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Apple Music is set to launch «Taylor Swift's Eras: The Experience,» a two-day interactive event that promises an immersive journey through the celebrated artist's iconic eras. While Taylor Swift herself won't be present, the event is tailored for ardent fans, and registration is now open for those eager to participate.

Rosie and Alba are hard at work on their canvases, redefining the essence of abstract art — one tail swish at a time. To the untrained eye, their work at Bristol Animal Rescue Centre (ARC) could be seen as boisterous, childish at times and even just plain old messy. But the two canines have a far more important job than pleasing critics. Inflation and high interest rates across the UK plus people abandoning pets they bought during the Covid-19 pandemic has caused a surge in strays and stretched the ARC to its financial limits. «People just can't afford insurance and veterinary care and just to look after their dogs in general,» Bee Lawson, an animal behaviour specialist at the ARC, told AFP. «At the moment, we are just taking in strays because we are experiencing such a high level of dogs coming in.»

India Express reported. This was days before the indictment was filed in a New York court. According to the the American indictment, the alleged plot to assassinate Khalistan separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on US soil began in May, with a text message between an Indian security official and Nikhil Gupta.

Canada’s main stock index gained more than 200 points Friday on broad-based strength led by base metals, industrials and telecom stocks, while U.S. markets also rose.

The key catalyst for stocks will likely continue to be the expected trajectory of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy. Evidence of cooling economic growth has fueled bets that the U.S.

Fed policymakers note improvement on inflation and some cooling in the labor market, the risks are seen as more balanced and the choices more nuanced. All 12 regional Fed presidents discuss and debate monetary policy at Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings that are held eight times a year, but only five cast votes at any given meeting, including the New York Fed president and four others who vote for one year at a time on a rotating schedule.

For sure, key U.S. jobs data will test the exuberance, while Australia's central bank could reinforce a view that rates have peaked. Here's your week ahead in financial markets from Ira Iosebashvili in New York, Kevin Buckland in Tokyo, Naomi Rovnick and Marc Jones in London and Yoruk Bahceli in Amsterdam. SANTA'S BEEN Christmas has come early with global stocks posting their best monthly performance in three years in November and global investment-grade bonds returning almost 4% — the best month on record going back to 1997. Now, the early Santa rally risks running into a central bank Grinch. Markets price rate cuts as early as the first half of 2024.

Walmart said on Friday it is not advertising on social media platform X, one of the latest brands to say it has dropped the Elon Musk-owned site. «We aren't advertising on X as we've found other platforms to better reach our customers,» a Walmart spokesperson said.

Elon Musk-owned site, as per a Reuters report. A spokesperson for Walmart clarified, "We aren't advertising on X as we've found other platforms to better reach our customers." X did not respond to queries on the issue, the report said. Notably, while Walmart's move to pull off ads on X was made public on December 1, Joe Benarroch, the head of operations at X said the company had not placed ads on the platform since October, instead focusing on organic engagement within its community of over one million members on X.

NEW YORK(Reuters) — The benchmark S&P 500 index closed at its highest level of the year on Friday amid growing optimism the Federal Reserve was done raising U.S. interest rates and could begin to cut them next year as inflation cools.

LONDON (Reuters) — Festive cheer has come early to world markets (bar those dollar bulls) on growing certainty that central banks will start slashing interest rates next year.

By Stephen Culp

George Santos of New York after a blistering ethics report on his conduct heightened lawmakers’ concerns about the scandal-plagued freshman. Santos became just the sixth member in the chamber’s history to be ousted by colleagues, and the third since the Civil War.The vote to expel was 311-114, easily clearing the two-thirds majority required.

By Lucia Mutikani

Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil, has brought forth the debacle with Canada, wherein Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had informed the Canadian Parliament that they have ‘credible evidence’ to allege that Indian government and intelligentsia was involved in the June murder of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. The indictments brought against one Nikhil Gupta on attempting to kill Sikh For Justice (SFJ) leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, also revealed that it had links to Nijjar's killing earlier this year, and has prompted questions about what US agents knew in the days before his death.

Haines joined the firm from ARK Investments, where she was chief strategy officer, working alongside Cathie Wood since 2021.

Palestine's Gaza resumed after a brief pause for hostage and prisoner exchange between both countries, allowing safe entry of aids into Gaza. The truce mediated by Qatar, and US , did provide a breather for the residents of Northern Gaza, which is in tatters owing to relentless bombing from Israel.

WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday targeted North Korea with fresh sanctions after its launch of a spy satellite last week, designating foreign-based agents it accused of facilitating sanctions evasion to gather revenue and technology for its weapons of mass destruction program.

India. On the other side, he added that the US «takes this very seriously,» referring to the indictment by the US Department of Justice against an Indian in an alleged foiled assassination plot.

Nasdaq into negative territory. Still, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq notched their largest monthly percentage gain since July 2022. November was the Dow's best month for percentage gains since October 2022. «We're putting the cherry on top of a banner month,» said Ryan Detrick, chief market strategist at Carson Group in Omaha.

Elon Musk's recent actions, as per a Reuters report. Walt Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery took decisive steps earlier this month by halting their advertising efforts on X.