Brazilian President Lula: He will return to work soon after a good recovery from surgery. Brazilian President Lula posted a video on social media for the first time after undergoing head surgery. Lula said that he has been able to walk around the hospital, and this week's surgery has recovered very well. Lula said that he would be "ready to go home soon and continue to work".American polls show that half of Americans lack confidence in Trump's ability to nominate qualified cabinet members. A recent poll by the Associated Press -NORC Public Affairs Research Center shows that half of Americans lack confidence in President-elect Trump's ability to nominate qualified people for the new cabinet or key administrative positions. According to the survey results, 55% of American respondents have "a little confidence" or "no confidence at all" in Trump's ability to select qualified candidates during his second term, and another 27% have "very confidence". The poll was conducted from December 5 to 9, and the respondents were 1251 American adults, with a margin of error of 3.7 percentage points.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.
Iraqi Prime Minister: No party is allowed to invade Syrian territory. When meeting with visiting US Secretary of State Blinken in Baghdad on the 13th, Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Sudani said that no party is allowed to invade Syrian territory.Funds continue to enter the market through the channel. The net subscription of stock ETFs exceeded 36.5 billion in the month. Since December, funds have continued to enter the market through stock ETFs (transactional open index funds). The data shows that as of December 13, the net subscription share of stock ETFs in the month reached 36.543 billion. From the perspective of specific capital flow, broad-based ETFs attract gold strongly, and many CSI A 500 ETFs and CSI 300ETF are actively subscribed by investors. In addition, dividend ETFs are also net subscribed by investors. (Securities Daily)Canada's Labor Minister expressed the hope that Canada Post would resume operations early next week.
Turkey said it would crack down on Kurdish armed forces in Syria. Turkish President Erdogan held talks with visiting US Secretary of State Blinken in Ankara on December 12. The two sides discussed the latest situation in Syria and bilateral relations. Erdogan said that Turkey would crack down on all "terrorist organizations" such as the PKK.Banier, former French Prime Minister: After three months of turmoil after the dissolution of the National Assembly, we restored the country's operation. We have worked methodically and conscientiously, covering all fields, relying on energetic ministers and active business people, and always seeking dialogue with Congress. We put forward a difficult budget aimed at reducing our deficit under extremely difficult circumstances, and reached a nearly balanced agreement with most members, especially the Senate. However, this deficit has not disappeared. Obviously, my cabinet has performed well, and all the service teams in the Prime Minister's Office deserve you to be proud of your work.The Brazilian real fell by 1% against the US dollar, the worst among emerging market currencies.