how bitcoins are used- Top Featured snippets

French President Macron is striving to avoid holding new French parliamentary elections before 2027.White House: We are trying our best to learn about journalist Austin Tess (who was kidnapped while reporting in Syria on August 13th, 2012).The Israeli military says it has cracked down on 320 strategic targets in Syria since the weekend.

Chief Financial Officer of Citigroup: I feel very good about this year's revenue performance. Citigroup is expected to achieve the high end of the revenue guidance range in 2024, and plans to increase the stock repurchase scale after the bank's capital prospects are further clarified. "It is my top priority to return more of Citi's capital to investors," Mark Mason, chief financial officer of Citigroup, said at a conference organized by Goldman Sachs on Tuesday. "I am well aware of our trading level compared with our peers." Mason also said that the bank expects to reach the high end of the income guidance of $80 billion to $81 billion this year. "So it feels very good," he said. Mason said that spending may also be at the high end of the range. This shows that the bank will realize the forecast of two key indicators at the beginning of the year.Bitcoin fell below $96,000 and fell nearly 2% in the day.The Group of Seven is expected to support the transitional government of Syria, Qatar, to get in touch with the new leaders, and the leaders of the Group of Seven (G-7) will be willing to support the new Syrian government, provided that the transitional process respects minorities, and Qatar has become one of the first countries to establish communication with the armed groups that overthrew the Assad regime. According to the draft announcement that the G-7 plans to issue later this week, the G-7 "hopes that all opposition groups seeking to play a role in Syrian governance will show their commitment to the rights of all Syrians". The Group of Seven will say that this group of countries, including the United States, wants to see the safe return of millions of Syrians who fled under Assad. Many of them flooded into G-7 countries such as Germany after the outbreak of the Syrian war in 2011.

African stock market | South Africa's stock index closed down more than 0.4%, led by basic metal mining stocks Glencore, Anglo-American and BHP Billiton. On Tuesday (December 10th), South Africa's FTSE /JSE Africa Leading 40 Tradeable Index closed down 0.44% to 78,703.60 points. Glencore, a constituent stock, closed down 2.56%, Anglo-American Company fell 1.99%, BHP Billiton Group fell 1.74%, ranking third from the bottom, Jintian Company rose 0.75%, ranking sixth, and harmony Gold rose 0.81%, ranking fifth. The South African rand is currently down 0.56% against the US dollar, temporarily reporting 17.8720 rand, which is the highest level since November 11, which was set on Monday.French President Macron is striving to avoid holding new French parliamentary elections before 2027.Spain's National Natural Gas Company: In November, Spain imported 61.0% of natural gas, and 39.0% of pipeline natural gas.