1. On August 12, local time, the Afghan Taliban announced the capture of two more provincial capitals in Afghanistan. So far, the Taliban have occupied the provincial capitals of 12 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces. The US Embassy in Kabul has significantly reduced its staff, and the US Department of Defense has urgently sent 3000 additional troops to assist in the evacuation.

2.National Association of Realtors: recently, the median price of second-hand single-family homes rose 23% year-on-year to an all-time high of $357900. 94% of the 183 metropolitan areas reported double-digit increases in house prices, up from 89% in the first quarter. Sales of second-hand homes fell for the fourth month in a row in May.

3. Eurostat: in the first half of the year, China continued to maintain its position as the EU’s largest trading partner. The EU exported 112.6 billion euros of goods to China, up 20.2 percent from the same period last year, while imports from China totaled 210.1 billion euros, up 15.5 percent from the same period last year. In 2020, China replaced the United States as the EU’s largest trading partner for the first time.

4.Afghan President Ghani and Vice President Amrula Saleh have left Kabul for Tajikistan and will go to a third country. His final destination is not clear. 

5.The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: 400000 Afghans will flee the area this year. There are 2.6 million Afghan refugees in the world, 1.4 million of whom are in Pakistan. Pakistan takes on a lot of public debt, has a stock market of a certain size, and relies on the International Monetary Fund’s $6 billion program. In the coming years, unrest and the influx of refugees will add to the pressure on Pakistan’s fiscal rehabilitation plan.

6.Twenty-seven years later, there has been another confirmed case of Ebola in C ô te d’Ivoire. This is also the first case of Ebola found in the country since 1994. This patient is an imported case from Guinea. World Health Organization (WHO) is organizing a cross-border operation against Ebola and will deliver 5000 doses of Ebola vaccine to C ô te d’Ivoire as soon as possible. 

7.Recently, bitcoin codes have automatically increased the difficulty of cracking a block by about 7.3%, another big increase in mining difficulty since China’s mining ban came into effect, and the hash rate of the global bitcoin mining industry has hit bottom. According to the industry, the launch of the new excavator will make the entire Bitcoin network more efficient and trigger greater competition among miners, and mining difficulties will continue to increase steadily.

8.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched a formal safety investigation into Tesla’s autopilot system after a series of crashes involving emergency vehicles. The survey covered about 765000 Tesla cars in the United States.

9.South Korean market research company Ceo Score: Tesla’s sales in South Korea nearly tripled in 2020, achieving sales of 71.6 billion won, an increase of 295.9 percent over the same period last year. Its operating profit was 10.8 billion won, an increase of 429.9% over the same period last year. Among the many foreign companies, Tesla Korea has the most significant increase in sales and operating profit.

10.India will launch a 100 trillion rupee national infrastructure program, which will help create jobs and help expand the use of clean energy to meet the country’s climate goals. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a goal of achieving energy independence by 2047, which he says can be achieved by promoting electric vehicles, shifting to a natural gas-based economy and building hydrogen production centers.