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On December 18, Mixue Ice Cream announced that its first store in the United States will open soon.

Germany's Rheinmetall Group plans to sell its civilian business division to focus on developing the defense industry.

A proposal, as seen by the Financial Times, suggests a significant relaxation of UK regulations on financial benchmark providers, effectively excluding approximately 90% of companies in the sector from the scope of the new rules.

[US Media: Trump's Strategy Towards Venezuela Shifts to "Gradual Pressure," Ultimately Aiming to Remove Maduro from Power] 1. According to Politico, the Trump administration's recent blockade of oil tankers off the Venezuelan coast is the latest manifestation of its "gradual pressure" strategy against Venezuelan President Maduro. This strategy aims to ultimately remove Maduro from power through sustained isolation and pressure, rather than immediate large-scale domestic action. 2. Sources familiar with the matter revealed that the US believes the Maduro regime's survival depends on oil, drugs, and illegal gold smuggling, and the current US actions are simultaneously applying pressure on these three fronts. However, analysts also acknowledge that Maduro will not easily yield, and his stubbornness, coupled with the increased expectations of US action, leaves little room for compromise on either side. The report points out that "Maduro is buying time, while Trump is buying victory," leaving few options for de-escalation.

[First Batch of Sea-Seabed Chilean Cherries Arrives This Winter] With the recent arrival of the first batch of sea-seabed Chilean cherries for the winter of 2025, cherry prices in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, are generally trending downwards. It is understood that the first batch of sea-seabed cherries this year began arriving in the Nanjing market on December 14th, with an average daily intake of 150 tons in recent days, a significant increase compared to the air-freighted phase. Wholesale prices for 2J and 3J grade cherries have dropped by nearly 40% compared to early November. The wholesale price of a 10-jin (5 kg) pack of 3J grade cherries has fallen from the initial 1200 yuan to 400 yuan, a decrease of over 60%. (CCTV)

On December 17, the UK and the EU announced that they had reached an agreement for the UK to rejoin the EU's Erasmus+ student exchange program from January 2027. This development is seen as a "small but symbolic" sign of improved relations between the UK and the EU after Brexit.