Briefing: Thursday, October 12, August 2**

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1. Ministry of Finance: Stop selling 41 types of instant-win welfare products such as “Liu Liu Shun”****； 2. International Equestrian Federation: Hua Tian will not be banned from competing or have his Olympic individual qualification revoked ； 3. Visa-free countries +1! Angola grants unilateral visa-free access for Chinese citizens for tourism ； 4. Guangzhou specifies that directly-administered housing is primarily intended for use by historical tenants ； 5. Following Indonesia, Malaysia is considering imposing a ban on TikTok for e-commerce purposes ； 6. The Israel-Palestine conflict has resulted in over 2,100 deaths on both sides, with more than 260,000 people displaced in Gaza ； 7. India will conduct a key manned spaceflight test this month ； 8. The Iraqi Prime Minister said the country is “ready to apply to join the BRICS cooperation mechanism”” ； 9. Sapporo, Japan, announces it is giving up its bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics ； 10. Belgian Prime Minister: Some of Russia’s frozen assets in Belgium will be used to support Ukraine ； 11. The **authorities in Niger demanded that the United Nations coordinator leave within 72 hours ； 12. Foreign media: Germany, ***, the United States and other countries plan to evacuate their citizens from Israel ；