The Chinese stock markets moved in dispersed order on Friday, December 9 in the first exchanges, the day after a session in the green, investors welcoming China’s exit from “zero Covid” but worrying about the risks of American recession.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index gained 0.17% to 19,484.23 points.
In Shanghai, the composite index was virtually stable, up only 0.23 points to 3,197.12 points, while the Shenzhen market was also balanced, advancing only 0.34 points to 2,064.72 points.
In August 2021, Rina Okamoto, also known as “Panchan Rina”, appeared at the “RIZIN” press conference (Photo: Tokyo Sports/Aflo)
On December 5th, the Hyogo Prefectural Police acted under the ring name of “Panchan Rina”.Kickboxingplayer’sRina OkamotoSuspect (28)scamon suspicionarrestdid.
Okamoto participated in a limited poster distributed at the martial arts event “THE MATCH 2022” held at Tokyo Dome in June.Tenshin NasukawaWhenTakerutwo fakessignThere is a suspicion that it was sold with a false explanation such as “autographed”. Okamoto has admitted to the charges.
After winning his professional debut in February 2019, Okamoto continued to win without losing. In March 2022, he defeated Miki Kitamura to win the KNOCK OUT-BLACK first minimumweight title of the kickboxing group “KNOCK OUT”.
With the arrest of the active champion, comments on the incident are heard one after another from the martial arts world.
Mixed martial arts fighter Shinya Aoki posted on Twitter shortly after his arrest was revealed that he was a “moral problem, a small villain, or a gushing accessory.” 》And cut in two.
Ren Hiramoto, a former K-1 fighter and mixed martial arts fighter, tweeted, “From the very beginning, I thought Panchuri was a suspicious person! 》 “You underestimate Tenshin and martial arts fans for such a fraud,” he continues to criticize.
Even on December 8th, three days after the arrest, there are still many comments to mention.
Former boxing world champion Shinji Takehara severely criticized in his own YouTube video, saying, “If it’s for living expenses, work. Get a part-time job. Work at a convenience store.” Hideki “Shrek” Sekine, a former police officer and martial arts fighter, tweeted, “It is important to stand by the suspect as a friend, but first of all, we should stand by the feelings of the victim.”
“Actually, the day before, Nasukawa, who was ‘used’, mentioned the incident in an Instagram live stream and said, ‘It can’t be helped. He made statements in defense of the suspect.
There was a news media that reported on this, but the article has now been deleted, and I have the impression that this is also making the uproar bigger.” (Net News editor)
On the other hand, there are also “big stars in the martial arts world” who remain silent. Also active as a YouTuber,Mirai Asakurais.
“Asakura has collaborated with Okamoto many times on his own YouTube videos.Even at “Breaking Down,” where Asakura serves as a special advisor, Okamoto visited the tournament the day before his arrest. It was a friendly relationship, such as an interview video being released.
Asakura revealed on YouTube that he had signed a contract with Serina (Shizurina Wada) on November 9, but at that time, he said, “I’m going to go beyond Pan-chan’s goal. He also made remarks to lift Okamoto, saying, “Please take care of me.”
However, on October 17th, Okamoto released a “belt bra” video on his Instagram in which he mimicked the throne belt as a brassiere, and was criticized by some martial arts fans.
In addition, there is this view on the ability of kickboxing.
“I won the championship and won all 13 matches so far, but looking at the details, I only won 2 times by KO, and the rest were all decisions. There was a question mark attached to “true ability”.
However, the martial arts world could not ignore the influence of Okamoto, who published a photo book and was often exposed to the media. I started playing in bigger and bigger events.
As a result, because of his influence, he gave the entire martial arts world a negative image…” (Martial arts reporter)
There are no signs that the comments from athletes and officials regarding the arrest of Okamoto will subside, and the commotion continues to smolder. Ironically, that may be the result of the martial arts world relying too much on influencers.
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The Canadian company TC Energy, which operates the Keystone pipeline between Canada and the United States, confirmed Thursday the closure of this pipeline after a leak in the US state of Kansas. “We shut down the Keystone pipeline system and mobilized personnel and equipment in response to a confirmed oil spill in a waterway approximately 20 miles (about 32 kilometers) south of Steele City“, said the group in a press release. “An emergency shutdown and response was initiated at approximately 8:00 p.m. (North American Central Time), December 7, 2022, after alarms and a pressure drop detected in the system“, clarified TC Energy.
The company also said it had isolated the affected portion and deployed booms to control the leak. She has not yet given details on the extent or origin of the incident, but promised to provide more information as soon as possible. The price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil, for delivery in January, climbed 4.04% to 74.92 dollars around 1:55 p.m. GMT. WTI is the American reference variety.
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Stretching over nearly 3,500 kilometers, the Keystone pipeline allows the transport of hydrocarbons from the province of Alberta, in western Canada, to several destinations in the United States, including the Cushing terminal in the Oklahoma where WTI is stored in huge reservoirs. A controversial pipeline expansion project, dubbed Keystone XL, was rejected in June 2021 by US President Joe Biden before being abandoned by TC Energy.
Oil prices experienced their fifth consecutive session of decline on Thursday, December 8, remaining indifferent to the easing of restrictions in China, the blocking of tankers in the Black Sea and the shutdown of an American pipeline. Brent crude from the North Sea for February delivery fell 1.32% to close at $76.15. It established, in session, a new low for the year, at 75.74 dollars.
As for the barrel of American West Texas Intermediate (WTI), with maturity in January, it fell by 0.76%, to 71.46 dollars. The benchmark variety in the United States had earlier fallen to $71.12, the lowest since the end of December 2021. Prices rose briefly after the announcement of the shutdown of the Keystone pipeline, which carries oil. Canadian crude to the United States, because of a leak in Kansas.
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But the market ended up going back into the red, the WTI approaching the symbolic threshold of 70 dollars, which it has not crossed for nearly a year. The easing of the anti-Covid health system in China, initially presented as positive for the courses because it should allow the resumption of economic activity, is finally greeted with circumspection by the operators.
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«When you reopen“the cities subject, until now, to drastic measures, “it just means that the virus will spread more quickly among the population», a argué Eli Rubin, d’EBW Analytics Group, «not that the coronavirus is gone“. With a large portion of the population unvaccinated and vaccines significantly less effective than their Western equivalents, “there is a really significant risk that the world’s largest oil importer will see its health system overwhelmedby an upsurge in new cases, warns the analyst.
Added to this is the relative disappointment caused by the decision, on Sunday, of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies of the OPEC + agreement to maintain their production unchanged. As for the entry into force of the price cap mechanism for Russian oil exported to destinations other than Europe, “it is an element of weakening of the coursesand not support, as imagined beforehand, according to Eli Rubin.
This system made it possible, according to the will of the United States, not to block Russian exports, whereas the package of sanctions initially adopted by the European Union planned to prohibit European insurers and carriers from participating in this activity. The market seems, for the moment, to pay little attention to the blocking of tankers loaded with Russian oil near the Bosphorus. The Turkish authorities are asking shipowners for an insurance certificate that can be used even in the event of violation of the ceiling mechanism, which the insurers refuse to provide.
According to the Marine Vessel Traffic site, a dozen ships were still stationed in the Black Sea on Thursday, with the equivalent of several million barrels on board. For Edward Moya, from Oanda, this is only a transient disturbance, “which does not change the fact that the crude demand outlook continues to deteriorate».
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and his Senegalese counterpart Amadou Ba will chair Thursday, December 8 near Paris a fifth intergovernmental seminar focused on youth and aimed at strengthening cooperation between the two countries.
Ten French ministers, including Bruno Le Maire (Economy), Catherine Colonna (Foreign Affairs), Pap Ndiaye (Education) and Marc Fesneau (Agriculture), and ten Senegalese ministers will meet in the afternoon at the Château de Champs-sur-Marne , a larger place to welcome them than the Matignon hotel and which has already hosted African heads of state during visits to France.
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Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, retained by European negotiations, will be represented by Secretary of State for Citizenship Sonia Backès. The meeting will begin with the restitution of work of a youth seminar, which brought together Wednesday and Thursday fifteen young people, French and Senegalese, in the same castle, about twenty km east of the capital.
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Each minister will then have a time for bilateral discussion with his counterpart before a plenary session during which five roadmaps will be presented, before the signing of five agreements.
The roadmaps will cover issues of education, sport and culture, economic development, sustainable agriculture, but also defense and security, as Senegal borders a Sahelian zone affected by terrorism, and migration, when France plans to reform its policy in this area.
While in West Africa, the influence of powers rivaling France, Moscow in the leadis getting stronger, Senegal, chaired by Macky Sall, stood out at the UN in early March by abstaining on a resolution, adopted by an overwhelming majority, which “demanded that Russia immediately stop using force against Ukraine».
Of the 193 members of the Organization, 141 countries approved the text, five opposed it and 35 abstained, including China and Senegal.
The seminar should lead to several agreements relating to youth, sport and education. A dinner offered by Adrien Borne and cooked by starred chef Mory Sacko will close the day. The last Franco-Senegalese seminar was held in 2019 in Dakar, before the cycle was interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
France is the leading investor in Senegal and its leading trading partner. In terms of development aid, the French Development Agency (AFD) has committed nearly 2 billion euros to Senegal since 2007, all financial products and sectors combined.
The French specialist in online consumer credit Younited raised 60 million euros, valuing the company at 1.1 billion euros, the newspaper says The echoes, quoting the co-founder of this fintech. With such a valuation, Younited is therefore officially a unicorn, a term grouping together high-growth tech companies whose value is estimated at more than a billion dollars.
Several historical investors such as Bpifrance, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, Eurazeo and Goldman Sachs participated in the operation, reveals the newspaper in its Thursday edition. Founded in 2012, Younited quickly made a name for itself in the consumer credit market with an entirely online distribution method, which allows it to provide a very quick response to its customers. During its previous fundraising, in July 2021, the company had obtained 170 million dollarsto invest in marketing, technology and data analytics.
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According to co-founder Charles Egly, who spoke to the daily, Younited did not need much more money this time and this new funding round “is a safety cushion that will allow us to achieve profitability“, expected in the second half of 2023. Younited claims to be the leader in its segment in five European countries (France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Germany) and to produce two billion euros in loans per year.