© Reuters Global markets: US winter storm kills at least 55 people and cancels 17,000 flights
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On Monday (December 26), the European and American stock markets were collectively closed, and most of the Asian stock indexes that were not closed were closed.
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Due to the holiday season, trading in precious metals, US crude oil and foreign exchange contracts under CME Group was suspended throughout the day; trading in Brent crude oil futures contracts under ICE was suspended for the day.
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[La tempesta invernale negli Stati Uniti ha ucciso almeno 55 persone]
According to the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), on December 26 local time, the winter storm caused at least 55 deaths in the United States. The blizzard brought by the winter storm also caused impassable roads in many areas and large-scale power outages. According to data from US energy monitoring website PowerOutage.us, as of 1:50 p.m. local time on the 26th, 68,696 customers in Washington State were without electricity and Myanmar There were 17,907 and 15,229 customers without electricity in the inns and in New York, respectively. In addition, since last Wednesday, the US airline industry has canceled more than 17,000 flights.
[Cremlino: L’attuazione dell’accordo alimentare non è stata completamente risolta ma è stata efficace]
Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said the implementation of the food deal had not been fully resolved, but it had achieved results. “The problem is not fully resolved, although results have been achieved. There is still something to be done,” Peskov said in the programme.
[Vice primo ministro russo: i prezzi del gas in Europa rimarranno alti]
According to a December 26 TASS report, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak said the same day that due to the shortage of natural gas, natural gas prices in Europe will continue to remain high and it is impossible to return to the $200 to $250 level. per thousand cubic meters in early 2021. The energy price picture is extremely volatile, with trends for gas and oil continuing into 2023, Novak said.
[L’export annuale del Gruppo Russotom supererà la soglia dei 10 miliardi quest’anno]
Rosatom chief executive Alexei Likhachev said on Monday (December 26) local time that the company’s overseas deliveries this year would exceed $10 billion. Likhachev said the company will cross the $10 billion mark of product exports in 2022 and that the growth rate is expected to reach 15%, “but people need to understand that this growth rate is far from the limit.”
[Segretario generale della NATO: spero che Svezia e Finlandia si uniscano “tempestivamente” nel nuovo anno]
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he hoped Sweden and Finland would formally join NATO in the new year, DPA reported. He said he was absolutely confident that the approval process would be completed in a timely manner.
[La Turchia scopre 58 miliardi di metri cubi di gas naturale nel Mar Nero]
Turkey’s Anadolu News Agency reported that Turkish President Erdogan announced on the evening of December 26 local time that the country had discovered 58 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the waters of the Black Sea. Turkey currently has total reserves of gas in the Black Sea of 710 billion cubic meters.
[I prezzi del carburante per auto in Germania nel 2022 hanno raggiunto livelli record]
According to statistics released by the All-German Automobile Club on December 26 local time, the average price of gasoline for vehicles in Germany this year is 1.86 euros per liter, and the average price of diesel for vehicles is 1 95 euros per litre, both hitting the highest record in history. The German Automobile Club also pointed out that due to the German government’s tax-cutting policy and car owners reducing driving and other factors, the current German car fuel prices have returned to “normal levels”.
[Il Regno Unito afferma che “coesiste con il virus” e il mese prossimo non pubblicherà più dati come il valore R del nuovo tasso di infezione della corona]
From the beginning of January 2023, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) will no longer publish modeling data related to the new corona outbreak, such as the R-value of the infection rate of the new corona virus (i.e. the number of people each infected person can infect). The Epidemiological Modeling Review Group (EMRG) of the UK Health Security Agency recently said that, after a thorough review, it has decided that the consent statement (consent statement) issued by the EMRG on January 6 next year on the new crown “will be the last”.
[L’ex vicepresidente degli Stati Uniti Pence parteciperà alle elezioni presidenziali del 2024]
On December 26 local time, former US Vice President Pence submitted information to the Federal Election Commission, confirming his participation in the 2024 US presidential election. Pence will run against former President Trump in the Republican primary for the Republican nomination.
