Friday, September 20th, understand the world in 60 seconds every day here!

September / 20/ 2024 Friday What others expect of you is their business. What expectations you have for yourself is your own business. While you are alive, you should give yourself applause from the bottom of your heart.

1. On the 19th, my country successfully launched two Beidou navigation satellites to conduct trials of new technologies for the next generation Beidou system;
2. Two departments: Reward whistleblowers within food production and operation enterprises, with a maximum reward of 1 million;
3. The mandatory national standard for electric bicycles has been revised again: the maximum design speed does not exceed 25km/h, and pedal riding devices are no longer mandatory. Beidou positioning and real-time communication functions have also been added;
4. Guoyin Financial Leasing: Plans to purchase 50 Boeing 737-8 aircraft, which are expected to be received between 2028 and 2031;
5. On the morning of the 19th, Liu Wenjie, director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Finance, fell to his death. The police said: the person involved was killed and two suspects fell to their deaths. An insider said that the person who fell from the building had a work relationship with him;
6. WeChat: Moments now support posting live photos, which will include dynamic images and sounds;
7. A kindergarten in Yongshan, Yunnan, closed down 23 days after the start of school and refused to refund the fees. The person in charge said that the money would be returned after “making a comeback”. The kindergarten had advertised that it would pay 30,000 yuan for 3 years and a full refund would be made after the expiration of the period;
8. Domestic oil prices were adjusted at 24:00 on the evening of the 20th: it may hit a new low this year, with a drop of about 0.32 yuan per liter in oil prices, and a full tank of oil will save about 16 yuan;
9. Guangdong Provincial Museum responded to the ban on parking new energy vehicles in the garage: fire requirements, non-discrimination;
10. Foreign media: Canada announced that it plans to further tighten its study and work visa policies to alleviate housing, employment and other issues;
11. In the early morning of the 19th, the Federal Reserve announced a 50 basis point interest rate cut, the first interest rate cut since March 2020. Institutions: It may help improve the liquidity of A-shares;
12. Israeli media: A large number of people in Israel received fake text messages titled “Emergency Alert” on their mobile phones; Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister: Saudi Arabia will not establish diplomatic relations with Israel unless Palestine is established;
13. Foreign media: Two rounds of communication equipment explosions in Lebanon have killed 37 people and injured nearly 3,000 people. The leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon: Israel has crossed all red lines. It can be regarded as Israel’s declaration of war; Israeli Defense Minister declared that the war has entered a new stage: “The military focus will shift to Lebanon”;
14. On the 19th, the European Parliament passed a resolution requiring EU countries to lift restrictions on the use of Western weapons systems against Ukraine;
15. In the early morning of the 18th, a Ukrainian drone attacked a large missile ammunition depot in Russia, causing an “earthquake-level” explosion. Sources said: This attack “almost wiped off a large arsenal of the Russian Ministry of Defense’s Rocket Artillery Equipment General Administration from the earth”;

[Microblog] What others expect of you is their business. What expectations you have for yourself is your own business. While you are alive, you should give yourself applause from the bottom of your heart.