1. International Energy Agency: release of Global Energy Investment report. Global energy investment is expected to reach US$1.9 trillion this year, an increase of 10% over the same period last year, basically returning to pre-epidemic levels, with 70% of the investment concentrated in renewable energy. Specifically, the power sector will absorb about 50% of the investment, and solar and onshore wind power will become hot areas of investment as installation costs fall.
2.Members of the Group of Seven (G-7), including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Canada and Japan, recently issued a statement supporting the setting of the world’s lowest corporate tax rate at 15%. And will coordinate in the reform of international tax rules, the abolition of digital services tax and other areas.
3. Russian satellite network: Belarusian Prime Minister Gorovchenko recently said that in response to Western sanctions against Belarus, Minsk intends to give up European and American technology and switch to Russian and Asian technology. and take protective measures against western civilian products. According to preliminary statistics, Chinese technology alone can replace 90% of European and American technology. And Russian technology is also actively developing.
4.Fox News: Bill Gates’ nuclear energy company Tyra Energy and Buffett’s Pacific Power Company will build new nuclear reactors in the state, the governor of Wyoming said. The construction cost is estimated to be about US$1 billion, which can increase the power output of the system to 500MW during peak electricity demand.
5.South Korean National Taxation Bureau: The tax on overseas encrypted assets will be levied from 2022, and the bill is expected to be passed in the second half of this year. From January 1, 2022, the new tax rules on overseas virtual assets will apply to citizens who hold encrypted currencies, and tax reports will be required from June 2023.
6.World Iron and Steel Association: in 2020, the global crude steel production is 1.878 billion tons, and the apparent steel consumption is 1.772 billion tons. In the output ranking of major iron and steel companies, China Baowu ranks first in the world with 115 million tons. ArcelorMittal, Hegang Group, Shagang Group and Nippon Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. ranked second, third, fourth and fifth with 78.46 million tons, 43.76 million tons, 41.59 million tons and 41.58 million tons respectively.
7.In May, global M & An activity reached an all-time high for the third month in a row, with the size of M & A transactions reaching US $532.9 billion, the highest for the same period on record. This is mainly due to low interest rates, a surge in the stock market and increased interest in trading in sectors boosted by the epidemic. During the January-May period, the total value of announced pending and completed transactions reached an all-time high of US$2.4 trillion.
8.On Wednesday, NASA sent 128 cuttlefish and 5000 water bears to the International Space Station using SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. 128 cuttlefish will be used to understand the impact of the space environment on the symbiotic relationship between animals and microorganisms, so as to understand the impact of the space environment on the microflora contained in astronauts, so as to provide reference for human survival in the space environment. The water bear bug is extremely small, ranging from 50 microns to 1.4 millimeters. Although it is common in water, it can survive in a variety of extreme environments, such as drought, cold, high temperature, high radiation and hypoxia, and is known as one of the most tenacious organisms on earth. This makes them ideal organisms for studying extreme conditions on earth and space.
9.The account of former US President Donald Trump will be suspended for two years until January 2023. The platform will restore Trump’s account only if conditions permit.
10.cnBeta: the price of the FUCKELON Coin currency made for Jumasque has soared again. , FUCKELON Coin hit an all-time high of US$0.000002731 hours ago after Musk was filled with sarcasm through a series of tweets. It has increased by more than 50% since June 3, 2021.
11.Belgium will launch the first phase of the Summer Plan as scheduled from June 9, when restaurants, cafes and bars will resume indoor business. Belgium will launch the EU COVID-19 Digital Travel Certificate, which contains information such as vaccination certificate, negative nucleic acid test or COVID-19 ‘s rehabilitation, from July 1 to ensure the safety of summer travel.
Post time: Jun-08-2021