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German Foreign Ministry Spokesperson: Berlin will hold the Weimar Triangle Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Thursday, and representatives from Italy, Spain, Britain and the European Union will also attend.Market News: Apple is cooperating with Broadcom around artificial intelligence (AI) chips. Apple chips may be ready for production in 2026.Spot gold just broke through the $2,690.00/oz mark, and the latest price was $2,689.72/oz, down 0.15% in the day.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar: Qatar will soon reopen its embassy in Syria.The Bank of Japan believes that the cost of waiting for the next rate hike is not high, but it is also open to raising interest rates this month. According to informed sources, Bank of Japan officials believe that there is almost no cost to wait before raising interest rates, and they are still open to raising interest rates next week, depending on data and market development. According to people familiar with the matter, even if the Bank of Japan decides to wait until January next year or a little longer before raising interest rates, the relevant authorities believe that this will not bring huge costs, because there are signs that there is little risk of inflation overshoot. According to people familiar with the matter, officials think it is only a matter of time before the next rate hike, because the economy and inflation are in line with their forecasts. According to people familiar with the matter, officials will make a final decision only after carefully evaluating the data and financial markets before announcing the policy decision in December. Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda and his committee will discuss next week whether it is necessary to raise the benchmark interest rate from 0.25%. Unlike the situation in July, the yen did not show a strong weakness, so the Bank of Japan believes that the risk of the yen pushing up inflation has weakened.The personal pension fund will be expanded to broad-based index products, and the personal pension pilot will be fully liberalized in the near future, expanding from the original 36 pilot cities to the whole country. At the same time, personal pension fund products are also expanding, and some mature broad-based ETF-linked funds and broad-based index OTC products will add Y shares. It is reported that the investable products included in personal pension may include over-the-counter products tracking nearly 20 broad-based indexes such as Shanghai and Shenzhen 300 Index, CSI 500 Index, CSI 800 Index, GEM Index and Kechuang 50 Index. (21 Finance)

Senior energy safety official: Poland will start looking for partners for the construction of the second nuclear power plant in early 2025.Modern Investment: Xu Qing, the independent director of the company, was subject to disciplinary review and supervision investigation. According to the announcement of Modern Investment, Xu Qing, the independent director of the company, was suspected of serious violation of discipline and law, and is currently subject to disciplinary review by the Disciplinary Committee of Hunan Branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and supervision investigation by Zhuzhou Municipal Supervision Committee. Xu Qing did not hold any other positions in the company except as an independent director, chairman of the Nomination Committee of the Board of Directors, member of the Strategy Committee of the Board of Directors and member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, and did not participate in the daily operation and management of the company. The company will pay attention to the subsequent progress and fulfill its information disclosure obligations in a timely manner in strict accordance with relevant regulations.AIA: It cost about HK$ 62.73 million to buy back nearly 1.07 million shares. AIA Holdings Limited announced that it spent about HK$ 62.73 million to buy back about 1.07 million shares that day, accounting for 0.0098% of the issued shares, and the repurchase price per share ranged from HK$ 563,84942 to HK$ 598,0954.