Good morning world ｜ Putin： It is unacceptable for NATO to expand eastward by absorbing Ukraine.
Today’s "Good Morning World" includes: "General Meeting", each saying his own words, Biden and Ukrainian President talking on the phone; New Zealand has issued a smoke-free action plan, and groups aged 14 and below will be "banned for life"; A large number of Nigerian COVID-19 vaccines have expired, and most of them are stocks donated by Europe near the shelf life; The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was launched with the goal of studying black holes.
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Global focus
The "general meeting" each said his own words, and Biden spoke on the phone with Ukrainian President.
On December 7, 2021, local time, in Washington, D.C., Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Biden held a two-hour online closed-door video conference.
During the two-hour conversation, Putin "strictly followed the one-on-one mode" and kept his translator in another separate room all the time. At the other end of the video, US President Biden held a dialogue accompanied by the whole team. On December 9, 2021, the Kremlin said that the talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Biden were frank and pragmatic. In the statement of Kegong, Biden emphasized that "the threatening nature of Russia’s deployment of troops near the Ukrainian border shows that once the situation escalates further, the United States and its allies will take sanctions." In response, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia should not be blamed because it was NATO that made a dangerous attempt to use Ukrainian territory.
On December 9, 2021, local time, Ukrainian President Zelensky made a phone call with US President Biden to follow up the security meeting between Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Putin: It is unacceptable for NATO to expand eastward by absorbing Ukraine.
On December 8, 2021, in Sochi, Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a press conference.
Putin said that NATO pursues an unfriendly policy toward Russia and even declares Russia as its opponent. Russia cannot accept NATO’s eastward expansion by absorbing Ukraine, and Russia has the right to safeguard its national security.
Russian Chief of Staff: Preparing to invade Ukraine is false news and will put out provocative actions.
Valery gerasimov, Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (data map).
Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff of the Russian armed forces, told foreign military attaché s at a news conference on Thursday (December 9, 2021) that the news that Russia was preparing to "invade" Ukraine was false-domestic military operations did not need to be notified.
A quick tour of the world
Former US President Trump will be summoned because his company is suspected of fraud.
Former US President Trump (data map).
On December 10th, 2021, according to a report quoted by people familiar with the matter on December 9th, local time in Washington post, Letitia James, the Attorney General of New York, will summon former US President Trump on January 7th next year, asking him to testify against the alleged fraud of Trump Group.
New Zealand has issued a smoke-free action plan, which will ban smoking for life for people aged 14 and below.
On December 9, 2021, in Wellington, New Zealand, Ayesha Verrall, Deputy Minister of Health of New Zealand, sat in Wellington’s office.
The New Zealand government released the Smoke-Free Action Plan for 2025 on December 9, local time. The plan proposes that people aged 14 and under living in New Zealand will be banned from buying tobacco for life when the relevant anti-smoking bill comes into effect. This means that all New Zealanders born after 2009 cannot legally buy tobacco products even when they are adults. The New Zealand government plans to enact a bill supporting the reform of smoking ban before June 2022, and plans to make the bill come into effect in 2023.
The body of Indian chief of defense staff was transported to New Delhi, and Prime Minister Modi mourned.
On December 9, 2021, in New Delhi, India, the remains of 13 people, including Indian Defense Chief of Staff Biping Lava, were transported to the airport, and Prime Minister Modi and the families of the victims mourned. It is reported that on December 8, 13 people, including Indian Defense Chief of Staff Rawat, were killed in the crash.
On December 9, 2021, local time, in Tamil Nadu, India, a funeral was held for the victims of the plane crash.
A large number of Nigerian COVID-19 vaccines have expired, and most of them are stocks donated by Europe near the shelf life.
On November 19th, 2021, local time in Abuja, Nigeria, a large-scale COVID-19 vaccination was carried out.
On December 9th, 2021, on the 8th local time, some media reported that one million doses of unused COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria had expired in November. On the same day, the Nigerian Ministry of Health confirmed that there was indeed an expired vaccine, and said that most of these vaccines were donated by some European countries and were about to expire when they arrived in Nigeria.
Paris Disneyland employees held a strike demonstration.
On December 9, 2021, local time, employees of Disneyland Paris demonstrated in front of the Disney theme park in Greater Paris, France. Due to dissatisfaction with salary and shift system, some employees of Disneyland Paris, France protested outside the park, demanding better working conditions.
The death toll from the eruption of Mount Semeru in Indonesia rose to 40.
On December 9, 2021, a man stood outside the damaged house in Lumajiang, East Java, Indonesia.
The latest report from the Disaster Relief Agency in Lumajiang, Indonesia shows that the death toll caused by the eruption of Semeru volcano in East Java, Indonesia has risen to 40, and another 105 people have been injured.
The chimney of Long garnett coal power station in England was demolished, which was once the largest coal power station in Europe.
On December 9, 2021, local time, the chimney of Long garnett Coal Power Station was demolished in Scotland, England. The Long garnett Power Station, completed in 2016, was once the largest coal-fired power station in Europe.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was launched with the goal of studying black holes.
On December 9, 2021, local time, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was launched from the launch site 39A of Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, USA. This is a space mission to study black holes.
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