthened the reunion time and become a new choice for many consumers. As the Spring Festival holiday will be increased to 8 days next year, some travel agencies have expanded the route of New Year's Eve dinner from the regular Yangtze River Delta to the medium and long-term routes, including destinations such as Yunnan and Heilongjiang. In addition to domestic travel, the registration of outbound travel routes is also very popular, especially in some new visa-free countries. (CCTV Finance)

Canadian Finance Minister: In the face of possible tariffs imposed by the United States, Canada will not escalate the dispute and will not back down.Industry event catalysis The quantum technology sector continues to be active. Recently, with the continuous catalysis of events and policies in the quantum computing industry, the quantum technology sector continues to be active. Wind data shows that since September, the quantum technology index has increased by 51.58%, and many stocks in the sector have risen sharply. Roboteco, Zhenyou Technology and Guo Dun Quantum have all increased by more than 100%. Analysts believe that quantum computing, as an important part of the frontier science and technology field, has attracted much attention in its development speed and application prospect. Recently, the market of quantum technology plate is more based on the theme market catalyzed by news. (CSI)The relative cost of living in new york has dropped to the lowest level since at least 2008. According to the new data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis this week, the cost of living in new york metropolitan area in 2023 is 12.5% higher than the national average. This is the lowest level since the bureau began to release relevant data at least in 2008. From 2008 to 2022, the relative cost of living in new york is 13% to 15.5% higher than the average level in the United States.

Argentina's MERVAL index closed up 3.06% to 2.375 million points, a record closing high, with a cumulative increase of 7.82% this week.International precious metal futures generally closed down, COMEX gold futures fell 1.61% to US$ 2,665.9 per ounce, and COMEX silver futures fell 1.96% to US$ 31 per ounce.The Swiss government has decided to cancel India's "most favored nation" treatment, which means that Indian multinational companies will face the reality of tax increase by Switzerland from 2025. A year ago, the Supreme Court of India ruled that Swiss companies such as Nestle could not ask the Indian government to reduce their tax burden under the most-favored-nation (NFN) clause.